Vegetable Entrees: Winter Squash Ravioli

Starters and Sides Made Easy: Winter Squash Ravioli

Starters and Sides Made Easy: Winter Squash Ravioli

Recipe Excerpt from Starters & Sides Made Easy

Who doesn’t love a good main course?  But why should main courses get all the attention?  For any meal to truly shine with creativity, elegance, or just plain fun, it needs a good opening act and side kick. This fall a new cookbook delivers 60 easy-to-make kosher recipes that focuses the spotlight on meal co-stars. Starters & Sides Made Easy by Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek puts the “wow” into side dishes and appetizers.

Yields 36 raviolis

Prevent Childhood Obesity by Making Changes Now

Prevent Childhood Obesity

Avoid Childhood Obesity by Helping Your Child Stay Active and Healthy

Can you really teach your child to become active and healthy?  Yes, you can. And no, it doesn’t have to be a struggle.  The secret is to get your child moving and eating right.

We all know that Americans are becoming heavier. Unfortunately, this growing trend isn’t bypassing our children. Obesity in children has tripled over the last couple of decades leading to previously unheard of childhood diseases such as high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. And overweight kids have a tendency to become overweight teens leading to overweight adults. It’s a vicious cycle.

So, what can you do?

How to Handle Reluctant Learners

How to Handle Reluctant Learnes

Reluctant Learners: Keep your Son Engaged with Learning

Parents of boys are more aware than anyone when their bright, eager sons hit an invisible wall somewhere near fourth grade, after which they go from engaged to unengaged, discouraged, and disaffected. But as parents, we don’t always know what to do about that, and we hope the school will solve it. No! Let’s take back the power and pleasure of raising our boys, and figure out what we can do outside of school to help halt that potential slide down a slippery slope.