Sneaky Chef
Health Up Boxed Mac and Cheese
by Missy Chase Lapine
August 25, 2009
There’s not a kids’ menu in the United States that doesn’t offer some variation of macaroni and cheese — the favorite — if not the most popular — of American comfort foods. Kraft now sells more than one million boxes every day! The beauty of even the packaged version is that its cheesy creaminess offers ample opportunity for sneaky chefs to slip in extra nutrition that even the toughest little critics ...
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Missy Chase Lapine is the former publisher of Eating Well magazine. A mother of two young daughters, she knows how picky kids can be—and she’s got the kitchen experiments to prove it! She is on the Culinary Arts facility of The New School, in New York City, and also gives cooking classes and coaching to busy families hoping to learn how to eat healthier. Her book, The Sneaky Chef, is published by Running Press. Her next book The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on Your Man (In the Kitchen) will be out in April 2008. You can learn more about Missy at her website, www.thesneakychef.com
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Sweets to Feel Good About
by Missy Chase Lapine
May 18, 2007, 12:00 amKids love roller coasters. Moms don’t – well, at least not the ones that take place inside their living rooms! I’m talking about the “spike and crash” that happens when kids eat too many sweets, especially on an empty stomach. You can fight the sugar rush with these sneaky recipes! Read More
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Making Healthy Food as Tempting as Junk
by Missy Chase Lapine
May 4, 2007, 12:00 am“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” Who hasn’t gotten a little crazy when they hear that truck jingling it’s way down the street... But you can get your kids screaming -- in a good way --for homemade, healthy foods too. Read More
