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Basic Ayurvedic Cooking for Kids

October 27, 2010

We are on a cooking rampage in Argentina, and attempting to adapt the local diet to ayurveda. Although my daughter is vata, my son pitta, and I am tri-dosha, we are working on the simple basics of ayurveda in every meal we eat here. The entire city of Buenos Aires was shut down today because [...]

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Recipe for Argentine Torta in Two Languages

September 18, 2010

Cooking from scratch is fun, saves money and is an essential skill to teach children. It will help children in the future as we live in an uncertain economy where jobs  for teenagers and young people have all but disappeared. In Argentina, after the economic collapse, service skills enabled people to start their own businesses, [...]

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Milanesa Madness and Finding Meaning in Food to Fight Childhood Obesity

September 6, 2010

Laura is our tutor extraordinaire. She teaches my kids Spanish and Argentine culture through cooking. Besides learning such a valuable skill, my kids are learning to have a better relationship to their food by learning about it and preparing it. While in Mexico they learned first hand about the history of chocolate. Where it came [...]

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Quinoa – a Super Food for your Family

September 6, 2010

I love quinoa. It’s easy to prepare, super high in protein and vitamins, and is great for a main dish. I lugged some quinoa with us to Buenos Aires for a high-protein staple, although I’m finding that it’s readily available in most supermarkets and special health food stores here, called Dieteticas. Quinoa is a grain [...]

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