Pet owners should be careful too
about holiday candies left around the house.
Not exact matches
How
about some
candy canes and red sparkles for a little extra
holiday cheer — sound like a good idea?
What I love most
about these Mixed
Candied Nuts is that they add a gorgeous touch to any
holiday spread and make fantastic gifts.
I make
about 75 fruit cakes during the
holiday season and «
Candied Cherries» are my biggest expense along with pecans!!!! Thanks so much, Larry J
Eating Season is what I like to call the 3 - month extravaganza that begins at Halloween when Americans consume even more of their most delicious and comforting
candies, bulldozes through Thanksgiving, when we eat all our feelings
about being with family (or our country having elected a nationalist orangutan to the White House around this time last year), continues through the December
holidays, and ends with the Super Bowl when we can no longer actually chew and consume all our favorite foods in mushy, dip form.
Halloween is right around the corner, but in light of my recent discoveries
about damaging effects of artificial colors and flavors (and petroleum and coal tar) in
candy, I haven't been feeling very excited
about a
holiday that promotes
candy consumption.
Halloween
candy can lead to cavities, making the
holiday the perfect time to talk to your children
about the importance of brushing their teeth.
No blog
about kids and food can ignore Halloween, a
holiday that can be quite polarizing among readers: Some parents think unfettered gorging on Halloween
candy is a sacrosanct tradition, while others view Halloween in the context of the larger food... [Continue reading]
No blog
about kids and food can ignore Halloween, a
holiday that can be quite polarizing among readers: Some parents think unfettered gorging on Halloween
candy is a sacrosanct tradition, while others view Halloween in the context of the larger food environment and want to limit their kids» sugar consumption.
Now that the bulk of the Halloween
candy has been polished off (or at least all the good Halloween
candy...) it's time to start thinking
about Thanksgiving and, yikes, Christmas and Haunakah, and all the
holiday baked goodies that need to be made and consumed.
As shocking as it may sound to my children, Halloween isn't ALL
about candy & dressing up, ok possibly 95 % but that other 5 % is
about finding fun ways to incorporate Halloween in a healthy way so we can stretch out the fun feeling of the
holiday!
But I always seem to itch for a little taste of it every year because #CHRISTMAS -LRB-!!!!) There's just something cozy
about all things that resemble the
holidays — Chocolate Advent Calendars,
Candy Canes,
Candy Cane Ice - Cream (someone needs to work on a healthified version of this — pronto), Chai / Gingerbread Lattes, Hot Chocolate, Cheese Boards and a sea of hors d'oeuvre at every Christmas party you attend.
Unlike food traditions surrounding
holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Rosh Hashanah, Halloween is all
about the
candy.
As a little girl, one of the best parts
about the
holidays were the Lindt Truffles my grandmother would leave out in
candy dishes throughout her home.
Halloween is gone and so is the
candy, so we fill that void in our lives by thinking
about the upcoming
holiday season.
We are
about to make the plunge into the
holiday season starting with the spooky and
candy laden festivities of Halloween.
With so much buying power behind these treats, especially around
holidays, it is no wonder that the US is the biggest importer of cocoa beans and the second - biggest exporter of chocolate
candy While this time of year offers plenty of sugar rushes, it also offers a chance to think
about where our favorite chocolate treats come from, how climate change affects cocoa, and what we can do to make a difference.
Easter is just
about upon us, and on such an odd day too, but aside from the religious aspect of the
holiday we tend to focus more on the side that the
candy and entertainment industries have...