Author Archives: Jan Yalowitz

Hike

What about a summer hike?  Summer is the perfect time for a hike in the mountains by a scenic river.

Walk

What about a walk by a river or a lake?

Play now

This is the season to get active so get out and play!

Cooking connects us

I really love to cook together with friends and family.  Sometimes it can get a little crowded in the kitchen and if my son has his smoker fired up  it can get a little “heated”, but the results are usually spectacular. Last summer my daughter-in-law made our family amazing Grace paella.  I made the sides […]
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Cooking for K

Sometimes I will get a text from my son “want to make me dinner Thursday night”?  I love to have him over, but it can be a bit of a challenge deciding what to prepare since he eats out at VERY nice restaurants. At the formerchef.com a great post about cooking is “I cook because… […]
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Cooking is a sensory experience

There are certain recipes that I tend to make again and again.  Usually because those I cook for think the recipe is delicious and sometimes just because it is so fun to make.  Measuring, chopping, and squishing the ingredients between your fingers is a wonderful sensory experience  (making meatloaf for example:) It makes you feel like […]
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The four F’s of cooking

Some of the best recipes are found in personal cookbooks from family, friends, PTAs etc… My son’s childcare at Eastgate Elementary put out a call for all of our children’s favorite recipes and the Dutch Baby recipe taken from that cookbook has become a favorite in our family.   On streetdirectory.com the love of cooking […]
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Why I love to cook

A Swanson’s “Why I Cook” ad in Food & Wine magazine recently caught my eye.  Their ad campaign which started in 2013 seeks to appeal to a growing number of consumers who actually like spending time in the kitchen.  Since I LOVE to cook, I decided to do an internet search on “Why I love […]
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Supporting children after terrorist attacks

“Terrorism is as old as history and almost certainly older. In 68 B.C., for instance, the Roman city of Ostia, a vital port for one of the world’s earliest superpowers, was set on fire by a band of thugs. They destroyed the consular war fleet and, rather embarrassingly, kidnapped two leading senators. Panic ensued—the same […]
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Coping with trauma

Use coping strategies when reacting to traumatic events: take good care of yourself first (eat healthy, get  sleep) work to maintain your daily schedule/routine participate in fun activities find ways to laugh think positive thoughts and know it may take time to feel better limit exposure to media coverage seek out supportive people (ask for […]
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