Author Archives: centraleats

It’s Farmers’ Market Season!

With the recent arrival of Spring, a person’s fancy turns from roasted roots, hearty grains, long-simmered soups, and braised meat to thoughts of something fresher, something green.  Frankly, I’m eating anything green I can get my hands on. Lucky for … Continue reading

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Broadfork Farm Comes to CMS this Wednesday!

This Wednesday is the first pickup for folks who have purchased a CSA from Broadfork Farm to be picked up at CMS.  If you have a share, you can expect some great Spring goodies in this week’s share: – green … Continue reading

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Lunchbox pic #18

A simple idea here. A cream cheese and cucumber sandwich, red pepper slices, strawberries and blueberries with a few pieces of pineapple.  An easy cool lunch for a warm spring day.

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Roasted Carrots

Until a few years ago I thought I didn’t like cooked carrots. I remember my family boiling them or something until they were mushy, they just weren’t appetizing to me. Fast forward several years on a trip to Italy I … Continue reading

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Vegetable and Bean Tostadas

A quick simple dinner and an easy lunch idea. I roast extra vegetables then use those to make a quesadilla for lunch the next day. 8 ounces mushrooms, quartered 2 zucchini, thinly sliced 2 bell peppers, any color, sliced 2 … Continue reading

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Foods of Continent Day

Check out the wonderful feast we had on continent day, touring the cultures of Asia.

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Super Smoothie

If your kids are anything like mine Spinach is not in their vocabulary. In fact any greens, or leaves as they are lovingly referred to in our house, are not very welcome at the dinner table. So I switched them … Continue reading

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Hummus Man

Sometimes, the appeal of a child’s meal is all in how it is presented. This fun dinner is created with hummus spread on a tortilla with cucumber eyes, carrots, red peppers and an avocado smile. What child wouldn’t dive in … Continue reading

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Delicious Rice and Lentils

Here’s a special treat!  Three of our wonderful elementary students to create, “test” (that’s eating, folks), and then write up this recipe.  A slow cooker is a real time and work saver…just like having students write these posts! Delicious Rice … Continue reading

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The Hottest Bar Around

Our boys love bars. Topping bars, that is! Think about Sweet Frog — the yogurt is a mere vehicle for the toppings. This interactive concept works in our house for tacos, fajitas, etc. but we especially LOVE our Saturday morning … Continue reading

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