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Issue 8, Spring 2012
!"#$%&'"(&) 4 Adventures in the Kitchen Growing and Changing By Sally Sampson 7 Superfood Prickly, yummy artichokes 8 Food Fight Fruit-nut mix vs. chewy granola bar
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9 Quick Bites A handful of healthy mouthfuls 11 Scrumptious Word Search 12 Kitchen Skills How to hard-cook and peel eggs
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20 What’s Different? Can you tell what’s been changed in these two pictures? 15 Scrambled Egg on Toast Simple perfection
22 In the Kitchen With. . . Grover and Sam Kass, together at last
16 Matzo Brei A traditional Passover recipe
26 Think Again. . . Radishes are actually delicious! 27 DigDig Grow a row of ravishing radishes. 28 Taste Test Spring-mix salad greens: try them and see. 29 Lost & Found Can you find your way out of this maze? 34 New Balance Foundation presents Earth Day Get outside and love your mother—Earth, that is! 38 Solutions Puzzled? We’ve got answers.
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5 German Pancake Puffy, tasty, and full of fruit 6 Monster Smoothie Drink your vegetables! You’ll hardly even notice them. 10 Avocado, Sardine, and Veggie Sandwich Open your mind to the awesomeness.
17 Tofu Scramble Looks like eggs, tastes different 18 Natural Easter-Egg Dye Choose hues from vegetables and spices! 19 Mancala Got egg cartons? Make a game! 25 Rad Radish Salad A crunchy, colorful bowl of spring 31 Garlicky Green Beans Munchable, just-right veggies 32 Cucumber-Mint Water Total quenching
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33 Crunchy Chicken Thighs A little help from you, and the oven does the rest.
14 Deviled Eggs Don’t worry! They’re not too devilish.
37 Grapefruit Granita Use a plain fork to make this icy, citrusy treat!
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RAISE YOUR HAND IF. . . Sam Kass polls the kids on healthy eating.
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GREEN HELPERS! Sam and Savon toss the salad while a furry friend looks on.
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] ADULT: YES ] HANDS-ON TIME: 20 MINUTES ] TOTAL TIME: 20 MINUTES ] MAKES: 4 SERVINGS
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Measuring cup Cutting board Sharp knife (adult needed) Measuring spoons Large bowl
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“Toss” means to mix together lightly.
appliances (blender and food processor), the stove or oven, and hot ingredients.
GATHER all your kitchen gear and ingredients and put them on the counter.
PREPARE your ingredients, which means you may have to do something before you get started with the instructions.
3 cups spring mix salad greens (see page 28) 3–4 radishes, thinly sliced 1 small orange or tangerine, peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced ½ cucumber, peeled or washed well, and thinly sliced 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice “Seeded” means ½ teaspoon salt 1. Put the spring mix, radishes, orange or tangerine, and cucumber in the large bowl and toss well. 2. Add the olive oil, lemon juice, and salt and toss again. 3. Serve right away.
CLEAN the counter top with a sponge.
SCRUB all the fruits and vegetables and lay them out on a dishtowel to dry.
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INSTRUCTIONS
WASH your hands with soap and water and dry them.
MUNCH, CRUNCH, SMILE A super-fresh salad for spring
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MUSTACHE TEST? Mikayla and Birdy get goofy with the greens.