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Spooky Spider Dogs with Chipotle Ketchup

Halloween is right around the corner and we’re in full spook mode here at the Fuji house! Our friend Lucy is also enjoying her favorite season, and this month we’re serving up a spooky snack to celebrate: Spider Dogs with Chipotle Ketchup Webs.

I am always looking for ways to play with my food. What can I say? I refuse to grow up! With Halloween right around the corner, there are so many fun things that can be done with food. When my friends at Frieda’s Specialty Produce Company told me they were launching a Spooky Foods Campaign, I couldn’t […]

Making tofu is just like making a simple cheese—you heat soy milk, then add a coagulant to separate the milk into curds and whey. You then ladle the curds into a mold to press them into a block of cheese, or in this case, tofu! I’ve written about making tofu before here on LFM, but […]

Green Apple Smoothie Makes about 3 1/4 cups 1/2 cup water 1/3 cup plain yogurt 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice 1 tablespoon honey 1 large apple 2 handfuls fresh spinach leaves 1 cup ice cubes 1. Place all the ingredients in the blender jar and puree until smooth and creamy. Add additional water to […]

Packing a bento day in and day out requires a bit of thought, unless you want to end up in a rut, packing the same thing in your bento box every day. But part of the buddy system is helping each other get out of that rut, right? Here are some ideas to get you […]

Autumn tends to turn up the intensity on the nostalgia meter for me. Growing up in sunny southern California, I was always wistful for true autumn, which never seemed to hit with full force, and when it did appear at all, it was late in the season. Maybe this is why my parents always planned […]

So you want to pack a bento, but before you start you need to make sure you have something to pack it in! There are a lot of choices out there, and knowing what to pick can be a bit confusing if you’ve never packed a bento before. But don’t worry, with a few simple […]

180 days—the typical number of days our children attend school each year in the US, and therefore, also the approximate number of lunches they will eat away from home each year. That means that school lunch makes up approximately 16% of our children’s nutritional intake each year. How much of our time spent meal planning […]

Today, as the next post in my Food Is Medicine series, I’m tackling the topic of whole grains, with the aid of an amazing recipe for sandwich wraps that features a wheat berry spread that will knock your socks off!

I’ve never met a taco I didn’t like. So when I discovered takoraisu (i.e., “taco rice”), a Japanese twist on the taco, while living in Japan, you can imagine that I was just a little excited to add another favorite to my taco family. In taco rice, rice takes the place of the taco shell, and […]

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