Are you ready for some football?
The Super Bowl is coming up fast and it’s time to think about some delicious food to celebrate the weekend. Whether you’re a football fan or not, you can always enjoy the festivities that accompany Super Bowl weekend. Make it a party!
RELAY Foods is making it fun and easy to enjoy lots of delicious treats. They have a variety of mouth-watering Super Bowl-ready guacamole and salsa recipes direct from their team. And don’t miss all of the great essentials for the big day on their website. Super Bowl
Super Bowl weekend is often a time when people over-indulge in some unhealthy treats and eats, but don’t worry — RELAY also has lots of healthy eats too! You can select healthy, fresh, local foods and ingredients for a healthy weekend too. It’s your choice.
But you don’t have to just turn to RELAY on Super Bowl weekend. They have delicious food and cooking ingredients every day. They’re always adding new local vendors like Farmstead Ferments with handmade fermented foods, kimchi and sauerkraut.
You can always visit their RELAY Living blog to find out what’s happening and see their new vendors, find recipes, and more. Don’t forget to use your Richmondmom.com Savvy Saver card to get great discounts. Just ask Cheryl Lage how great they are or see how our own, Kate Hall takes advantage of their one-click ordering.
Richmond moms are always busy and time is precious – so let RELAY Foods make it easier for you to enjoy Super Bowl weekend and any other day of the week. Then sit back, relax and enjoy!
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Maybe Richmond grandmoms do know something!
In response to one Richmond mom’s question about childhood obesity and healthy eating tips, we got some great feedback. Even if your children aren’t overweight, it’s important to teach them healthy eating habits early.
Here are some great tips from some of our great Richmondmoms and grandmoms:
- I only allow my children to have a cup of juice if they have already had a full 8 ounce glass of water. This encourages them to drink water. I also dilute juices with 1/2 water or seltzer-water. They like the “fizzy” drink with seltzer so that seems like a treat to them.
- We have a healthy snack shelf in our refrigerator that contains cut-up veggies and fruits, along with low-fat yogurt cups and sugar-free jello. We keep other healthy snacks on this shelf and when they want a snack, they know where to find it. We do the same thing in the pantry – a healthy snack shelf for the kids. Instead of buying individually packaged snacks though, I buy economy size and then put them in single-serving, reusable (eco-friendly), sealed bags.
- When my kids ask for a snack, I tell them they have to have one item from the fridge first – that’s because we only keep healthy foods in the fridge. No sweet treats, sodas, or processed foods. This makes it easy for them to find something nutritious and filling. They’re usually full and don’t ask for the “pantry snacks” as often.
- Farmer’s Markets make all the difference in our family. We stock up on whole grain foods and wholesome treats made with fresh ingredients – no processed foods with high sugar, white flour and other unhealthy ingredients. We love summer at our house because we have lots of farmer’s markets to choose from and they make delicious, wholesome, healthy and organic options for the entire family.
- It’s all about fun – we let the children help prepare most meals and snacks and when they get involved, they enjoy the food more. The older ones can help cut up veggies, while the younger ones enjoy pulling grapes from the stem or pulling caps off of strawberries. And they all love mixing, pouring and stirring! We talk about what goes into their food while we’re cooking so they’re learning healthy information and learning to cook – AND as a bonus, they’re learning to measure, count and other things that teach them math and reading!
- Change where you eat as much as you change what you eat! We eat in the kitchen around the table, but we also eat at the picnic table outdoors weather permitting, or in the park, or other places. We take our lunch to CMoR, Maymont Park, the Richmond Metro Zoo, or anywhere else we go. Forget about McDonald’s when out and about! And the little ones love it when you change up their plates – use colors, shapes, sectional, and different sizes. It makes eating food more fun and they’re inexpensive.
These are great tips for our Richmond moms and grandmoms — but we need to hear from you too. Let us know how you teach children to eat healthy and nutritiously so we can share it with our readers.
Email me at rhondaday@msn.com and put “healthy eating” in the subject line, or leave a comment below.
Keep the ideas coming!
Support local vendors at My Goochland Market on May 7, 2011 grand opening day.
Richmonders have enjoyed the Goochland Farmer’s Market for several years. But now they’re closing their doors.
The bad news is that the Center for Rural Culture (CRC) will not operate a farmer’s market this year.
But the good news is that a new farmer’s market is being opened by former Executive Director of the CRC which goes by the name, My Goochland Market.
Controversy
Unfortunately, the new market doesn’t come without lots of controversy, drama and fanfare that has unfolded over the past months. Former executive director, Lisa Dearden, resigned this year after a feud with the group and the board of directors. She raised concerns about the organization’s books and financial management, which was later declared unfounded by an independent audit.
Rearden left CRC and organized her own farmer’s market which presented direct competition to the Goochland Farmer’s Market and put many exhibitors and vendors in a precarious situation. She is “not pleased with the Goochland Market closing” as she states in a recent statement. But she is moving forward with her own plans to open the May 7 My Goochland Market located at 68 Broad Street in Manakin-Sabot.
CRC Responds
In a CRC news release, the group graciously bowed out of the farmer’s market business with this statement:
“Although the Vestry of Grace Episcopal Church has generously offered to renew the Market’s lease on the church property, the Board believes that the county cannot support two markets and that diluting the customer base is unfair to our vendors. Competition from other markets in the Richmond metro area and rising gas prices were factors in the decision.”
The Goochland Farmer’s Market has offered lots of fresh and organic foods, local produce, meat, honey, desserts, hand-made goods and more to the people of Goochland, Short Pump and the surrounding communities. My Goochland Market will offer many of the same products and services with many of the vendors moving to the new venue. That means that our local community will benefit from this new market.
Support Local Vendors and Artisans
People from Goochland, Powhatan, Short Pump, and other nearby communities are already aware of the freshness they find at farmer’s markets, and now they have another choice for shopping. The market is conveniently located on Broad Street in Manakin-Sabot, just 10 minutes from Short Pump Mall.
Now that the drama is behind us, it’s time to support local vendors and artisans.
Make plans to visit the opening day of My Goochland Market on May 7, 2011. Visit their website or call Lisa Dearden with questions at 804.314.9141. You can also email her at MyGoochlandMarket@gmail.com. My Goochland Market is a privately-held company, CkiknEGG Productions, LLC, and Dearden is the Market Manager for 2011. There is still plenty of room for local vendors and volunteers.