Content Type

Winter Pizza or Pasta

This is a kid-friendly recipe that the whole family can prepare together! Created for CUESA’s Foodwise Kids program, it’s particularly well-suited for kids ages 6 to 12. Pizza and pasta are two simple and nearly interchangeable dishes. We use the same ingredients for either a pizza or pasta. Another Foodwise Kids recipe, Winter Pesto, is a great addition. There […]

Winter Pesto

This is a kid-friendly recipe that the whole family can prepare together! Created for CUESA’s Foodwise Kids program, it’s particularly well-suited for kids ages 6 to 12. Pesto is a versatile sauce. It is perfect on pasta and pizza or for dipping vegetables and other snacks. This pesto uses hearty winter greens like kale and chard, as well […]

Squash, winter

Long before the Mayflower settled on Plymouth Rock, Native Americans were cultivating varieties of our favorite fall symbol: winter squash. The different members of the Cucurbita family (squash, pumpkins, and gourds) became a mainstay for early colonists as both a food and medicine. The terms winter and summer squash originate from a time when seasons were […]