by Lisa Ludwigsen | Best Nutrition Tips, Family Cooking
Photo by Lisa Ludwigsen When I was a school lunch lady, I casually said to a 4th grade boy as he picked at his school lunch, “Someone must really love you to cut each of those grapes in half.” His immediate reply was, “It didn’t take her that long.” As a mom formerly...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Chef-K Best Healthy Recipes, Family Cooking, Recipe, Summer Cooking
A few fresh ingredients make a flavor-packed summer sauce. photo by Lisa Ludwigsen Traveling as a Chef-K instructor, I’m not home much in the summer. Even though I’m not around I still manage to grow a few herbs in my garden, the summer annuals that thrive in...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Family Cooking
As summer hits its stride we are gearing up for July 4th family celebrations! We hope you are, too! Summer is Chef-K’s busiest season as we travel across the country and to locations oversees presenting culinary camps to kids in addition to local camps. It’s an...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Family Cooking
Father’s Day is just around the corner. We’re always on the lookout for ideas that might delight Dad; something a bit out of the ordinary. This year we’re making an old-fashioned Tomato Soup Cake. That’s right, a cake made with a can of tomato soup! My dad was a...
by Lisa Ludwigsen | Crafts
A thrifted pot and three herb plants make a wonderful gift for Mom It’s no wonder that we celebrate mothers during the month of May. There is a distinct shift in the air as the soil warms, baby birds and animals are born, and the spring garden begins to offer its...