Hello my Foodie Friends!

For many of our foodies, this past week involved getting children ready to head back to class with a flurry of activity that also included what to pack for lunch or what type of after school snacks should you offer. Do your children end up eating the same old peanut butter and jelly sandwiches day after day or bring home food you’ve packed uneaten? I do recall this being a challenge for my mother (of five young children) every school year. When we would come in from playing looking for a snack, or sit to do our homework after school, vegetables such as zucchini or carrot sticks would be sitting on the kitchen table. We would always find a container of sliced vegetables in our lunch boxes, too. Recently, I was reminiscing with my sister about our childhood friends and us playing Hide N Go Seek in the corn fields next to our neighborhood, the outdoor fun we had, and shared our ongoing challenge of eating those vegetables as adults that we so often were eating as children. 

For children (and us adults) who turn up their noses at veggies, make them more appealing by using a Veggie Wedgie by Microplane, to create long, slender carrot peels, or wrap thin slices of turkey or cheese around celery sticks. Extremely fun and easy to use, the Veggie Wedgie is ideal for quickly transforming zucchini, cucumbers, squash, carrots, hard-boiled eggs, Roma tomatoes, and other foods into six perfectly even wedges at a time – the perfect food prep tool to create healthy snacks, crudité platters, salads, garnishes, stir fries and more. The Veggie Wedgie is extraordinarily sharp, precise, and very fun to use. The Veggie Wedgie comes in two simple parts - a sturdy base chute with razor-sharp metal blades at the bottom (positioned safely away from hands) - and an innovatively designed top with indented grooves to help guide food into the correct cutting position. To use, simply place food in the chute and press down. With a gentle squeeze of the top and the side handles, the Veggie Wedgie cuts ingredients into precise pieces for healthy snacks. 

Veggies can be delicious….anyway you slice it!! Stop by Compliments to the Chef, your Neighborhood Kitchen and Cutlery store located at 33 Railroad Place for the Microplane Veggie Wedgie and many other “cool tools” to help you with your healthy snack choices. Remember my Foodie Friends; “Life Happens in the Kitchen.”

 Take Care,
John & Paula