Archive for June, 2010
Well we have all been hearing things on the news about children and obesity. Some blame it on the food where eating, some blame it on technology by saying that comuters and video games are taking up most childrens idle time not leaving them to want to go outside and play. They call the younger generation "couch potatoes".
They blame it on our up bringing and even go as far as to suggest because more women are geared towards their careers and not family that it is demeaning the value of a healthy lifesytle in children. I.e. women are no longer at home cooking good meals and instead grabbing fast food on the way home. That dad’s no longer play catch in the front yard and instead teach their son’s to play video games… They are saying that morals are not found in the common home and that parents are no longer raising out kids and technology is stepping in a taking their place.
They blame all the violence, sex and profanity found in younger generations on technology.
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Parents may claim to be providing their children with healthy, home-cooked meals, but research into kids’ eating habits tells a different story. New research by The Honey Association shows that 86% of parents claim to cook entirely, or mostly from scratch every evening, but when children were polled about the foods they are actually eating, processed foods with poor nutritional value came at the top of the list. Nine out of ten kids have eaten chips before and eight out of ten have tried burgers but nearly 40% had never tried broccoli, two thirds had never tried broad beans and 82% had never eaten an aubergine. With this in mind, the Honey Association has put together a new video featuring nutritionist Anita Bean, who demonstrates how easy it is to incorporate natural, healthy ingredients into kid-friendly recipes. Anita whips up a batch of delicious blueberry and honey muffins, and offers parents easy nutritional advice to help them freshen up mealtimes. Anita Bean’s honey recipes are captured in a free glossy booklet called Honeytime Anytime, available on request via email: info@honeyassociation.com[/a] For more information visit [a]www.honeyassociation.com
I live in a small college town and have often been told by my friends, who sorely miss a good home cooked meal, which they would pay to come over and get something to eat. I’ve lately been wondering what level could an operation like that be taken before I would get in trouble for not having a licensed kitchen? I would get it done, but in this state you need a kitchen entirely separate from the one you cook in for family, and I just cant afford a second kitchen, and bathroom, and other rules I literally cant afford to follow.
What I would like to do is a small operation mostly targeting people like my friends and other homesick, broke, often off-campus students, and have it set up so they can come over and buy a very cheap lunch then select from my ‘stock’ of take home foods (pre-prepared foods, probably alot of it being whatever doesn’t get eaten from the lunches)
Would I be able to do this without getting in trouble?
I’m not looking for a large profit, I’d be happy if I could just sustain it, get back what I put in. If I ever had surplus I would likely end up having a ‘free food’ day, targeted to the very most broke (though anyone could come). Oh, I am in Arkansas, if that helps.
Oh, and please forgive the typo in the name. The wonderful things spell check doesnt catch =P
