Buh bye, winter! You only get two more days to torture us, right? If you live in the Midwest or Eastern US, I imagine you are as sick of this nasty season as I am.  This was the winter of snow storms, ice storms, and school, meeting and flight cancellations.  It was brutally cold, of course, but it was also slippery and crunchy. Every morning I take a hike in the woods with our dogs

If you cringe at the idea of wasted food, check out two recipes that you’ll likely embrace.  Not only are they delicious and full of healthy ingredients, but also they will use up every last bit of the carrots and the kale you may have languishing in your fridge.  These recipes come from holistic chef Celia Lam who works magic with ingredients that might otherwise go to waste.  She is the culinary braun behind the

After a recent lively Facebook discussion about kids’ restaurant menus and picky eaters, a longtime Scrambler expressed privately to me how frustrated she was because she feels that parents of less picky eaters sometimes take a tone of self-congratulation or blame toward parents of picky eaters.  I asked her if she would share her thoughts and perspective with other Scramblers to heighten our sensitivity, so she composed this fabulous ode.  I hope we can all

While this might seem rather gruesome, you can serve this with a free conscience as no witches were harmed in the making of this recipe.  In fact, it’s completely vegetarian — and a hearty healthy Halloween dinner to serve before trick-or-treating.  This smooth and creamy soup, from Six O’Clock Scramble editor Kathryn Spindel, tastes like a fresher version of the classic Campbell’s tomato soup I loved as a child.  Serve this or other healthy Halloween

I was surprised to learn that mowing our lawns with gas mowers is a big source of air pollution, which is a significant factor in climate change. I suspect that in the future, many of us may move away from lawns altogether, as families in drought-prone states like California and Arizona have already done, toward more water-efficient landscaping.  However, in my neighborhood, as I’m sure in many of yours, the hum of mowers fills the