Posts Tagged: summer

Choosing the Right Summer Activity

Remember when we were children and we had absolutely nothing to do during the summer? Our major summer highlights consisted of playing with our dolls, cooking imaginary food using dust and going to the beach. Hmmm, now that I have written that, it doesn’t seem like that it was too bad for a childhood. Anyway, I digress; today’s children haven an abundance of opportunities and activities to occupy their time during the long summer break. So much so that choosing the ...
July 3, 2015 by Tamika Handfield in General Comments are off
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Take out the grill…Summer is here

Summer is definitely here! If the temperature did not let you know, then the threats of storms and multiple grill outs will make sure you know it’s summer time. Earlier this week, I attended a ‘Jerk Fest’, which reminded me of the importance of grilling foods. According to online dictionaries, Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a very hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. Once marinated ...
August 4, 2014 by Tamika Handfield in Uncategorized Comments are off
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Food Safety during Summer

Here in the islands, hurricanes, beach days and cook outs are synonymous with summer.  Almost everywhere we turn there is a cookout—to raise funds, to celebrate various cultures among us or just to be with friends.  Whatever the reason or occasion for us to celebrate with food, it is important that we make food safety a top priority. A common practice when serving food is to wear gloves.  This is a good practice because the gloves protect the server’s hands as well ...
July 13, 2014 by Tamika Handfield in General, Nutrition Comments are off
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The Heat is on

The heat is on!! No, I am not talking about the Miami Heats but the temperature that has been climbing since mid-April.  It is evident that we are in for one extremely hot summer.  Every year we make certain preparations for summer: stock up on bug repellant, prepare to pay higher than usual water and power bills, get ready for hurricane season and the list goes on.  However, there is one very important everyday task that is extremely important during the ...
June 24, 2014 by Tamika Handfield in General, Nutrition Comments are off
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