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June Food Recalls You Need to Know About Now

by Erica Loop

It’s a summer full of sun, fun and…recalls? School’s out, the kiddos are clamoring for a treat and we’ve got a list of some of the most recent recalls for parents to take note of.

Before you bake a cake, blend a berry-filled smoothie, have a snack, make a veggie recipe, sauce your spaghetti or feed your kiddo, check out these food-related recalls.

Pillsbury Best Bread Flour

The FDA issued a recall (on Jun. 14) for two lots of Pillsbury Best Bread Flour in five-pound bags over E. coli concerns. Nearly 4,620 cases of the flour was shipped to retailers in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Visit the FDA’s website for specific UPC codes and use by dates.

King Arthur Flour

The flour, sold at Walmart and Target, was recalled on Jun. 13. The Unbleached All-Purpose Flour in five-pound bags was also recalled due to possible E. coli contamination. Click here for the FDA’s full list of recalled products and remedy options.

Private Selection Frozen Berries

Kroger recently announced a recall of the 16 and 48 ounce sizes of Private Selection Frozen Triple Berry Medley and the 16 ounce size of Private Selection Frozen Blackberries. The products, manufactured by Townsend Farms, may have possible Hepatitis A contamination. Visit the FDA’s website for more information here.

Kirkland Three Berry Blend

Townsend Farms’ recall also extends to Kirkland Three Berry Blend products sold at Costco stores in select states. For more information visit the FDA’s recall page.

Lay’s Lightly Salted Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips

The FDA released a recall for Lay’s Lightly Salted Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips on Jun. 14 for an undeclared milk allergen. The products, which are listed on the FDA’s website here, were distributed in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

Sprouts Farmers Market Cut Leaf Spinach

This FDA recall, which was issued on Jun. 17, includes Sprouts Farmers Market’s Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach, conventional and organic varieties. The spinach was recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes concerns. Get the FDA’s full recall details here.

Ragu Pasta Sauce

Mizkan America, Inc. recently announced a voluntary recall of select Ragu pasta sauces. While there are no reported injuries, the recalled products may contain fragments of plastic. Visit the recall release here for full information on recalled products and what to do if you have the affected sauce.

Ruiz Bacon Breakfast Wraps

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced this recall on Jun. 14 for 246,514 pounds of frozen, not-ready-to-eat breakfast wraps. The wraps may contain extraneous products, which according to the USDA, are small rocks. Visit the USDA’s website here for more information.

Table 87 Frozen Pork and Beef Pizzas

The USDA’s recall for these frozen pizza products is an expansion of the initial Jun. 6 announcement. The pizzas were produced without federal inspection. Find a full list of products on the USDA’s website.

Peñafiel Unflavored Mineral Spring Water

Keurig Dr Pepper recently recalled Peñafiel unflavored mineral spring water after detecting arsenic levels in violation of the FDA’s bottled water standards. Visit the FDA’s website for a list of recalled products and remedies.

Parent’s Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron

The FDA recently announced a recall for Parent’s Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron. The nationwide recall of products, exclusively sold at Walmart, was issued for the potential presence of metal foreign material. The current recall includes products with the Lot Code C26EVFV and a “use by” date of Feb. 26, 2021. Click here for more information on what to do if you have this product.

—Erica Loop

Featured photo: Kaboompics via Pexels 

 

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8 Super-Neat Factory Tours for Kids

by rtjamybond

If you’ve exhausted every episode of “How It’s Made” and your “Curious George” is still on the hunt for more details, consider one of these nearby factory tours, where you can learn the ins-and-outs of everything from the chocolate bars to dollar bills.

Photo: Turkey Hill

Turkey Hill Ice Cream
Be a Turkey Hill ice cream maker for a day on this unforgettable tour. You’ll learn all about dairy culture, sit in a milk truck, milk a mechanical cow and even star in a Turkey Hill commercial. Most importantly, you’ll visit the Turkey Hill taste lab to create your own flavor.

301 Linden St. (Columbia, Pa)
Online: turkeyhillexperience.com

Snyder’s of Hanover
Pretzels, baby! Your kids have probably eaten hundreds of them, but here’s a chance to watch (and smell) them as they bake in a large pretzel oven. You’ll tour all the rooms where Snyder’s products are made and watch as they’re sorted and packaged. And there are plenty of free samples too!

1350 York St. (Hanover, Pa)
Online: snydersofhanover.com

SPAGnVOLA Chocolateir
Learn how cocoa beans are cultivated and harvested, and then watch those beans transform into some of the tastiest chocolate around. See how chocolate is shaped into all of your favorite candies, from truffles to bonbons to bar. Yes, you can load up on samples!

360 Main St. (Gaithersburg, Md)
Online: spagnvola.com/

Photo: Paul Reed Smith Guitars

Paul Reed Smith Guitars
Novices and experts alike will learn a lot from this detailed tour of guitar production. Walk through the production line for a sneak peak at how electric guitars, acoustic guitars and amplifiers are made and manufactured. At the end of the tour, you get to test an assortment of guitars. Don’t be surprised if your little Jimi Hendrix asks you to buy one

380 Log Canoe Cir. (Stevensville, Md)
Online: prsguitars.com

Zeke’s Coffee
Your kids don’t have to be coffee drinkers (they will be soon enough) to enjoy touring Zeke’s roastery, where coffee beans are continuously agitated by a stream of hot air to create what looks like a coffee bean fountain. You’ll watch the the beans go from the roaster to the bag, and every step in between.

3003 Montebello Ter. (Baltimore, Md)
Online: zekescoffee.com

Photo: Harper Macaw Chocolate

Harper Macaw Chocolate
Get up-close-and-personal with Harper Macaw’s chocolate-making process at this in-depth tour from a conservation-minded chocolatier. Learn how Harper Macaw works to produce the finest chocolate flavor using pre-and-post-harvest practices that are environmentally and economically sustainable. You’ll get an in-depth look at the meticulous craft of turning cocoa into edible art.

3160 Bladensburg Rd., NE
Online: harpermacaw.com

Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Next time you say to your little one, “Hey, I’m not a money factory!” you can follow that with: “but I’ll take you to see one.” At the Bureau of Printing and Engraving you can walk along a gallery overlooking the production floor as millions upon millions of dollars are made. It’s mesmerizing for grown-ups and minis alike. Sorry, no samples to take home.

14th and C Sts., S.W
Online: moneyfactory.gov

Route 11 Potato Chips 
Take a chip trip to Route 11, where potato chips are hand-cooked right in front of you. While you aren’t able to walk through the factory itself, you can watch the chips in progress from large observation windows. Yes, there are plenty of yummy samples to try. Call in advance for a reservation.

11 Edwards Way (Mount Jackson, Va)
Online: rt11.com

Do you know of any other cool factory tours open to the public? Tell us in the comments section below. 

—Jamy Bond

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Grab a Date! It’s Sitter Time!

by Maria Chambers

Uninterrupted conversation? Who knew that existed? Family time is swell, but sometimes it’s nice to line up a sitter to spend time in a kid-free zone. Whether you swap stories over a meal or bond while touring some of the city’s most architecturally significant buildings, we’ve rounded up low-key, sitter-worthy ideas for adult fun. Enjoy the sound of silence!

Dine with a view at River Roast

There's so much to love about River Roast . . . where to start? The concept, if you can't guess by the name, is roasts. Not the type smothered in gravy . . . not that we'd turn our shoulder to that. Think more like a roasted chicken. There are six different meat, fish and veggie roasts that live on the menu everyday and one rotating roast a month. For the month of October, that's a Pork Shoulder served with sauerkraut and root veggies. The coolest part? They carve your dinner right at the table.

Some non-roast notables on the menu: Fried Olives stuffed with chorizo (sounds weird, but trust us on this one), charred Curried Cauliflower and the Golden Gobbets, which are seasoned fried chicken strips served with an adorable Smurf-sized jar of honey that would make Pooh weep tears of joy. The incredibly friendly staff managed by Jay Schuster, brunches on Saturday and Sunday with a live jazz backdrop and the sweet view with outdoor seating overlooking the hustle and bustle of the Chicago River round out the reasons why we heart River Roast.

Side notes: For brunch, go with Chilaquiles. But, bring a bus load of people with you as they are uber generous with their portions on this one. And, River Roast just sweetened the deal by adding a S'mores Ice Cream Sandwich that tastes just like the bonfire classic and an Adult Sundae Fundae with Guinness ice cream, whisky cherries, rum pineapple, bourbon butterscotch and potato chips.

Have we convinced you to go yet?

River Roast, 315 N. LaSalle St., River North. Online: riverroastchicago.com

photo: River Roast courtesy of Maria Chambers

Give us some other date night ideas in the Comments below!

— Maria Chambers

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Talking Food & Kids With Food Network Host, Daphne Brogdon

by FoodNetwork.com

Daphne Brogdon is already an accomplished standup comic, restauranteur and blogger (she created two websites for moms: Coolmom.com and Momversation). Up next for this mom of two is her own cooking show on the Food Network called Daphne Dishes where she’ll bring her own fresh, fun and humorous approach to feeding the family. We recently chatted with Daphne about her new show, tips for feeding picky eaters and what is always stocked in her pantry.

Red Tricycle: Do you have any family dinner traditions or routines?

Daphne Brogdon: During the week, I often feed my kids and then feed myself and my husband, if he is home. The kids need to eat earlier and sometimes I want to keep working a bit longer. If we all sit down together we share our “Rose, Thorn and Silly” of the day. It’s a nice ice breaker and way for us to connect.

RT: Are your kids picky eaters? Is there any dish or food that your kids just can’t-live-without now?

DB: Yes, all kids are I think. Vivien, 9, is much more open minded when it comes to food. Rex, 6, will often fall back on butter and spaghetti (only Spaghetti and NOT al dente). He could live on yogurt and bacon, and sometimes does. My daughter really likes my marinated tofu, and she is also a great fish eater. They both love fries of course!

RT: What do your kids like to snack on?

DB: Potato chips, stone fruit, cherries, pomegranates – summer fruits are popular in our household. Then, when they will decide they like something new, like a corn chip or cheese cracker, I run to get more, but typically by then the 2nd box has lost its allure. When that happens I move it up the shelf to the “kids won’t eat it anymore” height and my husband will finish it off.

RT: What is your best advice for parents of picky eaters?

DB: Add one new thing on a plate with some regulars. Don’t introduce anything if they are super hungry or tired, because it will never go over well at that point. Don’t tell them it’s good for them. Rex just went to a garden camp where they made hummus. He is not rushing to eat it, but he at least tried it, so it is good that it’s now on his radar.

RT: If we took a peek in your pantry and fridge, what are the 3 things you always have on-hand?

DB: Soy sauce, because it works with ALL proteins. Rice, a few kinds from off-beat to rice- a-roni. Broths, they are the base or the addition to so many great dishes, and are also a great way to reheat some foods without adding oil.

RT: If you had to choose one meal to eat for a year what would it be and why?

DB: Since my husband and I opened our new fast-casual restaurant Bombo, I’ve had more access to great fresh fish, so that’s influenced what I eat more of lately so I would have to say right now it’s fish and rice. I don’t feel heavy after eating it, plus it’s easy to vary the taste, add some lemon, some soy and honey.

Have you watched Daphne Dishes? Do you have any further advice to share about feeding a picky eater? Leave a comment below!

Mom, wife, and home cook, Daphne Brogdon, brings a fresh, fun and humorous approach to feeding the family. Whether it is for a PTA meeting or a gals’ night in, Daphne cooks up a storm with simple recipes that will feed a crowd and bring the family together. Learn more about her show by clicking here. 

 

 

 

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Beet Chips

by Erin Lem

Potato chips may be every snacker’s best friend, but there’s nothing slightly healthy about this greasy and fatty eat. Next time you’re at the market resist the urge to venture down the chip aisle and instead, change up your snack routine with this healthy version of the classic potato chip that uses beats instead of potatoes and a baking method instead of deep frying. A special thanks to Best Cleanse Recipes for this great beet chip idea.

Ingredients:
4 medium beets
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon seas salt

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray. Peel beets and thinly slice (1/16-inch) with a mandolin.

2. Toss beet slices in a large bowl with olive oil and salt. If using a combo of red beets and golden beets, place them in separate bowls. The red beets will discolor the golden beets.

3. Lay beets on baking sheet. They can be touching but not overlapping.

4. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Bake just a touch too long and they will burn around the edges, but you want to bake them long enough for them to lose most of their moisture. They crisp up as they cool.

Tell us how your beet chips turned out in the comment section below. Is there anything you would change or adapt in this recipe?

Recipe and photo courtesy of Best Cleanse Recipes. For more awesome recipes visit bestcleanserecipes.com.

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Show and Tell: Take a Day Trip to Shenandoah Valley

by pat tanumihardja

Just because kiddo’s school year is in full swing, doesn’t mean you have to reign in your road trip wanderlust! You can still hit the road on the weekends and Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is the perfect destination. The Valley stretches a couple of hundred miles from Winchester in the north down to Roanoke in the south, but the northern end is within an easy hour-or-so drive from D.C. Hiking trails, limestone caverns, and a potato chip factory (yes, a potato chip factory!) make for a show-and-tell worthy day trip.

Explore the Caverns
Caverns grow like weeds in the valley, but Shenandoah Caverns is our top pick because you get more bang for your buck. You pay just one admission ($23 for adults, $10 for kids 6-14, and free for kids under 5) and get to enjoy four separate attractions! Tour the underground caverns first. Ooh and ahh at fascinating limestone formations with giggle-inducing names like “Breakfast Bacon.” Then head over to see the window displays of Main Street of Yesteryear, the antique farm equipment in The Yellow Barn, and the amazing floats at American Celebrations on Parade.

261 Caverns Rd.(Quicksburg, Va)
888-422-8376
Online: shenandoahcaverns.com

Play With the Animals
The Luray Zoo is the only true rescue zoo in Virginia and is home to 250 animals—including venomous snakes, a Bengal tiger, and pigtailed macaques—that have been abandoned or abused, as well as retired zoo animals.

1087 U.S. Hwy 211 West (Luray, Va)
540-743-4113
Online: lurayzoo.com

Snack Time!
Route 11 Potato Chips is famous for their unique flavors (Dill Pickle or Chesapeake Crab anyone?) and quality ingredients like unrefined sea salt and organic sweet potatoes from Virginia’s very own Quail Cove Farm. Fans can stop by the factory to see what really goes into making small-batch potato chips. The plant is open to the public Mon–Sat, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, but call in advance to make sure they’re cooking on your visit day. And did we mention the free samples?

11 Edwards Way (Mt. Jackson, Va)
540-477-9664
Online: rt11.com

Get Goofy
Okay, so a few dozen life-sized dinosaur replicas (not to mention the token King Kong) scattered throughout a park may sound a little cheesy. But your kids will love this roadside attraction! And Dinosaur Land‘s giftshop is a treasure trove of dinosaur paraphernalia to stock up on gifts for your dino-loving offspring.

3848 Stonewall Jackson Hwy. (White Post, Va)
540-869-2222
Online: dinosaurland.com

Take a Hike
The absolute must-visit jewel of the valley, Shenandoah National Park stretches 105 miles from Front Royal to Waynesboro-Charlottesville, straddling the Blue Ridge mountains. It’s pure awesomeness for nature-lovers! Stop by the visitor’s center for tips on the best hikes for little ones. And ask about our favorites:

1. Big Meadows (mile 52)- Get ready for plenty of miles of hiking trails and almost-guaranteed sightings of neat animals such as white-tailed deer, or chipmunks.
2. The Limberlost Trail (mile 43)- A wheelchair accessible trail that loops around 1.3 miles, this makes for an easy hike with plenty of critters to keep wee ones enthralled.
3. Dark Hollow Falls (mile 50.7)- The trek’s a little bit of a workout—1.4 miles out and back with elevation gain and loss—but you’ll be rewarded with an up close and personal encounter with a waterfall.

Online: nps.gov/shen.com

Have you been to Shenendoah Valley? Tell us about your trip in the Comments section below. 

—Pat Tanumihardja

Photos courtesy of Route 11 Potato Chips, chanchan222 via Flickr, davidmurr via Flickr, Aguilas2011 via Flickr, Viennamarie1977 via Flickr

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The Intelligent Snack: Egg White Chips

by scott wardell

It’s not often that we think of snack food as being “intelligent,” but that’s exactly what Los Angeles-based snack company Intelligent Protein Snacks (IPS) thinks snack time should be. Sean Olson, founder of IPS, wanted to create a healthier snack that would provide his energetic kids with the essential proteins they needed to keep them fueled day in and day out. After noticing how much his kids liked eating the crispy edges of cooked eggs, Olson took high-quality egg whites, added corn and other ingredients, and using a high pressure air puffer, popped out the first batch of IPS Egg White Chips.

What makes IPS so great?
Egg whites truly are a super food, especially for growing kids. It’s a great source of protein as it contains all nine essential amino acids. These amino acids must be consumed through diet, as they are not created by the human body. And these aren’t your ordinary chips; egg white chips have less than half the fat of fried potato chips and fewer carbohydrates than other baked or popped chips.

More importantly, IPS Egg White Chips have that satisfying crunch that you simply can’t get enough of. They have just enough salt to satisfy our cravings without being overpowering, and are great for gluten-free snackers. Plus, each serving of egg white chips provides the same amount of protein as eating two regular egg whites.

IPS Egg White Chips come in a variety of delicious flavors, including Aged White Cheddar, Barbeque, Cinnamon Sugar, and Sea Salt & Black Pepper. The Barbeque and Sea Salt & Black Pepper were favorites of our taste testing crew.

Where to Buy
Currently, IPS Egg White Chips are sold in Southern California, but they promise they’ll soon be selling them online, so be sure to check out their website and become a fan of their Facebook page to stay up to date.

Grab a bag of IPS Egg White Chips and see what all the crunch is about.

What is your favorite flavor of IPS egg white chips?

–Scott Wardell

photos courtesy of IPS facebook page

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Sweet! A New Sugar Palace Opens in Hollywood

by Meghan Rose

“Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination…” What if a crazy candy store, worthy of Willy Wonka himself were to open up smack dab in the middle of Los Angeles?  It’s happened!  Hollywood really is a place where dreams come true, especially if you are a kiddo (or grown-up, for that matter) with a serious sweet tooth, and your dreams come in every flavor and color of the rainbow and contain a LOT of sugar. It’s Sweet!, the newest and most ridiculously fun colossal candy store the world has ever seen.

Yucky and Sticky & Lolli’s – Oh, My!
Enter the store via musical piano key-stair steps, step on the Nestle Crunch Bar on the floor that crackles as you walk, race yourself against the Ferrari powered “World’s Fastest Gumball Machine,” sample candy at every turn, and see candy and sweets you never dreamed existed! Wander through room after room of specialty sweets: there’s Yucky (the gnarliest, nastiest and oh-so-awesomely awful candy – it even comes served in urinals and full of bugs!), Stay Puft (everything marshmallow). Rick O’Lish (licorice), Lollywood (lollipops in all shapes and sizes, of course), As If (pampered princess candy), Route 66 (a history of candy in America) and more.  But if you’re in a hurry, these are the 3 rooms that you positively can not miss:

  • Wonka – The WONKA Inventing Room has every Wonka Candy creation in existence as well as several new ones, like the new artisanal chocolate line which brings to life the never-before-told-story of Wonka’s amazing travels around the globe and across the galaxies. These truffles and chocolates create the flavors of outer space, county fairs and other lands. There are also chocolate pencils to chew on while thinking up your own chocolate creations…
  • The Chocolate Lab – Kids can build their own chocolate bar with a customized wrapper or print chocolate buttons (kind of like M&M’s®) with a photo. You can make other chocolate creations as well, but we’ve never been able to pull kids away from choosing their own chocolate bar additions (with choices like nutella, nuts, candies, cereal, bacon, potato chips, pop rocks and even fiery cheetos–this activity can take all day!) long enough to explore the other goodies.
  • Sticky – This candy from Australia is made right before your eyes. Candy sculptors can create sticky sweet art just for you, and they can even make gorgeous, colorful hard candies with your name or message straight through the candy middle!

Indulge Your Sweet Tooth
You can’t be surrounded by all this candy and not take a taste! They have a way that makes it easy to taste as you explore. In addition to offering lots of taste tests of the fresh candies they’re making, you can also get a Sweet! Candy Card. It’s a refillable card that works like cash but makes it easier for you to try the tasting machines (cool spots in the store that offer bites of candy from around the world), bulk candy, interactive games (like the World’s Fastest Gumball Machine), the Chocolate Lab, and other candy and goodies throughout the store. It’s a fun way to give bigger kids a way to pick and manage their own treat tasting – when the card is used up, they’re done!

Sweet Fast Facts
Sweet! is over 30,000 square feet of candy that has:

  • 300 types of chocolate bars
  • 860 different chocolate products
  • 200 types of gummy candies
  • 140 flavors of chewing gum
  • 250 types of lollipops
  • 195 pounds of chocolate tempering in the Chocolate Lab
  • 200 kilos of custom hard candy created daily at the Sticky boutique

(And they do birthday parties, too!)

Getting Here and Parking Here
Sweet! validates for any purchases over .02¢, so parking is $2 for up to 2 hours. Or skip parking altogether, and take the Metro, getting off at the Hollywood & Highland stop.

Sweet! Hollywood at Hollywood & Highland
6801 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 201, Los Angeles
Phone: 323-809-4380
Hours: Sunday – Thursday from 10:00 am – 9:00 pm; Friday & Saturday from
10:00 am – 10:00 pm.
Online: www.sweetlosangeles.com

Too tempting, or must-visit?  What does your family think about the new ultimate sweet emporium?

All images courtesy of Sweet! Hollywood and Meghan Rose.

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Kid-Friendly Recipe: Quick & Tasty Chicken Drumsticks

by drealestercontributor

Looking for a super quick dinner or something fun and different for the lunchbox that doesn’t take too much time to prepare? Here is one of our favorite kid approved “chicken on the bone” recipes around.

Ingredients:

12 salteen or butter crackers
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
1 lb. (6) organic chicken drumsticks
2 eggs, whipped

Method:

Begin by making the coating by crushing crackers into fine or chunky pieces. (A great job for the kids!) Mix crumbs, paprika, seasoned salt together and place in a shallow pan or baking dish.. Rinse drumsticks then dip into eggs then roll in cracker crumbs, coating all sides well.

Place drumsticks on microwave safe dish with meaty sides up. and cover with wax paper. Cook on high for 8-10 minutes until chicken is no longer pink. If neccessary, rotate dish 1/2 way through cooking. Let stand covered for 2 minutes before serving.

Yields 2-3 yummy servings.

PS – Want to score some extra points with the kiddos?  Substitute potato chips for crackers. Barbeque and cheddar cheese flavors add an extra kick!

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