4-Step Dinner: Wild Rice & Chicken with Radish Salad

This one could not be simpler!

So yummy it made my son's hair stand up!

Wild Rice and Chicken:

Measure one cup of WILD rice (it has less toxins and a better nutritional profile then regular rice) and place spread thin, in a glass 9x12 baking dish. Next place one whole cut up chicken 

(organic / local / pastured raised) on top of rice. Season with salt and pepper (I like to add paprika). Then pour 1 and 3/4 cup of water to cover the rice. Place uncovered in oven at 425' Fahrenheit. 

All of the fat and juices from the chicken, season the rice and create a wonderful flavor!

Radish Salad:

- Dice all the vegetables, whisk dressing, and pour on top:

• Dice approx. 12 radishes 
• Dice 2 celery stalks
• Dice 1/4 of a white onion

Dressing:

• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise (home made is best)
• 1 teaspoon of Dijon Mustard
• 2 teaspoons of wild honey
• Sea salt
• Pepper

Wild Rice cooked under organic chicken

Dinner is Served: Radish salad, (organic / local / pastured raised) chicken, wild rice

Green Lovin' Toddlers

                                       

Kids love to be involved in all things BIG, so why not recruit them to help the planet!? Start young and you can help to create an human being that will make environmentally correct decisions as second nature-- or hopefully first nature!

Be A Model:

Being green takes effort. For already overwhelmed parents the extra work might not be welcomed, but you are setting the example! Without your example your children might not understand what a gift our planet is to us. Even worse, you are not ensuring your grandchildren and great grandchildren, and great- great- great relatives a healthy planet of their own to live in.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle As A RULE:

Recycle

Sorting is a big milestone in children's development. A great way to help encourage categorizing and sorting: plastic... paper... metal... trash! Get bins and let your toddler slam dunk those water bottles, newspapers, milk cartons, glass jars, and more!

Reuse:

Turn that old toilet paper roll into a rainstick!

Make paper hats from newspapers!

Check out this cool toy made from a tissue box!

Reduce

Self explanatory, teach your toddlers not to be wasteful. The less we take from the environment, the more it will HAVE to give BACK. Use reusable water bottles and lunch bags, ditch ziplocks and get containers for trips! Use reusable bags when you go shopping or take old bags with you to the grocery store! With a little planning you can really make a difference!