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Marcela Rojas has been a reporter for The Journal News since 2003 and has covered numerous communities in Westchester and Putnam, including Ossining, Peekskill and Brewster. She writes often about immigration and diversity topics that span the region, along with examining national and state policies as they affect local communities.
E-mail Marcela Rojas at mrojas@lohud.com
My daughter recently came down with a pretty nasty cough. It’s been going on for about a week and my wise old aunt told me to give her a mixture of 1 tbsp. honey and 1 tbsp. lemon, heated together.
Being almost 2, it was her first taste of honey and she liked it. But what’s [...]
One of the highlights of my daughter’s day is her 10:30 a.m. YoBaby Yogurt fix. Not a day has gone by in the past 10 months where she hasn’t had this creamy concoction.
She loves her yogurt that she pronounces yo-gooo-t. I guess what gravitated me toward this brand was its YoBaby name. It just seemed [...]
I’m starting to wonder what it is about 2, that magical age when apparently a toddler can start eating fish, honey and eggs.
My daughter will be 2 at the end of March. What is going to change 52 days from now that will allow her to ingest peanut butter? I love peanut butter and feel [...]
When Zyla turned 1, I started giving her organic whole milk rather than the conventional variety. Not everything she eats is organic, but I decided I would fork over the couple of extra bucks for these organic goods because it’s the one daily constant in her life. With organic milk, I didn’t have to worry [...]
You know those peanut butter filled crackers that kids love, well don’t give any to your kids because they may be tainted with salmonella. Watch out for the Keebler variety and check out this video.
In the last few days, I’ve twice come across this idea of throwing “chicken pox parties,” in order to expose children to the disease so that they don’t have to get the varicella vaccination, thought by some to be linked to autism.
The plan is to throw a party—where one child is infected—and have a bunch [...]
So for Christmas my husband gave me a Breville juicer that I couldn’t be more excited about. I have heard, read and reread the healthy wonders of juicing and now that I have one, I know what all the fuss is about. There really is nothing better or sweeter than fresh juiced fruit.
During the holidays, [...]
I’m happy to report that after a couple of weeks of nothing but cheese and bread, Zyla’s appetite is coming back.
It all started on Christmas Eve, when the entire family—there’s 20 of us—sat down to a very rich, very delicious meal of Beef Wellington, roasted potatoes, green beans and salad. I thought Zyla would only [...]
We got a jump start on the holiday cheer last weekend when we had a birthday brunch for me and my sister. There was tons of food, starting with cheeses, lox, bagels, muffins, scones, souffles and roasted corn chowder. We later moved on to roast beef, green beans, spinach salad and roasted potatoes. And topped [...]
I’m starting to think that the days of eating anything I put in front of my daughter—vegetables—are over. In the not-to-distant past, she gobbled up lettuce, mushrooms, onions and other healthy greens. But lately, all she seems to want is plain cheese, bread with cheese and pasta covered in cheese. Oh and pizza. Notice a [...]
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As most parents soon discover, feeding a family is rarely that easy, whether its nursing a fussy newborn or trying to get a hot meal into a squirming toddler (or attempting both at the same time.) And that's not even the days when work runs late, the main course burns, or your adventurous little sushi eater announces from now on she will only eat food that is pink. As parents ourselves, we've been there, done that, even learned a few tricks along the way. And we're pretty sure so have you. Maybe together we can make eating together as a family -- gulp! -- fun again.     Hema Easley has been a reporter for The Journal News since July 2002, first covering municipal government and then nonprofit agencies, women's issues and the South Asian and Muslim community in the Lower Hudson Valley. In her previous job, Hema was a correspondent for the Associated Press in South Asia. She lives with her husband and two sons in Orange County. Katie Ryan O'Connor, a Journal News editor and 35-year-old mother of three, never quite appreciated the work that went into feeding kids until she had to do it herself as a mother. If she had a food-and-kids philosophy it would be something like this: try your best to offer as much healthy food as possible, but sometimes fruits just have to be counted as vegetables and there are far worse things than chicken and spaghetti. Again. Tracey Princiotta, a 37-year-old mother of one, loves to cook, bake and eat, and is relieved that her son appears to be equally willing to chow down -- even if it's baby food and formula right now. Despite her husband's intense aversion to vegetables, she has high hopes of nurturing a true chowhound who will try everything at least once. And if all else fails, she's not above sneaking veggies into other foods. Marcela Rojas has been a municipal reporter with The Journal News since January 2003. She is a native of Putnam County and grew up eating Peruvian food. She didn't realize until she was 13 that rice did not come with everyone's meal. After several years of living in Los Angeles -- where she grew a fondness for Thai food -- she returned to Putnam County where she now lives with her husband and daughter. Zyla (rhymes with Lilah) just turned 1 in March and, so far (her mother is pleased to note), loves to eat everything. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, a Journal News reporter, started her career as a journalist in 1999 after graduating with a master's degree from New York University. Before joining the paper in 2006, Swapna worked as a municipal reporter for the Home News Tribune in New Jersey, and took a baby sabbatical to care for her two children, now ages 7 and 5. She has currently outsourced feeding her children and husband to her mother, who is visiting from India. Her friend and colleague Katie O'Connor, informs Swapna that she wouldn't mind being fed Indian food by her mother, too.
 Randi Weiner has been a reporter with The Journal News since 1989, having covered police, government and schools in Westchester and in Rockland. An Ohio native and 1976 graduate of Bowling Green State University, she worked for daily newspapers in Ohio and Michigan before moving east. She has tended bar and danced in a beledi troup and sat on the boards of two community theaters. She plays mandolin with the Shamrogues, ConnecticutÕs largest Irish band. Randi lives in Connecticut with her husband and has three children. |
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