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May 29, 2008 – 11:00 am

Kid-Friendly Let’s Dish! Meals featured on WUSA9

WUSA9 Kid-Friendly MealsWant to keep your kids happy, healthy and full for less than $4 a serving? WUSA9 in Washington DC shares how you can do just that with a little help from Let’s Dish!. Today, reporter Lesli Foster features our store as the one-stop shop for kid-friendly meals for you and your family.
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Many thanks to customer Karen Mahne and her son who came to pick up dinner at Let’s Dish! in Rockville, MD, and shared how much her family loves Let’s Dish!. Our own Elizabeth Marcotte gave the viewers a sneak peek at some of our most popular recipes on our monthly menus, including our top-rated Chili-Lime Chicken with Black Bean Salsa! And, Jeremy Kugel brought in his son, Leo, confessing his love of Let’s Dish! Teriyaki Sliders. Watching just a few minutes on WUSA9 can truly help you keep the kids happy when dinner rolls around!
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Plus, don’t miss our offer of FREE DishDelivery for WUSA9 viewers!
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Visit the Let’s Dish! feature on WUSA9’s website to see our kid-friendly recipes (gasp - yes, we shared recipes!), then scroll down to the bottom of the page for the exclusive WUSA9 coupon code for FREE DishDelivery throughout the mid-Atlantic!

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February 18, 2008 – 6:00 am

Let’s Dish! - Product of the Year

Let’s Dish! was named the 2007 Small Business “Product of the Year” by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce!  Here’s the feature from the Chamber’s February newsletter:

Loudoun County 2007 Small Business of the Year Award Winner!

We are very proud of our Loudoun County stores - Ashburn and Leesburg - and applaud the entire Let’s Dish! team that helped to make us a winner, especially Elizabeth who works tirelessly to spread the word.  We’ve been serving up healthy and delicious dinners to families in the mid-Atlantic for over three years now and work to make sure our customers are delighted with their Let’s Dish!

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February 15, 2008 – 6:00 am

Let’s stop calling our kids “picky” eaters.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of being a guest in Mrs. Carlivati’s 5th and 6th grade science classes at Nysmith School in Virginia. Mrs. Carlivati, an amazing teacher, does a unit on nutrition with her classes. In celebration of AHA’s Go Red for Women campaign, I was invited to lead a discussion about heart healthy food choices. My goal was to teach the kids that healthy foods can be yummy too. I was hoping to teach them to try new foods and to start making good choices today.

The formerly “picky” eaters in Nysmith School’s 5th and 6th grade science classThe children were so much fun.

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By Elizabeth Marcotte | Posted in Family Matters, Healthy Living, Heart Health, Most Popular Posts | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (4)
January 23, 2008 – 11:45 pm

Simple steps to a clean kitchen.

It’s very satisfying to have a clean kitchen at the end of the day. When everyone helps it gets done much faster. Here’s a simple tip to make kitchen clean up a snap:

Break down kitchen clean-up by using a garbage bowl for table scraps and paper napkins and stack similar dishes in the sink with running water. Put all silverware to soak in a small ceramic flower pot in a corner of the sink. With dishes organized in this manner, it will be a breeze to load the dishwasher (easy enough for a child!).

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January 17, 2008 – 6:00 am

Set up a portable homework center at the heart of your house.

To help kids do their homework (and not be on a scavenger hunt for supplies), set up a portable homework center. You could use a tackle box or portable file box. Be sure to include all those necessary tools for homework such as glue, scissors, markers, tape, calculator, extra paper, pencils and the like. With a portable box, when it is time for dinner, you can simply put all the items back in and clear off the dining room table. The portability also helps when you have multiple children or if they like to do their homework in different spaces.

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January 12, 2008 – 6:00 am

Save the memory not the clutter.

Usually memories are better than the reality. Actually, good memories and stories seem to get even better as time passes. Nothing about piles of stuff cluttering up your space gets better.

Creating an album/journal where you can write stories, paste photos, articles and small souvenirs is a great way to memorialize many of life’s precious moments and the objects that went along with them.

Reduce Clutter: Start a Journal. A lot of the items that tend to clutter up closets and storage areas are sentimental. Memories associated with these items stir up emotions that make it difficult to part with unused goods.

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January 8, 2008 – 5:40 pm

Introducing Family Matters: The Importance of Family Dinner

We thought we’d switch topics quickly for a moment and introduce our new “Family Matters” category for an important reason.  A story came out yesterday on ABC 7 (WJLA) that focuses family dinners and their importance to healthy eating, particularly among teenage girls. 

The TV news segment discusses a new study that finds teenage girls are less likely to have an eating disorder when they eat their meals with family members.  And, the piece features our Let’s Dish! co-owner, Elizabeth Marcotte, who gives her perspective on quality time during family dinner, and several of our customers in Northern Virgina.  A special thanks to customer Anna Knapp (for letting the WJLA cameras follow her home and watch her family have dinner) and Susan Lippolis (who shares that she brings her teenage daughter to dish for her own important reasons).  We appreciate your insight and enthusiasm for Let’s Dish!.

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January 6, 2008 – 6:00 am

What’s going to work? Teamwork!

Enlist the support of a trusted friend to help you attack an organizing task. You can visit with each other as you work, which will make the task more enjoyable.
- Susan M. Thompson, Professionally Organized Places, LLC, www.proorganized.com

For me, everything is easier with a buddy. Having someone else to answer to seems to make it more important to do my best. Whether it’s a school parent volunteer project, a diet or a house clean up, reporting progress to another person makes it easier to stay on task. I usually make 12 dishes in a session and it can feel like a lot to get done.

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