Less than 10% of kids eat the recommended 1-2 cups of vegetables per day. Surprisingly, adults are struggling too. The most recent statistics show that 91% of adults just aren’t eating the 2-3 cups each day either.
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De-escalating Meal Time Drama Around Kids & Food
“That’s yucky!”
“Eww!”
“I don’t like that!”
Kid comments like these are often followed up with whining and begging for favorite foods. And these negative food experiences are enough to make any parent exasperated. Once the whining wears you down, the idea of giving up and giving in, just to stop the chaotic noise and make the food experience a little bit better is totally understandable.
But it doesn’t really solve the problem, does it?
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11 Healthy & Satisfying Snacks for the Family Road Trip
Snacks are a critical component of a healthy diet. Allowing too long between meals invites cravings, impulse food decisions and can encourage us to eat quickly and too much when we do sit down for a meal. However, the wrong type of snack can keep us munching on empty calories only to find we are still hungry. When cooped up in the car for several hours, having some smart snacks ready for munching will help you avoid wrecking your nutrition plan before you even reach your destination…
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Meat-LESS Meal Planning for Carnivores
“You’re kidding?” That was the response I received the first time I suggested we try following a ‘Meatless Monday’ meal plan. No amount of feminine charms could convince or seduce my husband into getting on board…
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What to Do With All the Candy!?
While the ultimate candy holiday has passed, it has probably left you a sweet and horrible gift… a stash of way too many confectionary treats! Maybe you were “the one” who gave out “healthier” treats this year, like my friend Josten Fish recommends in her article, 10 Halloween Treats That Aren’t Candy. But even so, that doesn’t keep your kitchen candy free. So, the dilemma presents… What to do with all the candy?
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Pregnancy Weight Gain- The Realities, Recommendations & Research
It’s been said that you remember feelings more than words. How true. At about 36 weeks pregnant with my first daughter, I was at a routine midwife exam and made a joking yet serious comment to my midwife that I was “done gaining weight!” She breathed out a laugh and replied, “Sorry. This is when the baby does the most growing.” My heart sank…
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An Honest Conversation About Varicose Veins During Pregnancy, Part 1
Mortified. Day by day I watch purple veins pop to the surface of the inside of my left knee and spread down my calf like a spider web. It looked awful. I tried to ignore it, pretend it wasn’t there, but as the weeks of pregnancy passed by I realized this was something that was not going away…
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Faster Weeknight Dinners- Strategies That Really Work!
Years ago, Rachael Ray had a tv show on the Food Network called Week in a Day. In the course of 60 (tv) minutes, she would show you how to make 5 different meals for your family and how to reheat and serve them each night. The idea of having a yummy home-cooked meal on the table for your family each night is quite appealing and beneficial.
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Easy Meal Plan Strategies for the Busy Family
Growing up, our family never had a plaque with our “family values” listed or a family mantra we created and memorized, but I knew without a doubt that my parents valued family dinners. There wasn’t a question about whether we would...
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Is It Really Possible to Eliminate Added Sugar?…One Mom’s Story
Every bite you take is either fighting disease or feeding it. –Anonymous
As described in the Sugar Series, Part 1 and Part 2, sugar has a way of sneaking into our kitchen and meals, becoming a friend and sabotaging our taste buds. Knowingly or unknowingly, we have allowed it. But, we don’t have to permit it to invade our lives. The first step is knowing the facts and the second is understanding where it is coming from. For knowledge to lead to action, we need to be convinced it is actually possible. Are you?