School Lunches Made Easy
Pack a healthy lunch by breaking up your child's nutrition needs into these three key areas: protein, carbohydrate and fat. Then add color--think deep red, green, blue, orange and purple to make certa.... read more
Child Nutrition
Does fruit turn into sugar?
Fruit provides an abundance of nutrition: antioxidants, water, vitamins, minerals and energy--aka "fructose" a long sugar chain that gets broken down into glucose (the body's preferred fuel source) .... read more
Food Sensitivity Tests: Should I get one?
At home food sensitivity and allergy tests have become increasingly popular. They are available in drugstores an online under various brand names. Some require hair samples, saliva samples or blood te.... read more
Summer Time Kid-Friendly Snacks
Summer time is coming soon. Cue the kids opening the refrigerator constantly, draining the pantry and asking "Mom, what's for dinner?"
We know from food surveys that kids in the U.S. don't usually .... read more
How to Learn to Like New Foods
Not everyone is born to love fruits and vegetables. Some people describe vegetables to have a bitter taste or have a texture that is squishy or slimy for that matter. What would you say if I told y.... read more
Super Food Smoothie
5 minutes | 2 Servings | Kid-Friendly, Toddler-Friendly
Ingredients:
1c baby spinach leaves, washed and dried
3/4c cow's milk (1%) Note: If you substitute with almond or oat milk, look for no-sug.... read more
Safe Food Storage: Materials Matter
There are a ton of new food storage materials now on the market and if you have a family and have read recent guidelines issued from the American Academy of Pediatrics then you're probably aware tha.... read more
Buy back time in the kitchen--in just 15 minutes
How do you buy back time in the kitchen when you don't have time to cook? Or time to prep? Or when you work long hours? Or what about when you're fielding kids and family to sporting events? How do yo.... read more
School & Big Appetites are Back in Session
Pictured left: Sophia's "Food Flower" with "olive clouds and a potato chip sun" (Age 6)
Why is my kid gaining weight?
It’s a loaded question for sure but what does the science tell us? W.... read more
