How To Get A Balanced Diet for Kids Right in Your Back Yard
Most people will agree that a balanced diet includes more fruit and vegetables. The question many parents ask is, “How do I get my kids to eat a balanced diet?” The answer is simple. Go outside to your backyard. Planting seeds with children teaches them so much about this world and naturally encourages them to…
Oh The Lunch Comments We Get
Every Friday my husband and I have a date at school with our boys. This date is so important to them that they wait all week for Friday. I also suspect that some other kids are waiting for us too…
The Pink Slime Your Child Is Eating and 5 Things You Can Do About It.
Pink Slime. The new hot topic. What exactly is it? It is leftover beef product that is treated with ammonia to kill bacteria. The result is a pink substance that is the consistency of well…soft serve ice cream. Have you or your kids eaten pink slime? Most likely YES, unless you never go out to eat, you…
Fast Healthy Lunches
Packing a healthy lunch for school does not have to be time consuming. The key is to make it fun by creating little sections of “grab and go” food. Here are a few ideas in pictures…
Lettuce Wraps Made Easy
Every morning I pack my kids lunch and think – fresh, fun and finger foods. (Of course I think healthy and gluten-free too.) Here my version of a grab and go healthy lettuce wrap recipe. It also is a great sandwich recipe for those who are gluten-free. How to Make Lettuce Wraps:
Celebrate “Food Day” by Eating Real Food!
Today is Food Day as proclaimed by Center for Science in the Public Interest. In honor of food day here are some questions to get you started thinking about your relationship with food. Do you lean towards healthy foods or “easy” foods?
Sugar obsession
I am mad this morning, steaming mad! As I was falling asleep last night I could hear my son coughing trying to get some new gunk out of his throat. Up until now I could count on 1 hand how many times my twin 6 year olds were sick. Why don’t my kids get sick? …
It is a cold or food dye reaction?
So your child has a constant runny nose, is it really a cold or could it be a food dye reaction? Artificial food dyes started creeping into our food to make it look more presentable, more fun. I mean who could resist these brightly colored gobs? Quickly, artificial food dyes became the perfect marketing tool…
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