If you have kids, or have ever babysat before, you know that kids constantly need to be entertained. It can sometimes be difficult to think of something creative for your kids to do when they come to you saying, “they’re bored” again, and again, and again. Luckily, you don’t have to look any further than [...]
Picky Eating 101: Bringing Calm Back to the Family Table
March 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
If you have kids or have ever been in a packed restaurant for the 5:30pm family rush, you are well aware that feeding kids isn’t always a cake walk. Some kids will only eat wagon wheel shaped pasta. Others will gorge on red fruits and run far away from anything orange. Whatever the quirks associated [...]
Eating Healthy with Your Kids
January 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
by featured blogger Rachel Boller from Busy Mama Fitness When your house is occupied by grown-ups, sticking with a healthy whole food lifestyle is probably easier. You are in control of the weekly menu, the shopping list and what is allowed in your pantry and what’s not. However, when children come into the mix, a [...]
Cultivating Good Nutrition and Healthy Body Image in our Children
December 27, 2012 by 5 Comments
Breaking News! There is currently a severe and dangerous epidemic sweeping across the country. It’s an epidemic that is targeting our children and youth and the incidence rate continues to rise every year. Today, eating disorders plague the youth in America, and it may surprise you that these disorders are actually classified as a disease. [...]
In the Defense of Snack Foods
November 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
by Jessica Serdikoff Tamara Duker Freuman is a registered dietitian who recently wrote an article all about snacking and kids. It’s true that when we think of snacks, we think of children and all the products that line the shelves of the grocery store at their eye-level. These snacks and the copious amounts of them [...]
Why Getting Kids to Eat Healthier School Lunches Will Be a Slow Process
October 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Jessica Serdikoff School lunches are being reformed nationwide, some more easily than others. The first time my mom brought whole wheat bread into our white-bread-loving abode, I think there was a near revolt. When I was sick, my mom practically had to force-feed me just a spoonful of yogurt, and if it wasn’t banana flavored Yoplait (no chunks [...]
14 Last Minute Healthy Halloween Ideas
October 30, 2012 by 1 Comment
When it comes to Halloween, candy is often king. And although I’ve never been one to completely eradicate candy from my diet or that of my kids, I often find that most of the candy my kids come home with on Halloween night is, well, junk. So instead of filling up on cheap treats this [...]
Scary Apple Smiles
October 30, 2012 by 1 Comment
Although candy gets much of the glory on Halloween, healthy treats can also be a lot of fun. Don’t believe me? Check out these adorably scary apple smiles we made earlier this week over at thePlate Boutique. You only need three ingredients to make these smiles work. And they taste so good, that your kids [...]
Can Healthy Fruit Snacks Actually Exist? goVida Shows Us They Can!
October 18, 2012 by 3 Comments
It’s not always easy to find snacks that are both healthy and convenient. Especially when they have to compete against more “fun” snacks. You know which snacks I’m talking about – the brightly colored, cartoon-endorsed, usually-not-good-for-you snacks. Luckily, healthy snacks are starting to arrive in more attractive packaging. Take goVida Freeze Dried Fruit Snacks for example. [...]
Thinking Beyond the Candy
October 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Costumes, jack-o’-lanterns, roasted pumpkin seeds, roomy pillowcases, and- oh yeah, a whole lot of CANDY! During the month of October and the holiday seasons that follow, store shelves overflow with bags of candy, gummies, caramels, lollipops; the types of treats seem endless. In fact, sweet treats are so readily available that it often becomes a challenge [...]