Raising a Healthy Family: Making Family Dinners Doable
Posted on February 12, 2010 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, Healthy Eating, Raising Healthy Kids | 2 Comments
Do you eat dinner as a family? We do, nearly every night. It’s important to me, and studies show that the benefits of eating as a family are huge. Unfortunately, with packed schedules and big work commitments, many families have abandoned the family dinner. It’s time to get back to it though.
I’ll be the first [...]
Honey Lime Dipping Sauce Recipe
Posted on February 2, 2010 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, Recipes | 10 Comments
“Mommy, tomorrow is hog day!” Will told me excitedly last night.
Now, Will is a smart boy who tends to remember everything (no, really, everything … he brought up a great time he had with our cousins in the summer two years ago this past week. The boy is four and a half – how did [...]
Taco Burger Recipe
Posted on January 12, 2010 - Filed Under Beef, Feeding Kids, Recipes | 5 Comments
Tacos hold a very special place in my heart. Serious. Ever since I was little, something about the crunchy little shells filled with spicy meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato and hot taco sauce just made my mouth so darn happy. I mean sure, you can have better, more authentic tacos — and I enjoy those too [...]
Read More..>>Lightened Up Raspberry Applesauce Pancakes
Posted on January 7, 2010 - Filed Under Breakfasts, Feeding Kids, Recipes, fruit | 5 Comments
If you are what you eat, then my four-year-old Will is a moist pancake with berries. To say he loves pancakes is like saying that the sun is lukewarm. Will’s devotion to pancakes is unreal. If we let him, Will would have a big stack of pancakes every single morning. But, that wouldn’t be good [...]
Read More..>>Comfort Food: Crunchy Oven Fried Chicken Recipe
Posted on January 5, 2010 - Filed Under Budget Eating, Chicken, Easy Recipes, Feeding Kids, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating, Poultry, Recipes | 5 Comments
There is something amazing about biting into the crispy coating of fried chicken. It crunches between your teeth, revealing layers of flavors. It’s salty and wonderful … Before you know it, you’re biting into juicy chicken, just below the skin. Well, at least I hope it’s juicy. I’ve had a lot of flavorless meat on [...]
Read More..>>Cooking With Kids: Chocolate Covered S’mores Grahams Recipe
Posted on January 4, 2010 - Filed Under Cookies, Feeding Kids, Recipes, cooking with kids | 4 Comments
Ever since Will was old enough to stand, he’s been helping me in the kitchen. Paige too. They can spin salads to remove water like nobody’s business. They know how to tear lettuce into bite-sized pieces, measure ingredients and sift. They can mix and fold. Will knows how to add the flour mixture to wet [...]
Read More..>>Start The Year Off Right
Dr. Oz on Budget-Friendly Healthy Eating
Posted on January 1, 2010 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating, lessons | 2 Comments
Happy New Year!
This year, I plan to focus even more heavily on healthy living and raising a healthy family. If we take care of our bodies, then we can live longer and happier, and who doesn’t want that? So I am hoping you, my dear readers, will indulge me as I feature occasional tips and [...]
Fabulous Fish: Baked Lemon Herb Cod Recipe
Posted on December 10, 2009 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, Recipes, fish/shellfish, quick and easy | 3 Comments
Sometimes, you taste something – just a little bite of it – and it blows you away. That was the case with this dish. It was rich, buttery even (although there is no butter in the recipe) and absolutely mouthwatering. It was one of those things that the kids devoured so fast that I did [...]
Read More..>>Kid-Approved: Hawaiian Turkey Meatballs Recipe
Posted on December 3, 2009 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, Poultry, Recipes, quick and easy | Leave a Comment
Gosh, I love these meatballs. Made with ground turkey, which is a little lighter in calories, they are filled with flavor and bathed in a sweet-savory sauce. Over rice, the whole concoction is just awesome.
The first time I made these meatballs, Paige was a newborn who counted her age in weeks. She was tiny and [...]
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
Posted on November 4, 2009 - Filed Under Appetizers, Feeding Kids, Healthy Cooking | 2 Comments
Until last week, I had never carved a pumpkin myself. There was this one time in high school where I insisted on having a carved pumpkin … but aside from a tiny knife jab or two, I didn’t do the actual carving. But on Halloween, I carved two pumpkins and my husband carved another two. [...]
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