How to Plan Food for a (Really) Large Group: Taco Bar Prep for Graduation Party, Wedding, Shower, Etc.
I love a challenge, and although you wouldn’t know it if you visited my house, I can organize an event like nobody’s business (just not…
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The Health Risks of Restrictive Diets
My journey with restrictive diets is a long one, starting way back in junior high. I decided to avoid fat as much as possible in…
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Skip the Pediatlyte: Stay Hydrated at Home When Sick
Have you ever felt sluggish and grumpy? Maybe you had a bit of a nagging headache too? Or maybe you noticed your child not acting…
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Welcome Back to School: Sustainability, Lunch Ideas, and More!
Head Back to School Sustainably in 2024 It’s the time of year when school supplies seem to have taken over my house and I’m scouring…
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Why Teens Need Animal Protein and How to Get It
We hear a lot about the importance of protein, but how much protein do teens really need? Let’s find out! If you’ve been around the…
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Top 10 Life Skills to Teach Your Kids Before They Turn 18
When I was a kid, I never once said, “I want to be a digital entrepreneur when I grow up.” I never had “be a…
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Strange Behavior: Teaching Our Kids Important Life Skills
Have you taught your kids how to identify strange behavior? It’s an important life skill you don’t want to miss. Growing up, I was taught…
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High School Graduation Party Planning Ideas
When I started planning the graduation party for my oldest, my college roommate came to mind. When she graduated high school, she lived in a…
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Easy and Healthy Snack Ideas for Athletes
I’m so committed to healthy snacks for kids, including after team sports, that I simply can’t just go with the flow and buy single-serve processed…
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Healthy Snack Swaps for Kids’ Sports
It seems inevitable that if your kids are in sports, they’re going to be served snacks by other kids’ parents. It also feels inevitable that…
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Kids’ Sports Snacks Are Out of Control
Even though I write and teach about food, I don’t always post a lot of beautiful food photography on social media. However, it turns out…
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Simple Tips to Keep Your Kids Healthy This Year
One of the biggest misconceptions in the health and wellness world is that in order to improve your health and the health of your kids,…
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Healthy Sheet Pan Dinner Recipe: Pizza Meatloaf
When I ask my family for meal ideas, 90% of the time they will give one of three answers: Waffles Pizza Lasagna What do these…
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The Best Cooking Gifts For Kids
While we all love when our kids are given clutter-free, experience gifts, sometimes it is nice to have some type of tangible kids cooking gift…
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The Cookbook for Kids Written by Kids: Chef Junior
The children set out to make coffee pancakes, which would have been a noble pursuit since the majority of the 12 adults in the household…
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Real Food Family Tries Soda Pop | Kids Never Had Soda!
When you’re a real food family, it becomes clear that other households’ pantries, fridges, and freezers look very different from what your kids are used…
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Homemade Elderberry Gummies Recipe | Kid-Friendly Immune Booster
Does anyone else hate the phrase “flu season”? It’s really misleading. God created four beautiful seasons, none of which has an attribute of illness. I…
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Living Dangerously… with Caution (We Bike Our Child to School Without Apology)
Last week, I posted a personal story on my public Facebook page.This page has nearly 100,000 followers, but generally gets somewhere between one and eight “likes” on any given…
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Positive Parenting Solutions Review | Skill Building for Parents
I first heard about Positive Parenting Solutions in an email PS from Katie. So I watched the webinar and was hooked. We all want to…
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Simple Strategies to Cope with Anxiety for Kids
It’s Monday morning. We have to be out the door by 8:00am. It’s the usual frenzy of packing up lunches, helping the preschooler get dressed
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