Do We Really Wonder WHY We’re Obese?
I’m a people watcher, when I get an opportunity. I like to wonder about what other people are doing, their motivations, their “story” that day.…
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10 Bread-Free, Packable Alternatives to Sandwiches for a Healthy Lunch on the Go
Whether you’re cutting down on bread, cutting it out completely, get sick of sandwiches, or you’ve simply run out of bread and (a) can’t get…
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Make a Silly Muffin Meal {Recipe: Smashed Potato & Pea Muffins}
Would you serve a main dish of muffins with a side of muffins, followed by muffins and with muffins, of course, as the bread –…
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Make a Silly Meal: Pancakes, Pancakes, and More Pancakes
Q: “Mom, what’s for dinner?” A: “Pancakes.” “What else?” “A side of pancakes. Oh, and we’re starting with pancakes. Did I mention there will be…
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Blended Green Soup Recipe (for the kids!)
This recipe combines the best of all strategies to help kids eat healthy foods – even straws! You can make the soup with truly any…
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Is the BRATY Diet Compatible with Real Food?
It’s heartbreaking when our family has stomach pains after eating or other nasty symptoms. If the typical BRATY diet doesn’t work for your family’s health,…
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10 Tips to Pack Brilliant Eco-Friendly School Lunches (& Avoid Wasting Food)
My post on packing healthy school lunches has always had quite an incredible response. This tells me moms are hungry for more than just good…
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Does Being Too Strict on Food Take the Joy out of Family Life?
“I don’t even want to go to a barbecue at my boss’s house this summer, because it might not be any fun with all our…
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Do Yellow Pickles Keep You Up at Night?
“Looks like food coloring isn’t the cause of the fits,” I told Jen of The Unprocessed Kitchen just a few days into our experiment to…
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Monday Mission: Eat Fruit for Dessert
Part of weaning ourselves down on sugar and training our sweet tooth to expect (and enjoy!) less sweetness includes appreciating the natural sweetness of things…
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Fixing School Lunch in Two Easy Steps
How often do we hear that kids don’t eat their vegetables? It’s been a classic American icon since the advent of television, I’m guessing: the…
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Easy DIY Natural Food Coloring
Food coloring is a fun way to color homemade frosting on cakes and decorate cookies, but it’s not healthy. That doesn’t mean your food can’t…
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Juice makes you pee your pants (and other reasons not to drink it)
Juice is fruit, so it’s healthy, right? Not really. First, let me make clear that I’m talking about the juice you find in bottles or…
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20 Reasons I LOVE Living with my In-Laws
There’s not a speck of sarcasm there. I am very grateful for my current living situation. Pulling back the curtain of one’s life to millions…
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Back to School on a Gluten Free Diet: How to Pack Gluten Free Lunches
I’ve covered plant based lunch ideas, but maybe you need ideas for gluten free lunches? Here’s a huge list, plus some considerations for classmates with…
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What’s Really in Children’s Medications? {GUEST POST}
This is a guest post by Erin Odom of The Humbled Homemaker. In November 2000, then 3-year-old Brianna Maya nearly died after her parents gave…
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Jonathan Michael: The Birth Story
“How many hours were you in labor?” I still can’t figure out what my answer is going to be. A week? A day? 2 hours?…
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Monday Mission: Get Natural Outdoors
Let’s talk about natural alternatives to all the chemicals we parents are made to believe are necessary from insect repellent to sunscreen. Your mission, if…
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Monday Mission: Spend Time with Your Family
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to do something special with your family this week. Special family time doesn’t have to be anything…
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WFMW: How to Throw a Messy Party (The Best Summer Kids’ Gathering You’ll Ever See!)
27 kids. 12 adults. Jello, flour, chocolate syrup, and lots of cream – both whipped and shaving. The goal? To make a mess. The end…
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