20 Recipes Kids Can Make (That Aren’t Braindead Easy)
Here’s one for you: Q: What do you get when you cross a child under 10, a can of bread dough, and a bag of…
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teaching kids about real food
Study Shows: Learning to Cook As a Kid Improves Nutrition a Decade Later!
Does teaching kids to cook help them to eat healthier as an adult? Hmmmm… I love science, but sometimes it’s baffling that certain things even…
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What to Do During the Holidays when Family Food Philosophies Clash
Gathering with family for the holidays should be relaxing and joyful but family holidays can be stressful when food philosophies class. Here’s now to navigate…
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Teach Kids These 5 Habits for Lifelong Healthy Eating!
As parents, we decide what foods our babies try first. We control the menu and set the standards of “what we eat.” But at some…
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3 Easy Ways to Make Sure Your Kids Aren’t Fooled by Food Labels {GUEST POST}
This post is from guest writer Alison Adair from the Pure Food Kids Foundation. Food marketers spend two billion dollars a year convincing kids to…
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Chocolate Filled Frozen Banana Bites Recipe {Dairy-Free}
With summer in full swing it’s nice to be able to give the kids a cold treat without loading them up on sugar. Not to…
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How to Use a Rotation Diet for Food Allergies
One of the hardest things about an allergy diagnosis is taking food away from your child. “Sorry, no more yogurt for breakfast. Nope, no more…
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Instant Pot Breakfast: Apple Cranberry Steel Cut Oats
I left my Instant Pot in the box for at least 6 months, but not for the reasons everyone else does. The Instant Pot is…
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Why I Secretly Love Our Food Allergies
I’m not gonna lie. Having (multiple) kids with (different) food allergies is not easy. In fact, many days it is down right hard. I can’t…
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10 Easy Lunches for Kids Using Mason Jars
The holiday break is over. The new year is here. That means it’s time to get back on track with healthy eating! One very important…
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We Don’t Do Lunch (How to Pack Real Travel Food for Day Trips)
Everyone knows not to drink the water in Mexico. Same rule should apply to theme parks and other one-day excursions. Don’t drink the $5 bottled…
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Girls Hitting Puberty Earlier, 10x Faster Than Boys–and it’s NOT all About the Chicken!!!!
Just because everyone is doing it doesn’t mean it’s right. Generations of parents have known, understood, and parroted this fact to teenagers with raging hormones…
Involving Young Kids in the Kitchen (Beyond Stirring)
My children, at the young ages of 5, 3, and 1, are little mirrors of the passion I have for cooking. They jump at any…
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How Many Birthday Cupcakes Can One Kid Eat?
There will be some who will say that I’m trying to ruin birthdays, that I’m an out-of-season Grinch, my heart clearly two sizes too small…
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Monday Mission: Teach Kids How to Eat
Knowing what food is healthy is not something kids just know. You have to teach your kids how to eat. Start when they are young…
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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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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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A Real Food Nutrition & Health Curriculum Based on WAPF Principles {REVIEW}
There are a couple reasons I realized I wasn’t called to homeschool, although I gave it a go for 3-year-old preschool and failed miserably once…
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