Category: Healthy eating at home
Is Your Child Eating Too Much Sodium?
| February 24, 2016 | Posted by Stacy under Healthy eating at home, School lunch, Sodium |
With all the recent talk about the dangers of a sugary diet, many of us moms now pay close attention to our kids’ sugar intake. But what about sodium?!? If your family eats processed foods or likes to dine out at restaurants, your children may be consuming too much. Since February is American Heart Month, it seems like a good […] more
What to Do When Your Kid HATES Veggies: A Survival Guide
| March 10, 2015 | Posted by Stacy under Healthy eating at home, Vegetables |
What’s that you say? Your little angel won’t eat his veggies? Oh, believe me, I know how you feel. Starting around age 4, my oldest son (now 9) steadfastly refused all things vegetable. When placed on his plate, he would maneuver around them. How about a mouse bite? I’d ask. He’d shake his head and remind me, “I HATE VEGETABLES.” […] more
Why We Should NEVER Give Up on Teaching Kids to Love Healthy Food
| June 27, 2014 | Posted by Stacy under Food education, Healthy eating at home, Improving school food, School lunch |
I’ve been pretty open and honest about my feeding struggles with my older son (now age 8). Over the years, his will-not-eat list has been longer than a line at Disneyland. Oh, how I’ve tried and tried to introduce healthy new foods, only to have him reject them, often without even taking a bite. Despite all the creations that I’ve placed before him, he’s […] more
How to Make Homemade Nut Milk: Recipe
| February 4, 2014 | Posted by Stacy under Healthy eating at home, Recipe |
For a long time, I bought almond milk to use in smoothies and other recipes. But that was before I discovered that many brands contain added ingredients including carrageenan, a controversial food additive extracted from red seaweed that has been linked to stomach ulcers and inflammation. So when I saw that a local health food […] more
When Kids Won’t Eat Healthy School Lunches: Should Parents Get the Blame?
| September 26, 2013 | Posted by Stacy under Healthy eating at home, School food, School lunch |
Since the new school meal nutrition standards went into effect last year, I’ve seen countless articles about how students won’t eat the good-for-you stuff. Fresh fruits and veggies? They just end up in the trash. Even in my own school district, administrators have complained about how school meal participation suffers when healthy cuisine is served. Kids love […] more
Healthy No-Cook Summer Dessert: Creamy Vegan Chocolate Pudding (Kids Cook Monday)
| July 29, 2013 | Posted by Stacy under Dessert, Healthy eating at home, Healthy snacks, Recipes |
For the past couple weeks, it’s been just too hot to turn on the stove. But, of course, we still need to eat. So my 5-year-old daughter and I have been blending up batch after batch of no-cook Creamy Vegan Chocolate Pudding. Made with avocado, banana and raw cacao powder, it’s the kind of wholesome treat […] more
How I’m Fooducating My Kids to Make Healthy Choices
| July 25, 2013 | Posted by Stacy under Food education, Healthy eating at home |
“Mom, can we get Cheetos?” “Mom, can we get Frosted Flakes?” “MOM?!?” I’d taken my then-6-year-old son’s to the grocery store to gather ingredients for a recipe to cook together. Concerned about his growing demands for uber-processed “food” like Doritos and Go-GURT, I thought having him help shop and prepare a “real” meal would be […] more
Friday Links: Ideas and Inspiration for Eating Healthy at Home
| April 26, 2013 | Posted by Stacy under Healthy eating at home, Uncategorized |
I’m ending the week with a round-up of ideas to help your family eat even healthier at home. Because we all can use a little help now and then! 1) Eat beets I’ve literally eaten this Best Ever Beet and Apple Sandwich from One Hungry Mama every day for the past week. She claims that her kids […] more
Why I’m So Passionate About Improving School Food (and a Plea to All Naysayers)
| February 14, 2013 | Posted by Stacy under Healthy eating at home, Junk food in school |
Since Valentine’s Day is about love, I want to share a personal story about someone that I love: my sweet mom. I will be spending this Valentine’s Day on an airplane en route to visit my mother, who recently turned 80. She is still alive but only in body. You see, she suffers from vascular dementia. […] more
Fun Valentine’s Dinner Idea: Make-Your-Own Heart-Shaped Pizzas (Kids Cook Monday)
| February 12, 2013 | Posted by Stacy under Healthy eating at home |
One of my family food resolutions for the new year is to do more Make-Your-Own nights. After all, kids tend to be more enthusiastic about eating a meal (even if it includes unfamiliar or lesser-loved ingredients) that they helped create. Take, for instance, Make-Your-Own Salad Night, when my normally salad-resistant kids devoured a bowl of mixed […] more
I created this blog to raise awareness and start a dialogue about the various issues involved in school food. By writing about it, I hope to provide parents and educators with ideas and inspiration for making healthy changes in their own schools. Since healthy eating habits start at home, I also address common feeding challenges faced by parents.
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