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10 Ways To Deal With Picky Eaters When You’re Fed Up
Having a kid who is a picky eater is one of the most frustrating parts about being a parent—right up there with potty training, sleepless nights and meltdowns. Chances are, you’re already doing your best to offer plenty of healthy foods. But try as you might, you...
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7 Healthy Holiday Baking Tips
I love baking anytime of year, but during the holidays, it’s even more special. As a child, I have fond memories of making chocolate-coconut Christmas cookies and these Betty Crocker candy cane cookies with my own mom. Now that I have my own kids, I love holiday...
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10 Ways I’m Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain
Between all the family dinners, holiday parties and special events, the 5 or so weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day are prime time for holiday weight gain. Surprisingly, most people gain only about a pound during the holiday season, which doesn’t sound like...
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[VIDEO] 3 Things Volunteering To Feed The Hungry Teaches My Kids
My daughters are still young but before my husband and I ever planned to have children, it was important to us that we would raise kids who were grateful. Grateful for the food on their table. Grateful for the clothes on their backs. Grateful for the house over their...
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7 Healthy Kids’ Birthday Treats That Aren’t Cupcakes
In recent years, an increasing amount of schools in the U.S. have banned cake, cupcakes and other treats for kids’ birthday celebrations all in an effort to curb childhood obesity and keep kids with food allergies safe. If your child’s school allows you to bring in...
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8 Processed Foods I Feed My Kids
My kids eat a diet made up of mostly real, whole foods—the way food was meant to be consumed. Unlike processed foods that have artificial ingredients, additives, and preservatives, a ton of sodium, salt and saturated fat, are chemically engineered to appeal to kids’...
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6 Ways To Get Rid Of Leftover Halloween Candy
After all the Halloween parties, school celebrations and trick or treating are over, and your kids have been over-indulging for days, chances are, you’re ready to put an end to the sugar madness. In my house, we let our kids enjoy their treats and the candy, but the...
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How Not To Raise An Emotional Eater
I’ve been an emotional eater for as long as I can remember. It’s one of the reasons I started this blog. When you grow up in an Italian-American family like I did, it’s hard not to be an emotional eater and break many unhealthy eating habits. Food (and lots of it), is...
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10 Easy Ways To Slash Sugar From Your Kid’s Diet
Homemade cookies, your hometown ice cream shop and trick or treating on Halloween are what childhood memories are made of. But let’s face it: kids can get sweets almost anywhere whether it’s the school cafeteria, on the sports field, in your local bank or in your own...
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How To Choose A Healthy Kids’ Yogurt
Whether you serve it for breakfast, as an after-school snack or add it to smoothies, yogurt can be a healthy food in your kid’s diet. Yogurt is an excellent source of protein, which promotes satiety and can prevent weight gain. It’s also a great source of calcium,...
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8 Tips For Teaching Kids How To Cook
One of the best ways to get your kids to eat healthy now and throughout their lives is to teach them how to cook healthy meals. My kids have been helping me in the kitchen since they were toddlers and we all have a lot of fun cooking and baking together. I don’t want...
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6 Subtle Signs of Postpartum Depression
Four years ago, I found myself in the office of a therapist who specialized in postpartum depression. My second child was already 18-months-old by that point and from what I had read and written about postpartum depression, there was no way I had it. I thought moms...
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Feeding Toddlers: What, When and How Much To Feed 1- to 3-year-olds
Your toddler is walking, running, climbing—and growing by leaps and bounds every day. As you continue to introduce table foods and he gets to explore new, exciting textures, flavors and tastes, you probably have a lot of questions about feeding toddlers such as what...
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How To Prevent Cavities At Halloween
There’s no getting around it: if your family celebrates Halloween, your kids will have candy— and lots of it. Between trick-or-treating, Halloween parties and school events, kids consume up to 3 cups of sugar, or a whopping 7,000 calories on Halloween, a poll by...
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11 Easy Food Safety Tips For Moms and Kids
Whether you buy organic, local, non-GMO or local, and shop at Whole Foods or the famers’ market, you and your kids can still be at risk for food poisoning. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 48 million people each year get sick from...
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