Recent Posts Tagged With 'children'

• More Menu plans for healthier families!

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 05:00 in children, kids, Healthy, Free, teaching, food, nutrition, dinner, snacks, lunch, habits, breakfast

  Do you love to plan your menu’s?  Traditionally on a quiet Sunday afternoon, I like to take cookbooks in my room and write our meals for the week.   So, for now on I’m going to start posting my menu plans for you all! On Friday’s I’ll pos...

• More Broccoli please!

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 07:35 in children, Healthy, nutrition, dinner, meals, menu, broccoli, fruits and vegetables, kids and veggies, healthy food ideas, roasted broccoli

  MONDAY: Fruits and Vegetables It has been proposed that it may not be meat and cheese that is causing high cholesterol and obesity, it could just be that meat and cheese is pushing the fruits and vegetables off of your plates!!  PARENTS? Is this tr...

• Getting to know your food

  Posted on Monday April 6th, 2009 at 07:18 in children, kids, ideas, Healthy, food, nutrition, bugs, snacks, vegetables, meals, menu, spinach

  MONDAY: Fruits and Vegetables A few days ago my 3 year old niece was over playing.  We had a bowl of baby spinach leaves on the table for snacking.  She insisted (and of course very stubbornly) that the bowl should be outside for the bugs!  ̶...

• Sesame Seeds

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 07:00 in children, kids, ideas, food, nutrition, protein, meals, menu, legumes, sesame seeds

  WEDNESDAY: Proteins Why do your kids need protein? Builds and repairs tissue. Fights infections through antibody formation. supplies energy. Forms enzymes and hormones. What is a good source of protein?  SESAME SEEDS!!  1/4 cup has 6.5 grams of p...

• Chocolate to improve health

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 07:48 in recipes, children, ideas, Healthy, cocoa, antioxidants, heart health, dessert, flavonoids, macular degeneration, lower cholesterol, benefits of chocolate

  THURSDAY: Health Issues and Ideas I’ve always been a skeptic to research suggesting chocolate will improve your health.  I don’t care much for it, and have assumed most people will use the information as an excuse to cut back on veggies ...

• Making the most of Granola

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 08:56 in children, Healthy, nutrition, product review, meals, menu, granola, whole grains, snack ideas, healthy food for kids, bear naked, granola ideas

  TUESDAY: Whole Grains When your kids give you trouble about eating healthy food, the next alternative is to make it look/ taste/ feel different. This is what I have to do with granola.  I love granola, but have never been able to get my kids to try...

• POPCORN; Our favorite Whole Grain

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 07:40 in children, kids, ideas, fiber, snacks, popcorn, dessert, microwave, healthy snacks, whole grains, nutritious, caramel corn

  TUESDAYS:  Whole Grains At merely 105 calories, 3 cups of popcorn equals one of your necessary servings of whole grains.  Popcorn can be so versatile. It can take on a savory or a sweet taste, depending on your mood.  Its easy to make, and very e...

• The Pancake Temptation

  Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 06:55 in children, ideas, Healthy, food, nutrition, breakfast, pancakes, whole grains, shapes, buckwheat pancakes, oatmeal pancakes, blender wheat pancakes

  Tuesday: Whole Grains Pancakes! One of our favorite breakfasts.  Whole wheat, oatmeal, buckwheat or multi-grain, its a fantastic way to get some whole grains into your kids before starting the day.  In honor of valentines week, I wanted to test out...