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I"m a mom of three with a degree in Health Education. The busier I get, the harder it is to make healthy food my kids will love. So this blog is the journey of trying to practice what I preach, and how difficult, yet rewarding it can be.
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Pumpkin Hummus
So many blogs, so little time! Have you seen this one? Although I am the world’s worst crafter, I love to look. I wish I could make this Christmas Advent calendar, but I know if I tried, my dove would look like a piece of felt wit...
Smoothilicious- Orange creamsicle Smoothie
There are so many different ways to make a smoothie, your kids should never be bored. While not packed full of fruits and veggies, this smoothie sure made a great treat. We called it the Orange creamsicle smoothie. I’ve seen different versions ...
Menu Plan for week of September 28
Eating actual meals (rather than from the bag, or standing at the refrigerator) not only is better for you, but also keeps your house cleaner. My kids will stand at the pantry, take a handful of Cheerios, and walk away, leaving a trail of Cheerios on...
Veggie Burgers
Your kids need more beans! They are such a perfect food. After a conversation with some friends last night who declared “My kids would never eat beans!” I got to thinking…. Is it the kids, or is it the parents (You know who yo...
Fruit and vegetable salad
Today’s post is brought to you by my 8 year old daughter! chop the   carits. cut the strobarys. put in frozen bluebarys. cut a appel. chop up frozen  charys. put it in a bole and eat....
Apples and oats
With over 60 nutrients including a special fiber (beta-glucan) that helps to lower cholesterol, oats are a high quality source of whole grains. I love oatmeal because it is so versatile. You can literally make a bowl of oatmeal, hundreds of different...
Family walks help curb childhood obesity
Did you know 5% of children age 2-5 were obese in 1980, and today that number has grown to 12.4%! While I don’t like to spend much time on this blog focusing on the problem, this blog post (sent to me by Lisa) offered many solutions! Runnerdu...
Quinoa: Take 2
If at first you don’t like something, (or your family), try-try again! When we first tried quinoa (Keen-wa), we didn’t care for it. I thought I would never eat it again. However, Beth (my amazing SIL) told me the other day that her ...
DHA supplements
As you know, there are very few supplements we take. Most essential nutrients are more bio-available (your body can absorb them better), when taken with real food. There is one supplement I make an exception for! That is DHA. The benefits of havi...
Carrot Juice for Kids
I have not started juicing, although I’ve wanted to for a long time. I simply feel like I have to buy the most expensive juicer before I can start doing it. I stand corrected! My sister has a cheapo juicer that I wanted to test out. I bough...
Getting Fit
My friend Kristin and I are kicking off the Gold Medal Mile at our elementary school on Monday. She dubbed us the Gold Medal Moms. Basically, students can walk laps around the school yard during recess and earn prizes and incentives based on how ...
Cooking class
After a morning workout on the roof of the PepsiCo sustainability Center, we headed to Bespoke Cuisine to have a cooking party and breakfast. We were split into teams, each making a portion of breakfast. My team was responsible for the SCONES, wi...
Syrup- Made with Fruit Juice
Juice Week!! This syrup is so delicious I couldn’t wait to share it! I used an bottle of a strawberry/ banana fruit juice blend that was in my pantry. I made my kids pancakes this morning, using my Master Pancake homemade mix. Then I made ...
Exercise Carnival
Friday: Exercise My daughter loves to cut paper into tiny pieces and use them for tickets or money. But the other day she noticed a roll of 2000 REAL tickets at the store, in the office supplies, for $3.88! She was super excited, she was about to...
Fancy Schmancy Specialty Drinks
Have you been with me long enough to remember when I couldn’t STOP posting dessert ideas. I love dessert. But one thing I’ve been mulling over lately, is the fact that although you can lower the fat or lessen the sugar of a dessert, g...
Be Outside
Friday: Exercise I’ve struggled with the decision to post this idea, because there really isn’t anything active about it. But finally, deciding to go forward with it, because its summer! And just merely getting outside is a healthy choi...
Cherry Freeze
I can’t believe how busy we have been this summer. Which is why this tip is so important! When you have too much produce, freeze it! My mom gave us a HUGE bowlful of cherries from her neighbors tree that they needed to pick right away. Â...
Raw Food Day! Jicama (Hick-u-mu)
The best thing about the raw food movement, is the simpleness of food prep! If you can use a knife or a blender, you can do raw food. I went to a raw foods class at my local health food store last week, and they made for us some Jicama fries. I th...
Apple Chips
I am ready to plug back in! Not only to the computer, but to more mindful eating! It has been a crazy 2 weeks. Full of distractions, parties, feasting, playing, socializing, working, and eating.  As fun as it all is, isn’t it nice to be...
What about strawberries?
I didn’t think it was neccesary to cut the stem off of a strawberry for my children. They are old enough to do something like that themselves!  Then I found this bowl of FINISHED strawberry garbage: Seriouly kids? You might as well put your...
Get Involved
Today’s GET ACTIVE Tip: Get involved in all the activities your city has to offer! Every summer each city around Utah designates a week of honoring the city through activities and fun stuff. Last week was Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days. T...
Buy Local
And I’m not talking about produce. I’m talking about local meat. As opposed to purchasing meat at your grocery store, knowing the meat your family is getting, where it came from, and what the animals ate is extremely important in ensu...
FARMING
Friday: Exercise Ideas Can you think of any better exercise than farming? Our poor kids don’t get the opportunity to take part in such rigorous hard work. Sometimes I wish we lived on a farm, just to teach my kids some good life working sk...
Minestrone
Need to get organized?? Hop over to my sisters blog . She’s giving away a FRANKLIN COVEY organizing system. Awesome! A $90 value. WEDNESDAY: Dinner If I post alot about beans, it is because I literally try to think everyday how  I can add...
Breakfast for my little champions
Thanks for entering the Stonyfield yogurt giveaway. Random.org chose Katie who said: I’ve always wanted to try Greek Yogurt!! Stay tuned for my next giveaway on THURSDAY!! Monday: Breakfast Generally when I make eggs, I never use all the yolks....
Mid-day crisis
Tuesday: Lunch I forgot how difficult it is for me to stop eating when I’m home all day. During school, it seems I had somewhere to be every morning, kids come home, we do homework, have dinner, end of day. Today however, the kids were out pl...
Summer breakfast
I’m making changes here!  I know from your emails you loved how I was categorizing my posts.  But I was struggling with so many foods crossing over into two, if not three of the categories. SO, for the summer (I can’t commit beyo...
The Experiment
FRIDAY: Exercise My husband Wade and my 10 year old have been exercising together for the past month. Wade wrote this post today about their experience: About 1 month ago I noticed that my oldest son had stopped playing with one of his friends, so ...
Watermelon homework
Monday: Fruits and Vegetables I gave my kids watermelon homework for the holiday (Memorial Day).  Sounds mean I know, but they like homework sheets, I sware.  And of course, they had to EAT watermelon to do their watermelon homework!  We love...
Planning Day
My simple menu planning (of eating the same 30 meals each month) needed a little shaking up.  Today I chose 2 cookbooks (I used a Vegetarian Crockpot cookbook I borrowed from a friend, and a cookbook my mom picked up, written by Costco, from Costc...
