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Foods My Picky, Allergic Girl Eats

Don’t you love how parents give each other the best advice? After one of those kind of parent chats yesterday, I realized I hadn’t shared some of my hard-earned tips for feeding a child who we recently discovered is allergic to EVERYTHING and super picky to boot. JJ is allergic to the following: dairy (milk/cheese), soy, […]

Weekday Breakfast Tips #QuakerUp

It’s time to go back to school and Quaker has asked me to give you some quick and healthy weekday breakfast tips. Plan for Calm A few years ago, I realized that in order to have a calm, organized morning routine (including breakfast,) we had to wake up 15 minutes earlier. Now breakfast for is our […]

5 Healthy Eating Strategies for Picky Eaters

Don’t you feel frustrated reading how easy it’s supposed to be to get your picky eater kids to like healthy foods? It’s not easy. Not for some kids. With my first baby I slaved over the hot stove, cooking organic vegetables into a puree to freeze for baby food. And the kid ate everything. Until […]

11 Favorite, Healthy After-School Snacks

Sometimes we just need fresh snack ideas — with pictures! So here are pictures and ideas for healthy after school snacks that my kids enjoy. I hope yours will, too. Healthy After-School Snacks Ritz Cracker Sandwiches Are your kids sick of sandwiches but don’t always get much protein in their diet? Mine, too. But they do […]

The Best Lunchbox Containers and Accessories for Kids

Another day, another lunch to pack. Groan. Anyone else not enthusiastic about this? But first, let’s talk lunchboxes and accessories. I think we’ve tried them every container and system so I’ll give you a sampling of what we like and why. Lunchbox Containers 1. Fit and Fresh On the Go *Favorite! We’ve used this system for two […]

Eat the Alphabet

Guest post from writer, editor and mom, Dawna Edwards. Eat foods alphabetically, starting with A and ending with Z. That’s right, commit to 26 days-worth of different letters at each meal. You’ll add new dimension and learning to meal time. Unless you’re a die-hard meal planner blessed with children who have super-flexible tastes, you may […]