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Foodie Friday: Eating healthy foods
Abigail’s all ready to help Daddy cook! When my babies were young, it was easy to have them eat only healthy foods. We made our own babyfood, and mostly they ate veggies, fruits, rice, oatmeal and...
View ArticleFoodie Friday: Maybe Early Intervention does know what they're talking about…
My kids are now almost two—and part of me has no idea how that happened. It seems like just a month or two ago, we were starting solid foods. And working on sleeping through the night. And outgrowing...
View ArticleI dream about family dinners
This post is taken from a blog I write about introducing solid foods to my children – Solid Food Adventures. ***** I’m continually hearing in the media and reading in parenting books and magazines...
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Quick and yummy eating options
Jenna’s post yesterday got me thinking about food. And eating. And the continual challenge of finding the time and energy to get food on the table that doesn’t come from our local Indian food...
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Smoothie Addicts
My children have a problem. An addiction. Something they ask for morning, noon, and night. (Even more than they ask for TV.) My kids are smoothie addicts. It’s all my mom’s fault. She’s the one who...
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brotherly love
P and G, September 2004 When I was pregnant with my twins, I remember reading something that warned parents of multiples against thinking their babies needed them any less because of having been born a...
View ArticleAsk the Readers: Handling Picky Eaters
It’s been a while since we’ve Asked the Readers. Please, help us out in the comments! What is your favourite trick for tempting a picky child at mealtime? I was quietly ecstatic when my kids first took...
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Kids in the Kitchen
Every time that I start to stress about J and M’s eating habits, I remind myself of our parenting goal: Healthy, happy, whole adults. Of course I want our children to have a healthy diet in the here...
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Teach a Child to Grocery Shop…
My husband has a very physical job, and our daughters, M and J, are incredibly active kids. It takes a little more effort on my part to fit exercise into my day, since I have a desk job, but I do my...
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The Soda Culture
The first graders at my daughters’ school took a field trip to see Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. I’m all for field trips. If this one got kids excited about Dr. Seuss and reading, so much the better. There was...
View ArticleCooking for a Crowd: Easy Meals for Feeding Multiples
Every parent with more than one child has experienced the frustration of making sure things are fair and equal, and this pressure can be especially amplified at mealtime. From the number of meatballs...
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Foodie Friday: Quitting the Recipe Quest for My Picky Eaters
Photo Credit: Distant Hill Gardens My friend Karl once told me that there’s a good reason that children develop pickiness in their food choices around age two. Around that age, hunter-gatherer kids...
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Foodie Friday: A Healthy Debate
Do you ever cook dishes in which you hide nutritious ingredients that your family would usually refuse? Many home cooks have been doing this for decades, but Jessica Seinfeld’s book Deceptively...
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Foodie Friday: Ode to a Smoothie
Today’s post is not about sharing a huge secret or a magical way to get your kids to eat when they are on hunger strike. I’m not going to pretend that a smoothie will solve all your kitchen problems...
View ArticleFoodie Friday: Summer Rotini and Cheese
After years of reviling the stuff, my 7-year-old daughters have discovered a love of macaroni and cheese. I’ll confess that the boxed stuff is sinfully easy for this single working mother. I try to...
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(Un)Foodie Friday: What I’ve Learned from a Lack of Family Dinners
My daughters attend a YMCA after school program located at their public elementary school. At the end of the school day, when the other kids rush off to their parents, my girls and their friends head...
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Foodie Friday: “The Rules” of Eating
I am a rule-follower by nature. As a first-time mom, I was quite set on following our pediatrician’s instructions, particularly when our twin girls were infants. When it was time to introduce solids,...
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Foodie Friday: Baked Chicken and Vegetables…and Then Chicken Noodle Soup!
I’m sharing a recipe that I made a couple of times a month when my girls were smaller…juicy, flavorful chicken and tender, yummy veggies, all from scratch…what’s a toddler (and her mommy and daddy) not...
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Foodie Friday: Make-Ahead Baked Oatmeal Casserole
I pinned this recipe for baked oatmeal months ago, and I’ve been meaning to try it for ages now. I am a big fan of cold cereal (the cold crunch wakes me up in the morning…or so I tell myself!). My...
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One Grilled Cheese
This year, my daughters’ after school care provider, the YMCA, began offering free dinner to children who are still in their care at 5:30 pm. While it take some relinquishing of control on my part,...
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