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Cooking With Kids: A Free E-Cookbook To Celebrate Food Revolution Day!
Today is Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day, a global day of action to “get cooking, share your love of food and inspire others to get excited too”. Since this year’s theme is “Let’s Get Kids Excited...
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5 Tips for Easing Mealtime Stress
Whenever a new mom tells me what a great eater her one year old is, I smile politely and say something encouraging like, “Gee, that’s great!” But I’m actually thinking, “You don’t even know what’s...
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10 Tips For Pleasing Picky Eaters
My younger son is usually the toughest customer at the dinner table every night. But when he was about five years old, he asked me, “Mommy, what’s a picky eater?” I was glad he didn’t know what it was,...
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The Rules We Eat By: 7 Healthy Habits For Our Family
As you know, I don’t take a hardline approach when it comes to food. I leave wiggle room for birthday party punch and the occasional bowl of boxed macaroni and cheese. I know that the best-laid plans...
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10 More Favorite Kitchen Tricks
I’m a huge fan of kitchen shortcuts and timesavers. A couple months ago, I posted My 10 Favorite Kitchen Tricks that included tips for DIY chocolate peanut butter, oven-baked bacon, and speedy bread...
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Why Your Toddler Won’t Eat Dinner
There’s a lot to love about toddlers, like knee dimples and sloppy kisses. There are also things that make you crazy, and refusing to eat dinner ranks at the top of that list for many parents. In this...
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What An Order Of Greasy Onion Rings Taught Me About Feeding Kids
I got a wake-up call about feeding kids last weekend–in (of all places) a gas station food-mart. I was traveling with my husband and kids, returning from a weekend visiting relatives. We stopped to...
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How Family Dinner Has Gotten Better
I’m partnering with the National Milk Life Campaign’s Back-to-School program. I was compensated for writing this post, but all opinions are (as always!) my own. “Family dinner” has a lovely ring to...
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Is Your Child As Picky As You Think?
I use the term “picky eater” on my blog as shorthand for behavior most of us are pretty familiar with: refusing new foods, preferring familiar foods, and generally being a pain in the neck at the...
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How a “Dinner Formula” Changes Meal Planning Forever
I officially found my goal for the new year: Get a whole lot smarter about meal planning. I was totally inspired by the new book What to Cook for Dinner with Kids: How to Simplify, Strategize and Stop...
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My Goals for 2016 in Food, Fitness & Health
I don’t usually make traditional New Year’s Resolutions. Last year I chose one word to guide me through the year (read: My Word For The Year). Another year, I chose “themes” for the way I wanted to...
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Should You Make Your Kids Take “Just One Bite”?
My husband has a story from his childhood about eating a bite of lima beans. Or rather, not being allowed to leave the table until he had taken a bite of lima beans, and stubbornly sitting there long...
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How to Raise Adventurous Eaters
I am regularly in awe of my friend and colleague Katie Morford, the mom behind Mom’s Kitchen Handbook. Because not only does she pull together the most beautiful and interesting recipes with ease, but...
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16 Game-Changing Tips For Feeding Kids
Feeding kids can be tricky business–and at times, very, very frustrating. To encourage my kids to taste new foods and eat their veggies, I try a lot of different things. Honestly, some fall totally...
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The Most Important Dinnertime Lesson You Can Teach Your Kids
All kids (especially picky eaters) need to learn this crucial dinner table lesson so they can become happy, healthy, and flexible eaters. Since I’m a dietitian, you might expect this lesson would be...
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Why You Should Serve Family Style Meals
Do you serve family style meals? Here’s why letting kids serve themselves can have a positive impact on what and how much they eat. I didn’t grow up with family style meals. My mom plated everything...
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Why Your Toddler Won’t Eat Dinner
There’s a lot to love about toddlers, like knee dimples and sloppy kisses. There are also things that make you crazy, and refusing to eat dinner ranks at the top of that list for many parents. In this...
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What An Order Of Greasy Onion Rings Taught Me About Feeding Kids
I got a wake-up call about feeding kids last weekend–in (of all places) a gas station food-mart. I was traveling with my husband and kids, returning from a weekend visiting relatives. We stopped to...
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How Family Dinner Has Gotten Better
I’m partnering with the National Milk Life Campaign’s Back-to-School program. I was compensated for writing this post, but all opinions are (as always!) my own. “Family dinner” has a lovely ring to...
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Is Your Child As Picky As You Think?
I use the term “picky eater” on my blog as shorthand for behavior most of us are pretty familiar with: refusing new foods, preferring familiar foods, and generally being a pain in the neck at the...
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