It's time to start thinking about school lunches again. Do you have a peanut butter and jelly kid? I have one of each. A peanut butter and jelly kid who would eat the beloved sandwich at every meal, every day, if I let her and one kid who can take 'em or leave 'em. It turns out they both have ...
General Nutrition
The Anatomy of a Healthy Road Trip
Ever since we moved to Ohio from Arizona six years ago, road tripping has been a part of our summers. We typically take one trip to Michigan to visit my family and one visit to the East Coast to visit Tim's family. We pack up the family truckster and take it to the road. Over the years we've ...
What I Ate Wednesday (And Thoughts on Calorie Counting)
Every time I publish a "What I Ate Wednesday" post, I get at least one or two emails or comments thanking me and asking me to do them more often. Getting that kind of feedback is helpful and I really appreciate it, so thank you when you take the time to let me know what you like to see (or not ...
What I Ate Wednesday
Hi friends! I am back to share another day of healthy eating inspiration. This is how it works: on a random day, I take a crappy iPhone photo of all the food I put into my mouth before I actually put it in my mouth. Then, I share it with you curious readers. The end result, hopefully, is to give ...
What I Ate Wednesday
Are you ever curious about what other people eat? A healthy, clean-eating diet can look different from person to person. Today, I'm sharing what a day of eats looks like for me on a random day. I've only shared the food I've eaten in a day, an online food journal of sorts, a few times here. ...
Rainbow Smoothies: A Tasting Activity for Kids
One of the most important lessons about food I want my kids to learn is the importance of variety. Eating fresh, whole foods is important, but your body doesn't benefit nearly as much unless you are eating a wide variety of foods. Since for kids St. Patrick's Day is all about leprechauns and ...
How to Make Homemade Bone Broth in the Crock Pot
When I first discovered I could make homemade bone broth in the Crock Pot, my life was changed. Making stock on the stove top isn't exactly difficult, but who has hours and hours to babysit a pot of simmering bones in a pot on the stove? Not me. I much prefer to throw everything in the crock pot ...
5 Simple Steps to Transition to a Clean Eating Diet
I'm not one to carry a label when it comes to my eating habits. I've going through different phases of eating certain ways, from frozen processed meals when I was fresh out of college to vegetarian and vegan to meal plans laid out in different diet books. In the end, I realize that there's no ...
What Can Happen If You Decide To Speak Up?
During Meghan's first year of preschool, they served juice and some sort of processed food (such as crackers) for snack everyday. It bothered me because those were not things I gave her at home often, but I didn't say anything since she was only there three mornings a week. The next ...
FAQs About My Anti-Inflammation Diet
Back in April, I told you about some severe pain I was experiencing in my finger. Although I didn't have a formal diagnosis, I surmised it was early arthritis pain. I decided to go on a strict anti-inflammation diet to see if I could ease my pain through diet. The strict anti-inflammation diet ...
Learning to Say No
It seems children today are offered candy or junk food during or after every activity in which they participate. Where do you draw the line? This is the story of how I'm learning to say no. Meghan had her first day of school yesterday. (She's repeating kindergarten at a new school.) I picked ...
The 40 Plant Foods Challenge Recap
I'm happy to report that the #40plantfoodschallenge was a huge success! I loved not only the challenge of getting enough variety to reach the goal of 40 different plant foods in the week, but also seeing how well many of you did. Here's a little recap of how the week went down for me. I ended ...