The search for foods that kids will be happy to eat is never ending!! One child likes cheese, another wants carrots, the third is in a classroom with allergy problems... If only there was a healthy vending machine in each class to help me out. Well I have finally done it. I have seen the light!! I have found the snack above other snacks. Recent Diagnoses: Dairy Sensitivity My youngest daughter was recently diagnosed with a dairy sensitivity / mild allergy. It was recommended to cut out all dairy items from her diet. At first I was dumbfounded. Keep Reading
How We Get Protein & Vitamins in Our Kids’ Diets
Today we have a unique spin on a subject that plagues every mom out there - the task of fitting nutrients into your kid's diets. Last week, I asked my sister, Cecilia, to join me on a quest to come up with lots of different ways to fit protein and vitamins into our kid's diets. Her kids are 10 and 3, and mine are 8, 5, and 3. We have quite the task facing us every day! Cecilia will share her ideas first, then I will go. We are very different, so I am interested to see everything we come up with! We decided that protein would be the focus of this post. Take it away Cecilia! Keep Reading
Cute Toddler Snack Idea
I've never been one of those moms who makes their kids' food into super cute characters to get them to eat fruit and veggies. I thought, "If they're gonna eat it, they're gonna eat it because I said so and it's good for them. That's it." But after waging many fruit and veggie wars over the years, I've come to realize that sometimes food just needs to be fun. After all, I like it when MY food is fun! So today I decided to surprise my kids with a fun orange snack. Nothing major - just some sliced up oranges displayed in a really cute way in colorful cupcake wrappers. They were a hit! I had Keep Reading
