Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food on Sep 14th, 2012
The house is pretty much free of high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors, and preservatives except for the occasional package of Twizzlers or Sour Patch Kids that makes their way in every so often. (When we host game night we let our guests bring whatever they want and even supply the junk food, too.) There [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, parenting on Aug 30th, 2012
I’m always fascinated by the way kids think. Why they do the things that they do. I love how loyal they are. I also love how susceptible they are to suggestion. I can vividly remember getting Big Girl to eat her dinner by telling her that so-and-so, a friend from nursery school, LOVED what we [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Going Green, Health on Aug 22nd, 2012
This weekend my husband got mad at me. The kids wanted to bring two juice boxes each along to the beach. I said no, substituting one reusable water bottle for one of the juice boxes. “What are you worried about,” he wanted to know. “Our kids are so skinny. I will be pissed if you’re [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food on Jun 6th, 2012
I could come up with a great way to start this post, but Walt Disney Co. did a bang-up job with its own press release so I’ll let it tell its own story: Building on its landmark nutrition guidelines established in 2006, The Walt Disney Company [on June 5] became the first major media company [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Reviews on May 25th, 2012
Pros: Delicious comes to mind! High in fiber and iron; provides 44% of the recommended daily intake of ALA Omega 3. Cons: High in calories (like most granola); has 8 grams of sugar — the top of the range that the Environmental Working Group considers to be healthy. Whenever I go to Red Mango I [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Environment, Food, Going Green, Reduce, Sustainable on May 16th, 2012
There’s a diner close by that makes THE best lentil soup. I love lentil soup. I could eat it every day. About a week ago I asked the owner if they did take-out in larger quantities. I wanted at least a quart so I could freeze small portions for later use. Yes, she said, showing [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Siblings on Apr 24th, 2012
One of my most popular posts is one I wrote about WhoNu cookies last fall. To reiterate, the manufacturer says they have: as much Vitamin C as cup of blueberries as much iron as a cup of spinach as much calcium and Vitamin D as a glass of milk as much Vitamin A as an [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, parenting, Safety, School and education on Apr 9th, 2012
Let me start out by saying I can’t consume caffeine. It gives me heart palpitations and makes me feel jittery. However, I understand that there are scores of people out there who depend on a caffeine fix to get them going in the morning and keep them up late at night. I get it. I [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Pop Culture, Preventative medicine on Mar 26th, 2012
I will start this post by saying I have eaten chocolate every single day for at least a decade. Maybe longer, actually. Sometimes it’s a chocolate Vitamuffin. Sometimes it’s a small handful of organic semi-sweet chocolate morsels. Sometimes I go for a Trader Joe’s 100 calorie dark chocolate bar. No matter, I eat my chocolate [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, parenting on Mar 13th, 2012
I am not a big fan of Girl Scout cookies, although they are a little better this year. No more high fructose corn syrup or artificial colorings, but they still use palm oil. Anyway, last year I wrote about how, as a Girl Scout leader, I find this time of year very challenging. Yes, I [...]