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Our Blog: Recipes, Research, and Resources
Elevating Your Take-Out Experience + Tips for Not Overeating It!
Servers, bartenders - I miss you. But, this take-out will do. I was thinking, when I eat out at a restaurant, I savor it. I taste my food and sip my wine slowly so the magical moment of a date with my husband AND, most importantly, not having to put the kids to bed...
Don’t Yuck My Yum | Teaching Kids How to Better Describe Food
Don't yuck my yum. It's mindful Monday, and teaching kids how to better describe their food is one way elevate their mindfulness around food. Plus, when kids use better adjectives compared to "yucky" or "icky" it's less likely to negatively impact the opinions of...
Cooking Joy Back Into Quarantine Cooking | From Chef Willie
Could Quarantine Cooking Actually BE FUN? Who feels like quarantine cooking is never-ending? If you’re a parent and feeding kids, you’re likely making more meals than ever. I know for me, cooking has lost a bit of its luster. It’s especially challenging cooking when...
3 Ways to Elevate Your Mama’s Quarantine Mother’s Day
I just wrapped up a quarantine birthday, and now I get to look forward to a quarantine Mother’s Day. Let’s just say, the key to day-of happiness is managing expectations. Spouses, are you ready? Remember…our kids won’t be bringing home DIY cards from school, so…you...
FAQs and Misconceptions of Intuitive Eating
According to the book ‘Intuitive Eating’ by dietitians Evenlyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, an intuitive eater is someone who “makes food choices without experiencing guilt or an ethical dilemma, honors hunger, respects fullness and enjoys the pleasure of eating.” It’s a...
Spiced Roasted Chickpeas
Pass the roasted chickpeas, please! https://www.facebook.com/mcdanielnutrition/videos/2608788792781369/?t=19 Craving something salty or sweet? But striving to up your nutritional game from potato chips or crackers? We've got the perfect idea: roasted chickpeas! And,...
The Best Diet for Immunity: The Mediterranean Diet
Is there a BEST way to eat to support our immune health? If we had to choose one, we'd say the research points to the Mediterranean Diet. The internet is overrun with information and products regarding boosting the immune system. It can be very challenging to decipher...
Healthy Snacks to Make with Kids | Apple Nachos
Making healthy snacks, like these apple nachos, are not only an activity to keep little hands busy and feed hungry mouths, but cooking builds math and reading skills and encourages kids to try new foods because they first become more comfortable by seeing, touching,...
Sunshine Stew | Cooking With My Kids During COVID-19
Cooking with my kids has definitely been the highlight of quarantine. I'm not for sure why, but it actually seems they're more interested than they've been in the past. Maybe it's because they actually ARE tired of looking at their homeschool iPad screens. Or maybe...
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