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Maybe it’s not too surprising that often the hardest things to feed our kids are the things that are the very best for them. But if we find ways to incorporate them (hide them?) into recipes, over time their taste buds will catch on! One thing I try to include in my kiddos’ diet is spinach. I think spinach is one of the easier leafy greens to work into…
The holiday season is officially upon us, and I think it’s safe to say that none of us expected back in March that we would still be dealing with Covid during the holidays. But, here we are. And even though it’s not the situation any of us were hoping for, I think we can try to take advantage of this unique time to make this holiday season a…
In this often vicious era of social media, body image insecurity in our children is skyrocketing, and at earlier and earlier ages, which makes my heart hurt. We probably all compared ourselves to our peers as we grew up, but we didn’t come of age in this wireless world, which floods us with unrealistic ideas (not ideals) of beauty and masculinity. Everything we see today is filtered to blur…
There seems to be a consensus among many that Mother Earth is using 2020 to put us in a global time-out. To think about our actions and how we’ve been (mis)treating her. Between the quarantine and the smoke-laden air from the fires here in California, many of us haven’t been leaving our homes much at all lately. This has been mentally and…
I’m sure at this point all of us have heard of “intermittent fasting,” which is having a serious moment. And it deserves a moment, because the health benefits of fasting are incredible, and rooted in thousands of years of culture and experience. Up until the 1970s, which is about when this country’s obesity epidemic started (thank you fast food, frozen dinners, and packaged snacks), fasting was kind…
If someone asked you to guess what choices are on a kids’ menu, at any given restaurant, chances are you’d score better than most tests you took in high school. Almost invariably on offer are pasta, pizza, chicken tenders, mac and cheese, burgers, and quesadillas. Sound about right? Of course there is the occasional, more health-conscious restaurant that may offer an almond butter and banana…