It happened again. It always does. My toddler (kid #4) has started to respond to the word “no” with a full-on head back, mouth open, scream-cry mixture. As parents we hear a phrase that tends to sum up what we experience when our kids are little: The Terrible Twos OR The Terrible Threes. Many moms […]
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When we were kids, everybody knew what a “germ” was. It was something tiny we couldn’t see that would make us sick. Germs are why we washed our hands and why our mothers made horrible faces when we did normal kid things like picking our nose, pressing our lips into a glass window, or bringing
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Are you gluten-free and dairy-free? Are you gluten-free and dairy-free and miss comfort food? If you are, you’re gonna love this recipe. It’s the secret to all of your dairy-free gluten-free comfort food dreams. Lasagna is one of my favorite comfort foods (call it my Italian-American heritage or just a love for all things cheese
As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and feeding expert, I work with many parents of picky eaters. But interestingly enough, almost every child that is deemed a “problem feeder” likes chicken nuggets. Coincidence? Not really. But that’s a more complicated issue for another day. RELATED: Is your child a picky eater or a problem feeder? I
Healthy Air Fryer Chicken Recipe: Chicken Nuggets Kids LOVE! Read More »
It’s ironic to write about the health benefits of sweating right now since it’s February and I live in Michigan. In fact, as I type, we’re in the midst of a 2-week cold snap with temps in the single digits before wind chill is even taken into account! We had to move our apples and squash
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Question: Do you like chocolate cake? What about healthy chocolate cake? I know some of us are all about making real food desserts that taste indulgent. And some of us would rather we not mess with their classic chocolate cake. But what if you need someone to mess with your dessert? When my boys were
Dairy-Free Chocolate Cake Recipe (No Weird Ingredients!) Read More »
Parents, especially moms, have a way of getting right to the heart of the issue. I still remember back in seventh grade when my father told me he was embarrassed that I would consider getting up to sing karaoke with his colleagues’ wives at a restaurant. I was crushed. But I took it upon myself
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I had 3 wisdom teeth out. I didn’t go under. No light anesthesia. Just a local. (That alone saved $800!) I didn’t fill the Norco prescription for pain relief. I had Tylenol around but never used it. I used a lot of frozen peas, reader advice about all the natural, holistic remedies—and made myself a
Are you ready for a healthy, easy side dish that’s full of all those sweet and salty flavors we love? If you have never had broccoli salad, you are missing out on one of the best ways to eat your veggies. It’s like a chicken salad… but with broccoli. Mkay, maybe that won’t convince you
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Is it possible to be a morning person and at the same time hate making breakfast? The answer is YES! That sums up my mornings. I get up way too early every morning to have quiet time before the kids are up. It sets the tone for my day. During my morning time, I eat
Gluten-Free Oven Pancake Recipe that Kids Can Make! Read More »
Christmas morning is often a flurry of excitement, giggles, and presents. But what about those hungry bellies? Shouldn’t the morning excitement include good food? Shouldn’t your kids have a special holiday breakfast to start the day? A few years back we had quite an unusual Christmas. We woke up to a house without power. The
Would you drink bone broth? I thought it was a little crazy until one week threw me into desperate measures… In that week, my toddler got pneumonia, my second grader threw up, my preschooler coughed for days on end, my husband coughed…and I would get a tickle of a sore throat now and then. I knew
Christmas cookie season is here, which is great news! But for those of us with food sensitivities and allergies, cookie season gets complicated. Today I want to show you a dairy-free cookie recipe for Christmas – specifically gingerbread, but you can use these tips for many different Christmas cookies. It’s actually really easy! And they
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Making homemade bone broth is so easy! You’ll save money – LOTS of it – and nourish your family well at the same time. What could be more frugal than getting multiple batches of stock out of the same bones over and over again? Follow these instructions for never-ending chicken broth to get delicious and
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Don’t be a Chicken… …in the kitchen. Just USE the chicken. Yes, every part of it. Let’s face it. Picking up a box of chicken broth at the store is easy. A no-brainer. Until you start to think about added salt, lack of flavor, and especially the fact that it might not even be made
The Encyclopedia of Chicken Stock – Everything You Need to Know to Do It Right! Read More »
Why is it so hard to buy safe, non-toxic pajamas for our children? In a perfect world, maybe all of our clothing could be organic.…
Finding Safe, Non-Toxic Children’s Pajamas That Won’t Go up in Smoke Read More »
Unless your home is completely fireproof, will never flood, and you can be assured that the economy will be perfectly able to support you every day for the rest of your life, you might want to be ready for something weird to happen. It’s a surprise when it does – that’s why it’s called an
Storing food for emergencies is an important job. What is the best method to preserve food? I’ve already covered how to store grains, long-term storage of meat, protein, and oils, and the longest-lasting vegetables. Today, we’ll cover preserving food naturally. I’m not ready to spend hours per month checking my food stores, rotating supplies, and
Laundry detergent might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about your environmental impact. It’s obvious that washing our clothes to wear again is less wasteful than throwing them away after one wearing! And in order to get clothes clean and fresh, we need to make the water all soapy,
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Storing flour long term is an important part of emergency preparedness. Storage for grains can last for years if you do it correctly. Learn how to store flour and other grains. In The Long Winter, a book in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the family ends up in dire straits, trapped in
