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Tips for Getting Toddlers to Eat Veggies

Toddlers can be very fussy at times, especially when it comes to food. This can pose a problem for parents who want their picky toddlers to eat healthy vegetables. Here are some tips for getting toddlers to eat veggies. An interesting study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study found that toddlers make decisions on what foods to eat, and what foods to avoid, based on social cues. In other words, if everyone else is avoiding the veggies – your toddler will do the same. On the other hand, if your toddler sees that … Continue reading →

Ways to Help Kids Eat Healthier

Most parents realize that a diet of soda and candy isn’t a healthy choice. What’s a parent to do if their child is a picky eater who refuses fruit and vegetables? There are ways to help kids to eat healthier that don’t involve dramatic fights at the dinner table. Jane E. Brody wrote an article for the New York Times in August of 2015. The article is titled “Another Approach to Raising Healthy Eaters”. In this article, she shares her experience as a child who was a picky eater. She provides some enlightening insights for parents who have a child … Continue reading →

Beautiful Gardens

Am I the only one itching to plant a garden? As soon as we have a warm day or two I’m day dreaming about my yard. I have a confession, I’ve already planted peas and will get the beets and lettuce in the ground this weekend. Planting a vegetable garden does wonders for your budget and your eating habits. Yes, growing tomatoes takes longer than going to the store but just imagine how wonderful that salsa will taste when you can say it all came out of your garden. Also, when you grow it you know what chemicals it’s been … Continue reading →

Surviving Thanksgiving With Your Relatives

Thanksgiving is a holiday that usually includes celebrations in the form of whatever traditions your family has established. Over time, families change, and this can cause conflict about how and where to spend Thanksgiving. Here is some advice that you can use to help survive another Thanksgiving holiday with your relatives. There are some Thanksgiving traditions that most people who celebrate this holiday choose to do every year. People gather together with as many family members as possible, and spend time with each other. One can expect that dinner will include a turkey, some stuffing, lots of vegetables, and maybe … Continue reading →

Cheap Dinner Ideas: Potato Bar

Sometimes it is hard to balance quick and easy with cheap when it comes to meals. The kids are really starting to get into their activities, and with all of the driving around (although I know we are probably better than most in that regard), there is little time for doing a lot of cooking from scratch. But home made meals don’t need to be elaborate to be healthy, warm, filling and delicious. Made with lower cost ingredients or even leftovers, you can have some great dinners without a lot of time or cost. Here we come $5 dinners! One … Continue reading →

Creating a Nest Egg

One thing that I’ve always struggled with as a single mom is finances. With a growing child there is always some unexpected expense so usually I was juggling, as my grandmother used to say “Robbing Peter to pay Paul.” The unfortunate part was that I didn’t learn anything from this for a long time. We struggled so much that when I had a little extra money I felt like we deserved a treat. That was all well and good, until the next financial crisis occurred. What I learned over time is that saving money should be the first thing I … Continue reading →

Food Co-ops

I’m always looking for ways to save money but still put good, fresh food on the table. It’s not that easy. I eat a lot of fruit and want to encourage Hailey to do the same but fruit is so expensive at the grocery store. Then a friend told me about Bountiful Baskets, it’s kind of a co-op for fruits and vegetables. It’s all volunteer run and the produce is wonderful. The cost is $15 a week and one lady told me that she had priced her produce at the grocery store the previous week and it came to $48. … Continue reading →

What’s For Dinner

Sometimes, when I get home from work, the last thing I want to do is cook. We have frequent fend for yourself nights which always leave me feeling a little guilty. I know I should do a better job of planning. I want Hailey to eat balanced meals. Since dinner is the only meal we eat together it is the only chance I have to make sure she eats actual vegetables. As hard as it is for a teenager to believe, potato chips are not a vegetable. Since it is just the two of us, sometimes cooking and cleaning up … Continue reading →

Help For Picky Eaters

One thing I have strived to do as a Mom is instill good eating habits in Hailey. When I was married, this was difficult, my ex husband was a picky eater and Hailey picked up his habits, to this day she will not eat marinara sauce! Being single has given me the opportunity, and many times the need, to figure out how to serve healthy foods that my daughter will eat without having to worry about someone else’s influence on her choices. Like most children Hailey will choose what’s fast food or junk food over what I wish she would … Continue reading →

San Francisco Puts Ban on McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys?

Under a veto proof vote of 8 to 3, San Francisco bans fast food restaurants from putting toys in children’s meals. The law comes in effect December 1, 2011. The ban only extends to children’s meals that have over 600 calories and do not contain fruits and vegetables. So, if you purchase a health conscience children’s meal than a toy will be allowed. Before you sweep this under the rug as a one city fluke, be aware that many want to see this go nationwide. “McDonald’s use of toys undercuts parental authority and exploits young children’s developmental immaturity — all … Continue reading →