Kids Cook Real Food is a hub of information for raising healthy kids, including our weekly podcast, The Healthy Parenting Handbook, with expert interviews, helpful tips, and kid-produced recipes.
White sugar is ubiquitous in our society and wreaking havoc on our health. I’m thrilled to introduce you to my friend Madiha Saeed, M.D. In this interview we get into: How refined sugar causes inflammation Why inflammation is the root of so many diseases affecting modern humans The insulin resistance problem The difference between white, […]
Breakfast with the kids! We started last night to “soak” our very favorite whole grain pancake recipe and want to show you how flexible cooking can be. Don’t have whole wheat flour? White AP flour, gluten-free, spelt, etc have all worked in this recipe! Running out of milk or worried you might? Swap for water
Healthy Breakfast Recipe: Soaked Whole Grain Pancakes Read More »
We hear “kids are resilient, they’ll be ok,” a LOT, especially lately. This conversation with Marcy Pusey, a Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner, opened MY eyes to the fact that perhaps…they’re not. I thought we’d just be talking about the power of story, kind of a cute, sweet idea to share with you that some
Since the pandemic started, I’ve been connecting with a lot of parents and listening to their biggest concerns around food. Particularly when I was presenting on how to raise more adventurous eaters and reduce picky eating power struggles for families, busy moms kept asking for a list of healthy snacks for kids. In our Kids
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This recipe is my kids’ ultimate favorite, but a big tip: It’s ALL about the pickles!!! Cheeseburger soup (or “hamburger soup” as we call it now since we add cheese at the table b/c one of us is dairy-free) truly tastes like a bowl full of cheeseburger, but you don’t need 3 pounds of meat
Cooking Video for Kids: Crowd Pleasing Hamburger Soup with Pickles! Read More »
I’ve never had trouble sleeping…until this year. 🙁 It could be the bane of 2020, could be because I turned 40, or maybe because I was getting more sleep in quarantine, I wasn’t constantly overtired. Who knows? The thing is…I know I’m not alone. Sleep had already been becoming a holy grail for a lot
Never made yeast dough before? It’s hard to mess this up, promise! I may have even added a bit too much and they were still very very good! Make whole wheat rolls with us! Whole Wheat Rolls You’ll learn the science behind yeast and how gluten works too because we love integrating all the subjects
Cooking Video For Kids: Whole Wheat Happy Rolls :) Read More »
Some organizing and parenting bloggers say you can’t survive without a routine. They have fancy charts and timetables, and they totally stress me out! On the other hand, it’s TRUE that I can’t survive without a routine—of some sort. Mine just has to have a good dose of flexibility built in to fit my personality.
98: Routines vs. Flexibility in Chores and Batch Cooking Read More »
Be still my heart…I don’t dare enter the kitchen anymore during kids’ cooking night because I kibitz too much, but I know the kids have fun and do a great job. You and I both get a peek into what Paul and Leah do on Wednesday nights! This week they made one of Paul’s recipes
Cooking Video for Kids: Pizza Margherita Recipe (Sneak Peek from Chef Junior!) Read More »
Sigh, those lovely pictures of “other people’s” organized kitchen on social media! There, I am not. But I don’t feel great when I look at my own kitchen/piles/surfaces! I called in an expert organizer today to talk about one of my weaknesses, organizing, with a focus on one of my strengths: saving money and saving
