Kids Cook Real Food Blog

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.

Recent Posts and Episodes

Cooking is such a beautiful thing to do with mindfulness. -Michelle Anne

60: Time to Stop Managing Your Kids (Why That Actually Works from a CALM Mom of 5 Successful Young Adults!)

Do you have a vision for your child’s life? Do you know what kind of person you want your kids to grow up to be? Through tragedy and personal growth, Michelle Anne, CSME learned to become a CALM parent, and she would tell you to STOP IT. But of course she wouldn’t yell. ๐Ÿ˜‰ This […]

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We can make stress work for us. -Sarah Janette

59: Raising Successful Kids 101: How to Avoid the Anxiety and Hyper-Achievement Loop and Build Resiliency

Anxiety didn’t used to be so hip and popular when Sarah Janette was diagnosed, and she felt such a stigma and resulting shame that it caused a major health issue. As an eating psychology counselor, her mission is to provide young women with strategies to master stress, enhance productivity, and better navigate a healthy lifestyle

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If your kid's whining controls the amount of screen-time they get, it's time to step back. - KJ Dell'Antonia

57: Happy Parents Aren’t a Myth (How You Can Get Closer to the Green Grass that Isn’t on the Other Side)

Do you wish “happy” and “parenting” were used more often in the same sentence? Our guest today is a former NY Times reporter who realized she was hearing way too many parents say that they just weren’t happy, not finding joy in their kids like they thought they would…so she sought to do something about

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Let's turn those excuses into reasons you do take care of your health. -Dr. Ryan Wohlfert

56: How to UPgrade Your Parenting and Perform Your Best with Dr Ryan Wohlfert

“Since I became a parent, I’ve gained a lot of weight…” “I don’t sleep enough – parenting, duh!” “What parent has time to take care of themselves?” Ever heard a busy parent say these things (or caught yourself saying them)? Dr. Ryan Wohlfert DC, NSCA, CCSP, EYL is on a mission to flip the script and convince

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I like to think of bee pollen as nature's multivitamin. -Carly Stein

55: Coughs, Colds and Bees: How Honey and Other BEE Products Can Keep our Kids Healthy! with Carly of Beekeeper’s Naturals

Coughs, Flu and School Germs, oh my! If cold-and-flu season causes tremors in your heart but you hate the idea of using over-the-counter drugs on your kids just to get through the night, I have great news: The bees got your back. Carly from Beekeeper’s Naturals joins us today to share about the power of

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So much goes into healthy bones other than calcium. -Dr. Sheila Kilbane

53: Could You Live Without Dairy? Why (& How) You Probably Should Try it & How Not to Die Trying (Interview with Sheila Kilbane, MD)

Dr. Sheila Kilbane can spot a child with high inflammation walking down the street! But many parents can’t even see it in their own kids – dark circles under the eyes, mouth breathing/snoring, red ears or cheeks, eczema and more. Inflammation is a more prominent problem than most people think (even medical doctors), and it’s

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