52 New Foods for your Family – Guest Post

A New Year’s Food Challenge: 52 weeks, 52 new foods – Guest Post 

By Jennifer Tyler Lee

52 weeks, 52 new foods. How one family achieved the most frequently broken New Year’s resolution: to eat healthy.

Battles over broccoli and Brussels sprouts were fierce at our family table. Getting my kids, ages 3 and 6, to eat healthy was a terrible struggle. Over time, the diversity of dishes on our family table narrowed so much that even my husband and I weren’t eating very healthy anymore. I wanted our table to be a place of joy and fun for our family – a place where we could gather for great conversation and healthy food together. It all changed when I turned healthy eating into a game. (more…)

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USDA to Consumers: Read the Labels

That’s right, even government agencies are joining the movement.  This week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of the new 7th edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.  According to the press release, more than one-third of children and more than two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese.  I believe it. (more…)

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