Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and I turned to Foodie.com to help organize some of my favorite healthier Valentine’s Day ideas. Enjoy some of our favorites and collect your own!
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Super Bowl Weekend is upon us, and for many that means an excuse to consume large quantities of junk food! This year, try turning some of your favorite Super Bowl treats, into fresh (and healthier) options without giving up the fun. (more…)
I’m not suggesting that what your about to read is about health food. It doesn’t follow a raw diet, vegetarian or vegan diet, or even a fresh-fruit-and-veggie diet. But we all know kids like fun food and I’m a believer that “Fun Food” does not have to be synonymous with “Junk Food”. If we make smart choices about the ingredients we use, we can make fun “kid food” without all the chemicals, food dyes, refined sugars and well…junk. (more…)
As we head into fall, I find that my family starts to crave the cozy goodness of fresh popcorn. It’s a perfect after school snack on a gray afternoon and it makes a delicious accompaniment to a Sunday movie.
I know on the surface it may seem easier to grab a bag of microwave popcorn and throw it in for three to five minutes. But is it three minutes to fresh popped corn or three minutes to a chemical coated health risk? You be the judge… (more…)
A few fresh treats just for fun! Hope you all have a Happy Halloween! (more…)
It’s the third week of first grade at our house, and already my children are coming home with processed food requests from their friends lunch boxes. Yesterday it was for “those cups of white and brown pudding that everyone has”. Okay, guess we’re going to push pudding cups up on the list of Out of the Box Food explorations. (more…)
As I was preparing for a summer road trip this past week I caught myself humming the old Willie Nelson classic, “On the Road Again” and realized that before my family starting thinking Out of the Box about our food, “on the road” meant stops at fast food restaurants and mini marts for meals and snacks. But now that we’ve turned a “nu”tritious-leaf, I knew I needed to give some thought to what I would provide for my kids who would inevitably mark the hours with shouts of “Are we there yet?” and “I’m hungry.” Hmmm…gotta be prepared. Snacks.