Family Meals Matter Want to give your kids a boost in life? Then sit down at the table and eat together as a family more often. At least three family meals together every week provides benefits that will last a lifetime. That’s right - just three. You don’t even need to eat together every single day like my childhood friends did - they grew up on farms and daily family dinners were as much a priority as feeding the cows and pigs. Three ways your kids get a boost: Better Behavior ...
3 Reasons Canned Foods Fill My Pantry
1. Budget-friendly and nutrient-rich. Not only are canned foods one of the most affordable ways to meet the Dietary Guidelines goals on MyPlate, they contain comparable nutrients to fresh, frozen and dried forms. Think about it. They are picked at their peak and packed immediately which means valuable nutrients are retained. In some cases, however, canned choices may have even more nutrients than their fresh counterpart. Peaches are my favorite example. Research shows that canned peaches ...
Running with Scones
That’s right – run with a scone. As in when you’re running out the door first thing in the morning and you haven’t even eaten breakfast yet, grab a scone and keep on running! Eat it along the way or once you get to school or work. Have it with a glass of low-fat milk, a piece of fruit or a glass of 100% fruit juice and you’ve given yourself a nutrient-rich, balanced breakfast. You’ll stay fueled until a mid-morning snack or lunch. Scone benefits: *100% whole grain – from the white whole-wheat ...
Game Day Strategy: Fiber Before Four
Is anyone giving any thought about what they’ll eat BEFORE the big game tomorrow?! After all, most Super Bowl parties don’t begin until 4 pm, and by that time, most of us “should” have eaten breakfast and lunch. No skipping, either. You may “think” avoiding breakfast and lunch will save calories overall, but meal-skippers usually end up eating too many calories. Why? You’re famished, starving, and ravenous when 4 pm rolls around....and end up stuffing yourself, eating far more than if you had ...
One Big Pancake
While I definitely didn’t make time to write about it, I sure did spend a lot of time this summer cooking, grilling and baking. Highlights: 2 new Baked Bean Recipes - Chipotle Lime Baked Beans & Cocoa Spiked Baked Beans with Apple 5 new desserts, including Cherry Cobbler, Whole Grain Cinnamon Shortcakes & Strawberries, Key Lime Pie, Shortbread Cookies and Apple Nut Cake with Maple Topping 1 new Pasta Salad – Antipasto Pasta Salad 1 new Fish recipe – Grilled Marinated Salmon with ...