Looking for a new recipe for your rhubarb? These delicious rhubarb oatmeal bars have the perfect combination of sweet and tart flavors. With a reduced amount of sugar from the original recipe and whole wheat flour, they’re a healthier choice for dessert. Recipe Ingredients for the Crust 2 1/2 cups old-fashioned or quick oats ½ […]
Learn Healthy Eating Habits with Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right by Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. – A Review
Eating healthy, wholesome meals plays a big role in ensuring good health for children of all ages. However, every parent knows that it can be tough to feed fussy and picky toddlers foods that are healthy and good for them. Joanna Dolgoff, a pediatrician and child obesity expert, in her book, Red Light, Green Light, […]
Eating Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables Has Many Benefits
Before you pick up the limp head of lettuce in the produce aisle, consider this: “fresh” fruits and vegetables aren’t always fresh. Depending on the time of year, the head of lettuce you are consuming may have been grown south of the border, traveling hundreds or thousands of miles before making it to your grocer’s […]
Quick and Easy Rhubarb Freezer Jam Recipe
Rhubarb is plentiful and in season right now and there are many ways to use it. This quick and easy rhubarb freezer jam recipe is made without pectin, requires little time and effort and tastes great! It’s tasty and not too sweet, perfect for toast and pancakes. It’s a great beginner’s project (handed down from […]
Buying Organic Whole Foods and Grass-Fed Meats: A Worthwhile Investment
While talking with a friend recently, the conversation turned to meal planning. She shared with me something I found surprising: when she planned her menus, she spent more money than when she didn’t plan. She explained that by thinking ahead and preparing healthy sides for her family dinners, it increased her grocery bill. They were […]
Tips on Healthy Eating for Kids – How to Encourage Picky and Fussy Eaters
Parents of both toddlers and tweens can relate to dealing with children who refuse to eat anything remotely healthy, wholesome or nutritious. While picky eaters can be tough to deal with, there are ways to encourage them to eat healthy and develop a taste for wholesome, nourishing food. Here are some strategies and tips on […]
How to Make Homemade Sour Cream From Raw Milk
As a child, I was always puzzled by the descriptions of sour cream and sour milk in the Little House on the Prairie books. When our milk went off, it didn’t smell sour – it smelled like garbage! The culprit, of course, is pasteurisation. Heat-treating milk turns it from a living substance teeming with benefcial […]
Nutrition and Menu Planning
“More chicken nuggets anyone?” Do you find yourself saying this to your children (or yourself) fairly often? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of chicken nuggets, provided they are from McDonalds and eaten with ketchup. But most of us don’t prefer feeding them to our family too often. That’s where menu planning comes in, […]
Five Myths About Menu Planning
“Welcome to McDonalds. Would you like to try our new Bacon Cheese Big Mac?” Do those words sound familiar to you? As in, you hear them more often than you hear the voices of the anchors on the evening news? If you’re tired of spending your hard earned cash at the drive-through window, menu planning […]
Comparison of Bosch Universal Plus and KitchenAid
Women around the nation dream of that perfect machine to make their hours in the kitchen a little easier. A multi-purpose kitchen machine seems like the perfect solution, but which is the best? I’ve had both a Bosch Universal Plus and a KitchenAid 600 Pro. Let’s look at the pros and cons of each and […]
A Basic Guide to Menu Planning
Menu planning has been “all the rage” lately, a throwback to days of old when our mothers and grandmothers would have a hot made-from-scratch meal on the table every evening. These days many of us may scramble to throw on a last-minute offering for our families or simply give up and go through the drive-through […]
Parenting Toddlers – How to Teach Toddlers and Preschoolers Table Manners
Toddlers and preschoolers who can self-feed can easily join the rest of the family at mealtimes. However, it is important that they parents teach them some basic dining etiquette to make mealtimes a relaxed and happy affair. Here are some easy ways to teach table manners to a toddler or preschooler. Set the Right Example […]
