Get fresh ideas (both hot and cold!) to pack in your kids’ thermos for a nutritious take-along lunch. As much as we love sandwiches for lunch, they can get a little boring! Enter the thermos. It opens up so many options for fresh and exciting healthy lunches! We find it much easier to pack their […]

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The week after your child gets braces, their mouth might be extra sensitive. I have a free meal plan of recipes you can make that work for them but also the entire family will enjoy! What Foods Are Good to Eat After Getting Braces Getting braces doesn’t hurt, but your child’s mouth will probably be sensitive […]

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If your child athlete is serious about their sport, a sure way to increase performance is to encourage them to get enough sleep.   Sleep is the very foundation of post-exercise recovery and regeneration. The document Sleep, Recovery and Human Performance, published by Canadian Sport for Life states that in order to increase athletic performance, post-exercise […]

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Teach kids to be more independent with this list of healthy snacks kids can make themselves! Kids come home from school HUNGRY. And a small boost of energy can help them feel balanced and happy until dinnertime. My biggest goal in after school snack time is to keep it simple. I don’t want to cook […]

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Help your kids learn important life skills at home, like how to cook! Teach them to prepare these ten essential dishes all by themselves. We all know that kids need healthy food–it’s why we devote our efforts to putting fresh meals on the table for our families. And I get it: during a busy week, […]

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When body love is appearance-focused, it’s not really helping our kids. I recently messaged all the teenagers I knew on Instagram to ask them what they thought it means to love your body. I wasn’t exactly surprised by their answers; they matched the chatter I’ve been hearing on social media. According to the teens I […]

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Teens can participate in making dinner too! My journey in teaching my kids to eat and make healthy food has evolved and changed over the last 10 years.  When they were young, I would involve them in small tasks in the kitchen as we cooked side by side.   I’d teach them skills, and we were definitely creating […]

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On edge.  Irritable.  Tightly wound, ready to snap.   Under-react to a problem. I love this advice from Gretchen Rubin in her book: Happier at Home.  I am typically quite the opposite and can get pretty worked up over pretty much anything.  When I put this sneaky little practice into place, the results were almost […]

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Healthy eating comes down to being prepared!  Prep these salad jars on Sunday, and eat them all week! Hi! I’m Hadassah! I am a rising high school senior and I live in Maryland with my parents and three siblings.  In school, my favorite subjects are American Sign Language and math. In my spare time, I enjoy running, basketball, […]

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Healthy snacks for your growing teenagers! Teens can be a tough group of people to please, especially if they’re your own! One thing is for sure, if you have a growing teenager, plan to have your grocery bill skyrocket.  They can eat a lot of food. On the opposite extreme, you may have a small-ish […]

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