Recipe: How to Make Spinach & Walnut PestoIt's so appropriate that March is National Nutrition Month with Spring just around the corner. We've added an extra hour to our days, the sun is staying out longer and the weather is getting warmer. The arrival of Spring also brings with it lighter fare and recipes with faster cooking…
Healthy Eating: How to Teach Teens Healthy Eating HabitsTeaching kids to make healthy eating choices can be tough; just try enticing your teen with a carrot stick or broccoli florets. YUCK and NO WAY! Healthy snacks are not cool. They would rather grab fast food out. So how can we encourage our teens to eat healthy? How to…
Healthy Dessert: Quick and Easy Strawberry Trifle RecipeMany children and adults enjoy dessert after dinner. Instead of saying "no" to a sweet treat, find something you are comfortable serving your family. There are many sweet foods that pack good nutrition too —fresh or frozen fruit, hot chocolate made with low-fat milk, peanut butter smeared on…
Kids Recipe: Bacon Ranch Chicken PizzaInstilling healthy eating habits in children is usually a pretty tricky feat for any parent to master. Kids are notorious for only liking foods that generally don’t qualify as healthy or nutritious. Instead, foods like chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, and noodles loaded with butter tend to be little…
Raising a Champion: Helping Kids Find Their Inner WarriorParenting—Raising a champion takes a lot of work, patience, and love. Every child is a champion in one way or another and the best way for them to see that is to teach and lead by example the importance of positive thinking, self image, nutrition and hard…
