Real Mom Nutrition
A no-judgments zone about feeding a family.
Homemade hummus is as easy as pushing a button! Skip the store bought and try this easy recipe instead. When I finally got around to making homemade hummus, I couldn’t believe how simple it was. I’d been spending way too much money on store-bought hummus that wasn’t half as good. I love it because it …
This is a stark depiction of the brutal living conditions that define a month-long pantry challenge. Antarctica. February 2011. Provisions running dangerously low. My Chunky Soup stash that would normally have lasted ’til winter’s end is exhausted. I struggle to find items for the already-meager lunches I take to work. No sweets or treats as …
Once upon a time, there was a woman who exercised regularly during her pregnancy. When her baby was born, she took Mommy and Me Pilates classes and logged miles with her jogging stroller. During naptime, she did squats while folding freshly laundered onesies. This woman is not me. I read about her in magazines, so …
I own approximately three-thousand plastic kid-size snacks bowls in a variety of colors and sizes. There have been large schools of Goldfish crackers living under my sons’ carseats, and I used to empty out the contents of my purse and shake it free of pretzel and graham cracker debris almost weekly. I am familiar with …
In my self-righteous, childless days, I had a very long list of things I said I’d never do once I had them: change a diaper on an airplane seat, let my toddler run screaming through Target—and definitely never eat my kids’ food scraps. Even those cute, young dads licking away the drips on their child’s …
I was reading one of my go-to blogs, Raise Healthy Eaters, when I came across a post called “Why Every Parent Needs A Feeding Strategy”. I flew into a semi-panic. Did I have a feeding strategy? I had a collection of household food policies and a whole bunch of opinions. But a feeding strategy sounded …
The cover of last week’s OK! magazine brings back so many memories—of me, after my son Sam was born 20 months ago, making soy protein and flaxseed smoothies in full makeup and a fashionable yet supportive tank top. Alright, alright. For the first four (read: eight) weeks, I ate cereal out of the box, wore …
If you’ve read anything about picky eaters, you’ve read this: It can take up to twenty exposures to a new food before a child will try it—much less like it. But the unfortunate truth is that it may take even longer. And your child may never, ever like it. I don’t mean to be a …
Like a lot of moms, I often think about my life in before-kids and after-kids terms. Before kids, I grappled with dilemmas like “Could I get a healthier entree at the Italian or Thai place?” and “Spin class or yoga?” These days, it’s more “Would I burn more calories mowing the lawn or pushing the …
