Real Mom Nutrition
A no-judgments zone about feeding a family.
These Kid-Friendly Tofu Bowls are full of plant-based protein and the veggies your kids like best. Let everyone build their own! If your kids don’t eat tofu, have they met crispy tofu tossed with peanut sauce–in a meal they get to assemble themselves? I’d tried tofu in the past without much luck when I stumbled …
Something interesting has happened since I became a dietitian nearly 15 years ago: Weight has become a very touchy subject. Back when I got my degree, emerging research about obesity was a red-hot topic. I wrote a lot of magazine articles about weight loss, and my master’s thesis was a survey of people who had …
Wondering if MSG is safe and whether you should avoid it? Get the facts on how MSG got a bad reputation–and where things stand now. It’s a frustrating fact that certain foods, ingredients, and nutrients seem to fall in and out of favor among health experts, depending on what the latest science says. So what …
Chickpeas are a great source of sustainable protein for your family. Here are 29 different ways to serve chickpeas to your kids. (This post is NOT sponsored, but I did receive samples of Biena snacks, which inspired this post because we loved them!) Are Chickpeas Beans? Yes! Chickpeas are also called garbanzo beans, and people …
This Creamy Greek Yogurt Poppyseed Dressing mixes up in minutes and has a tangy-sweet flavor that’s perfect your favorite leafy greens. When it comes to salad dressings, are you Team Creamy or Team Vinaigrette? I was Team Vinaigrette all the way, eating my near-daily bowl of leafy greens with a dressing I boldly dubbed the …
Want to repurpose your food scraps and create a no-cost, environmentally-friendly fertilizer? Here’s how to compost at home. When I was growing up, I thought everyone had a milk carton under their sink filled with food scraps. My dad, an avid gardener, collected fruit and vegetable scraps for his compost pile–and when the compost was …
This moist, sweet banana bread with chocolate chips is made using whole wheat pastry flour. It’s perfect for breakfast, lunch boxes, and snacks. Everything is better with chocolate chips. That seems to be a family motto of sorts around here. When there are overripe bananas lingering in the fruit bowl, they’re either frozen for smoothies …
Forget packaged frozen pizza rolls! These Homemade Pepperoni Rolls are a fun dinner, satisfying snack, or easy lunch box item and are made with just five ingredients. Last week I waxed poetic about the peanut butter bars I grew up eating in the Midwest (get the recipe: Peanut Butter Quinoa Bars). Now it’s time for …
These Gluten Free Peanut Butter Bars are a more wholesome twist on the classic Midwestern Peanut Butter Bars and make a healthy snack or dessert. If you grew up in the Midwest or live there now, you know about Peanut Butter Bars. They typically consist of a mixture of peanut butter, powdered sugar, and graham …
Yes, ALDI has wine! Here’s everything you need to know about buying wine at ALDI (plus how to create a build-your-own mimosa bar that’s fun and affordable!). Thank you to ALDI for sponsoring this post! Even ALDI super fans have what my friend calls “ALDI A-Ha Moments”. Discovering they carry affordable organic milk and eggs? …
Some finicky behaviors are a normal part of development–but could you be making your kid’s picky eating worse? Here are 5 things to avoid! Picky eating can take even the most unflappable parent to the brink. Yes, some finicky tendencies are a normal part of development. But truth is, some of what we’re doing as …
A chest freezer can easily turn into a black hole of cold food. Here’s how to organize a chest freezer cheaply and simply! If I go missing, I may have fallen into the chest freezer. That’s how it used to feel every time I dug though the contents to find the elusive package of bacon …
