Real Mom Nutrition
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This simple cucumber salad with vinegar and red onion makes a light and refreshing addition to your summer meal. I was a terribly picky eater when I was a child (read: My Picky Eater Recovery). There’s a long list of foods that I wouldn’t eat then that I love now. This cucumber salad with vinegar is one of them. …
While healthy meals are a priority for me, so is living within a budget. Like many of you, I have budget on my mind when I’m shopping and planning our dinners for the week. Fellow dietitian Clancy Harrison has created a website and free meal plans that are full of truly affordable recipes. This One Pot …
As the weather heats up, keep the oven off and toss together one of these light and healthy salads for a delicious summer lunch or dinner! If you’re like me, warm weather means my appetite for heavy food takes a nosedive–as does my desire to turn on the oven or get anywhere near it. So salads …
Thank you to Applegate for sponsoring this post! As much as I love the break from packing lunch boxes during the summer, I sometimes feel stumped about what to make for my kids when they’re home. My typical weekday lunch is a mammoth salad (get my salad formula here: How To Build A Healthy Salad). But my boys …
This recipe for quick beef burritos make two meals–one for tonight and one for the freezer! Thank you to the Ohio Beef Council for sponsoring this post! All opinions are always my own. I have a household full of guys who all love meat. Especially meat inside taco shells and tortillas and preferably covered in melted cheese. Beef …
One of the biggest takeaways from my recent reader survey (if you haven’t taken it yet, head on over!): You want dinner recipes that are easy, healthy, and fast. This one for Slow Cooker Turkey Taco Meat is ALL of the above. It comes from Michelle Dudash, a Cordon Bleu-certified chef, registered dietitian, and the author of Clean …
My kids love mashed potatoes. I love dinners that cook themselves while I’m doing something else. So this recipe for Slow Cooker Garlic Mashed Potato Soup is a keeper. And who doesn’t love a big bowl of comfort food? This recipe comes from the pages of the new cookbook by Aviva Goldfarb, The Six O’Clock Scramble Meal …
Freezer meals regularly save my day. I always have some tucked away, whether I’ve cooked them myself or they’re from my freezer meal co-op (read How to Start a Freezer Meal Co-Op). But I’m always looking for new recipes that work well for the freezer, so I reached out to some my blogger friends for their best …
This Veggie Nuggets recipe is healthy, kid friendly, and simple to make. Perfect for lunch boxes and snacks. As a mom, I hold these truths to be self-evident: Kids love finger food. Kids love dipping. Kids love nuggets. Well, at least my kids do. This Veggie Nuggets recipe hits that trifeca of kid-friendliness. Because sometimes veggies …
Caesar salad pleases three out of the four eaters in my house, which in my book is a statistical success. I like to make my own salad dressings when I can–and I don’t want to mess with the egg yolks and whole anchovies of the signature Caesar dressing–so I came up with a simple combo that …
Is there anything that screams “fall” more than a pan of roasted sweet potatoes? Okay, my kids would probably say “football” and my first answer might actually be “sweaters”, but you get the point. This sweet and savory salad is pure fall, delicious, and easy to toss together (and also vegan and gluten-free). It’s from …
I was asked to participate in the #PastaFits campaign as a member of the Healthy Aperture blogger network. I was compensated for my time. As always, all opinions expressed are my own. The week following Halloween officially ushers in a period I like to think of as Prolonged Holiday Season Insanity (PHSI), when calendars get crammed, exercise regimens get swapped …
