Real Mom Nutrition
A no-judgments zone about feeding a family.
Burnt cake? Flat cookies? Overcooked cheesecake? Here are ten simple baking tips to solve your issues and up your baking game! This year, I decided to enroll at our local community college and take some classes on baking. Yes, a registered dietitian is going back to school to learn about pastries, buttercream, and layer cakes. Baking has always been a …
Last year on a whim, I wrote a post called 10 Books I Couldn’t Put Down This Year, and so many of you liked it that I decided to do another round-up for 2016. So if you’re looking for some good books to read this holiday season–or some great gifts to give!–here are a dozen …
I made this sandwich for myself recently. I bought all the ingredients at the store. I toasted the bread, tossed the arugula in vinegar and oil, sliced the pear and blue cheese, and layered on proscuitto. All the while knowing that nobody else in the family would want one of these delicious sandwiches too. That felt …
My 20s were full of change and adventure. After college, I moved from a small town to New York City and worked at two magazines. Then I relocated to Chicago to be with my boyfriend-now-husband and begin a career as a freelance writer. It was a thrilling time, personally and professionally. But it was a terrible time, nutritionally. I was still clinging to the …
I was recently having lunch with a friend, who, like me, is in her 40s. And who, like me, is active and eats a healthy diet. I was griping about the dreaded 40-something weight creep (read: My Post-40 Weight Gain Frustrations) and how an expensive pair of work pants I bought just a few years …
Though I didn’t have issues with becoming pregnant, I saw several friends and family members struggle with the pain and stress of infertility, including secondary infertility, the inability to get pregnant after giving birth to one or more children. Today I’m happy to have a guest post written by two fellow dietitians, Sarah Haas and Elizabeth Shaw, who are …
Last week I wrote about how feeding tweens is easier in many ways than feeding younger kids (read How Feeding A Tween Is Easier). But in some ways, it’s also harder. Here’s why: He’s busier. Schedules heat up as kids get older. There are school clubs and extracurriculars and a lot more homework. For many …
Every stage of parenting has its challenges, even when it comes to food. I can still vividly recall the painful breastfeeding struggles and maddening dinner table tantrums of years gone by. But my boys are now 7 and 11, and I’m happy to say that in many ways, feeding them is getting easier as they’re getting older. I’ve especially noticed this …
When I was a child, there were a few things I thought I’d do when I was a grown-up: Put on lipstick and heels every day, have hair like Jaclyn Smith in “Charlie’s Angels”, and wear a bikini. Since then, I’ve accepted my hair’s limitations and the fact that I’m more of a flats-and-Chapstick girl. But the …
This is a guest post by fellow dietitian blogger Katie Serbinski, who blogs at Mom to Mom Nutrition. Katie is a busy mom of two little boys. Though her kids are only 15 months apart, she actually approached feeding her second baby differently than her first. Here’s why: Why I Fed My Second Baby Differently …
Like most moms, mine occasionally dispenses unsolicited advice about my appearance. Over the years, she has politely questioned my clunky shoes, my oversized blazers, and the messy bun I once sported to a wedding (for the record, she was right on all three accounts). But she never mentioned my weight. Even when the cliched Freshman 15 deposited itself …
It’s no secret that I have struggled to exercise consistently since my kids were born (read: Fall Off Exercise Wagon. Get Back On. Repeat.). I recently heard about this clever mind game that my friend and fellow dietitian Danielle Omar uses on herself to boost motivation to exercise (or eat healthy), and I asked her to share it with you. I’ve …
