Real Mom Nutrition
A no-judgments zone about feeding a family.
The challenges of being homebound are many: bickering kids, feelings of isolation, and alternating bouts of stress and boredom. If you need a much-needed mental escape or a project to pass the time, I hope you’ll find some things here to help: Ideas for Books Books For Kids: Books My Kids Couldn’t Put Down Part …
Coconut sugar is billed as a wholesome, healthy alternative to regular sugar. But is that true? Here are the facts! Coconut sugar is trendy right now, billed as a wholesome alternative to sugar and cropping up in recipes for “healthier” baked goods. It’s even been dubbed a “superfood”. It’s also a lot pricier than sugar. At …
These homemade Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies are easy to make, tender and buttery, and topped with naturally colored frosting. And you don’t have to chill the dough! Thank you to the National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association for sponsoring this post! Of all the holiday goodies we make, classic cut-out sugar cookies are my kids’ …
These Zucchini Blueberry Muffins are packed with fresh zucchini and sweet blueberries and drizzled with a sweet lemony glaze. My name is Sally, and I’m a dietitian who doesn’t like zoodles. This brings me a certain amount of guilt. I feel like loving zoodles–spiralized zucchini noodles–is practically in my job description. But the truth is …
Want to create bright, festive cookies without using synthetic food dyes? Here are three ways to make naturally colored frosting. This post is not about making artfully decorated sugar cookies. Obviously. I’m calling this style of cookie decorating “rustic” and “accessible”. This is all about the colors anyway. Aren’t these colors pretty? And not a …
This soft Whole Wheat No Knead Bread uses just four ingredients, requires NO kneading, and proofs in the Instant Pot to save serious time! This bread is kind of too good to be true. It takes just minutes to mix up, and there’s no kneading involved. The loaf you’ll get is crusty on the outside, …
These easy cinnamon sugar muffins are a classic family favorite–and this version get a makeover using white whole wheat flour. If a muffin and a cinnamon-sugar donut had a love child, this would be it! In fact, I’ve seen these referred to as “donut muffins”. My mom called them Paris Puffins, which I found deliciously …
Thanks to King Arthur Flour for sponsoring this post! I’d always filed homemade crackers under “As If!” As in, take all that time to make crackers when you can pick up a box at the store for two bucks? As if! But I finally made them. And they are GOOD. And easy! The recipe comes from …
It’s easier than you may think to make your own soft, chewy homemade bagels. Here’s a step-by-step easy bagel recipe for you! When I’m heading out the door for my weekly grocery trip and call out to my kids “Any requests from the grocery store?” their answer is frequently “BAGELS!” Both of my boys love …
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 …
Thank you to King Arthur Flour for sponsoring this post! I enjoy making meals, snacks, and goodies from scratch. I really, really do. But I don’t enjoy when my life feels like an endless cycle of make food/clean up/make food/repeat. So I supplement homemade foods with packaged food and feel no shame. After all, there are …
Wouldn’t it be nice to celebrate Valentine’s Day without Red Dye #40? I’ve shared a recipe for naturally red frosting that gets its hue from beets (read Naturally Colored Frosting). I wanted to do a baby pink frosting for Valentine’s Day that’s colored and flavored with whole fruit. For naturally pink frosting, start with a half-pound of …
