Real Mom Nutrition
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When you just don’t feel like cooking, the Snack Dinner comes to rescue with a healthy meal that’s easy to pull together and fun for everyone to eat. Thank you to J.K. Adams for the boards shown in this post! You know those nights when you just don’t want to cook? (For some of you, …
I’ll admit it: I don’t cook nearly enough with my kids. At some point, I established dinner prep as my own personal escape, a time to turn on music (or lately, a podcast) and unwind. I granted my kids an hour of screen time and retreated into the kitchen to chop, simmer, and decompress. All by myself. But …
Have you heard of Buddha Bowls? They’re a free-form, filling mix of veggies, grains, legumes, and other plant-based goodness. I first had one at a local cafe and was inspired to make my own by this recipe for a Peanut Tofu Buddha Bowl from Delish Knowledge. Now I include Buddha Bowls in our regular dinner rotation. I like that …
I’m partnering with the National Milk Life Campaign’s Back-to-School program. I was compensated for writing this post, but all opinions are (as always!) my own. “Family dinner” has a lovely ring to it. But it’s not always lovely (read: The Truth About Family Dinner). Family dinner can be especially hard when children are very young. …
Slow cookers tend to see a lot of action in colder temperatures for soups and stews and get shelved in the summertime. But summer is actually a perfect time to use the slow cooker. After all, who wants their oven blazing when it’s 85 degrees outside? And there’s a whole lot more your slow cooker can do than churn out hearty, …
My kids weren’t always fans of fish. Until I made fish tacos. Apparently, being able to wrap your fish in a warm tortilla and pile on whatever toppings you want was a game-changer for them. This recipe is featured in my new cookbook, Cooking Light Dinnertime Survival Guide (read: “A Peek Inside My New Cookbook!“). What I …
On a recent Sunday, my husband and I were cooking together, and the boys were pretending we were on a cooking show. It extended to dinner time, when they wanted to judge the dish (a new-to-them chili). So we asked them to rate the chili on a scale of 1-5 for various categories like …
