Are your kids always hungry before dinner is ready? Here's a strategy for snacks before dinner that won't wreck their appetites. There's nothing ...
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One of the Most Important Things You Can Teach Your Kids About Food
Thank you to Cuties for sponsoring this post! I may have scarfed down my fair share of packaged junk as a child, but I also ate a lot of fresh ...
My New E-Book: The Snacktivist’s Handbook
Five years ago, I stood on the pee-wee soccer field and got angry. I sat down at the computer and hammered out a post called Soccer Mom Soapbox, about ...
20 Healthy Preschool Snacks
Whether your child attends a half-day or full-day preschool program, there's probably a snack involved. Preschool snacks serve a few ...
3 Snack Platters for Kids
Have you met the Snack Platter? If you haven't, it's your new best friend--and secret weapon for encouraging healthy snacking. I sung the praises ...
The Trouble With Concession Stands In Youth Sports
If you have kids in baseball, softball, football, and other organized sports, you know about the concession stand. It may generate much-needed revenue ...
Nutrition Advice That Drives Me Nuts
The world is full of nutrition advice--dispensed by dietitians, doctors, personal trainers, bloggers, moms at the bus stop, complete strangers in line ...
Double Chocolate Granola
This easy Double Chocolate Granola bakes up in big clusters, so it's perfect for snacking and packing in lunch boxes. Disclosure: I was asked to ...
How A “Snack Platter” Can Transform Snack Time For Kids
As a dietitian, I get a lot of questions: Is sugar poisonous? (No.) Should I go on one of those juice cleanses? (Probably not.) But most of all, I get ...
Snacking Insanity
I own approximately three-thousand plastic kid-size snacks bowls in a variety of colors and sizes. There have been large schools of Goldfish crackers ...