Tired. The perpetual state of being for many mothers. You’re already waking up before the sun rises and burning late into the night on most days, so breakfast is usually a choice between the sugary cereals you love-to-hate, toaster pastries or the sausage and biscuits from your local fast-food joint. After all, it’s much better than not…
➠ Continue ReadingI remember when my baby turned one year old and had her checkup the doctor asked me if I had started giving her cow milk. It seemed like almost every visit thereafter, that was always the first question. I never really understood why this particular drink was so important to doctors. I mean, humans after…
➠ Continue ReadingYou’ve just completed a hearty meal in a fine restaurant and the waiter returns with the menu, inviting you to try their decadent-looking desserts. Dessert or no dessert? This is the question that many of us mothers struggle with on a daily or weekly basis; we want to provide treats to satisfy that innate desire for sweetness, but we also have to struggle against the all too common sugar addiction and its accompanying diseases. Today’s Sugary Habits We don’t…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Cassie King Eng I am a meat eater, and a meat lover. I would have never in a million years thought that going vegetarian was possible for me. I mean, I really like vegetables, and our family probably eats more vegetables than the average American family. But no meat? That sounded so limited—and boring!…
➠ Continue ReadingDuring high school, I did a course called ‘Home & Family Management’ and I learned all sorts of practical and useful things like how to clean kitchen a stove and refrigerator, how to make a budget and spend wisely. I really enjoyed writing out menus and creating meal plans, but, my teachers never grabbed the…
➠ Continue ReadingWhen I was pregnant with my first child, I knew I wanted to give her the best nutrition. It started with my diet. I cleared out all the conventional meat in my freezer and replaced it with organic meat. I improved my diet and when my daughter was born I breastfed her. So when it…
➠ Continue ReadingBefore we talk snacks, let me clarify something – I’m not a healthy food expert. In fact, for dinner last night, my kids ate re-heated fast food fries and a bruised banana. For dinner. What can I say? It was a rough day, and I abandoned any real dinner plans early in the afternoon. So…
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