Creative and Healthy School Lunches That Kids Love

school lunch 2As summer comes to a close, families are experiencing both excitement and anticipation as the school year is on the horizon. This blog is all about helping families feel empowered around meal prep and creating healthy school lunches that your kids will love and their friends will want. This actually happened to my kids. So much so that as my son was graduating from high school, he asked me to have a cooking class so that his friends and classmates could do meal prep in college! It was standing room only!

Meal Prep

I use the term “convertible meals” to describe my approach to feeding a family. Continue reading “Creative and Healthy School Lunches That Kids Love”

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10 Tips for Easier Holiday Meals

cookingIt might be the happiest season of all, but it could also be the most stressful, especially if you are hosting a dinner or two. Add that to shopping, rushing to parties, cleaning, and preparing gifts and these endless holiday activities are enough to stress out the best of us.

So the following tips for preparing easier holiday meals are dedicated to the person who loves to host and cook, but feels overwhelmed with the prospect of such a huge responsibility because even the most experienced cooks and hosts need time out to relax and enjoy the season. Continue reading “10 Tips for Easier Holiday Meals”

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Dinner Tonight: Kale Salad

I belong to an organic produce delivery program, which means that every Tuesday I receive a beautiful assortment of organic fruits and vegetables. It’s convenient and a great way to ensure that we are trying new things and getting a variety of goodness in our diets.

This week my bin included kale, avocados and carrots, so I made this recipe. It was simple to make and so tasty that it will definitely be part of our meal rotations. I used maple syrup instead of honey (I had just brought some back from a trip to St. Joseph Island, famed up north for their maple syrup) and I used leftover grilled salmon from the night before. I also added radishes and spring onions, which were in my organic bin.

Kale is such a nutrient dense food, and I was excited about using it the way I would use a typical salad green like romaine or spinach. It is pumped with iron, B vitamins and calcium. Combined with all the other foods, this meal is packed with vitamins, minerals, and other super nutrients like omega-3!

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