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Top 5 Tips For Packing a Healthy and Delicious School Lunch

Packing a healthy and delicious school lunch for the kids doesn’t have to be a chore. Keep school lunch nutritious, delicious, and varied with these five tips! Pin this Post *Originally published October 2015. Updated August 2019* When I was in grade school, I remember eating a hot lunch every day. My favorite was probably the pasta bake – elbow…

Take Your Kids From Baby Food to Gourmet Foodies

Turn your kids into gourmet foodies by feeding them wholesome, nutritious and delicious food from the start. Learn how to do it with the help of Sonali Ruder’s latest book Natural Baby Food. I received a free copy of Natural Baby Food, but was not compensated for this post. This post contains affiliate links. See below for full disclosure. Have you met…

5 Ways to Help Kids Meet Their Calcium Requirements

In honor of National Dairy Month, here are my top five ways to help kids meet their calcium requirements throughout the week! This post is sponsored by Chobani in honor of National Dairy Month. I was compensated for my time, but as always all opinions are my own. June is National Dairy Month and if your kids are anything like mine…

Menu Plan Monday: May 9, 2016

Mother’s Day weekend recap, Link Love, and this week’s Menu Plan Monday! I hope all you moms had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend and celebration! Our weekend was jam-packed with family time. On Saturday my girls performed as Snow White in their annual dance recital, and I couldn’t have been more proud. If you follow me on Instagram, I’m sure you…

Encourage Kids to Make Fruits & Vegetables Center Stage

This Food Day, encourage kids to make fruits and veggies center stage on their plates by keeping it delicious and fun! Plus a review of Teddy Tries a Veggie! I received a complimentary copy of Teddy Tries a Veggie, but was not compensated for writing about it. As always, all opinions are my own.  This Saturday, October 24th, is Food…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of August 3, 2015

August food holidays, my upcoming SMT, and a not-to-be-missed #LinkLove! Happy August everyone! A few fun things to note about the unofficial last month of summer (cue sad music, tears, and nose blowing): National holidays in August include Kids Eat Right Month, Panini Month and Sandwich Month (take a look at the recipe link below for an awesome sandwich roundup), Peach Month (there…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of July 20, 2015

Summer desserts Pinterest board, #MomRDChat Twitter chat, #LinkLove, and this week’s Menu Plan Monday! Happy Monday everyone! Things are getting a little back to normal here – at least until the craziness of August arrives. Speaking of which, I can’t believe we’re nearing the end of July. Why does the summer always go by so fast?! I don’t get it!…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of July 6, 2015

Cherries, summer cocktails, meatless barbecue recipes, and this week’s menu plan Monday.  I know it’s not Monday anymore, but this past weekend was crazy so I’m a little late in posting my weekly menu plan and link love post. I’m sure you’ve all been wondering what we’re eating this week in the Nutritioulicious house and what my favorite reads and…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of June 15, 2015

Learn how to expand your child’s palate, eat intuitively, and use heart healthy cooking oils in this week’s Link Love. Plus my fave recipe posts from last week and this week’s menu.  Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. We had fun celebrating my husband’s birthday Saturday night with a romantic dinner for two and yesterday as…

Get in the Game with School Lunch

Teach kids the importance of balancing what they eat with physical activity by celebrating this year’s National School Lunch Week theme “Get in the Game.”  Post was written by Tiana Yom, MPH, CHES Schools have been back in session for a couple of months now and everyone knows how important it is for kids to be properly fueled to make it…

Get Kids Cooking

I wrote this post as a participant in the Eat, Play, Love blog carnival hosted by Meals Matter and Dairy Council of California to share ideas on positive and fun ways to teach children healthy eating habits. A list of other registered dietitians and moms who are participating in the carnival will be listed at the bottom of this post….