
No thoughts about feeding kids today, just a fun no-bake recipe to try with your kiddo. These No-Bake Almond Cereal Bars are courtesy of the Food Network. (I’m modifying slightly) Ingredients: Directions: Spray an 8 in. baking pan & a wooden spoon with cooking spray. Melt butter/margarine in a medium pan over medium heat and […]

From time to time I like to remind us of my favorite snacking trick: “Buddying Up” your snack. I tell kiddos all the time: “No lonely snacks!” By that I mean, pair your snack with another food from a different food group. For example, I just ate an apple with peanut butter (fruit + protein/fat). […]

After-school snacking tends to be a pain-point for some families. Kiddos may come home ravenous and hit the pantry hard! Or may eat one snack after another and then aren’t so interested in dinner. Or, as in the case of one family I worked with, kiddo has ADHD and couldn’t decide what snack to eat […]