Have any chocolate left? Ever wonder exactly what is considered “normal eating” (of chocolate)? Here is the answer! I’ve adapted this from author Ellyn Satter’s definition of normal eating. Normal eating of chocolate is… …looking forward to it’s creamy exceptional goodness even before you eat it. It’s using moderate constraint in your selection of it […]
Popsicle Power
I think of Memorial Day as the start of summer. Where we live, kids get out of school just in time for Memorial Day weekend – today is their last day in fact! On the last (half-day) of school I always love to go somewhere fun with my 3 kiddos so it stands out from every other after-school […]
Mealtime Tips for Moms (from Dietitian-Moms)
This mom’s crew is a hungry, rowdy bunch (Elita is 8, Austin is 11 and Thomas is 14), but the 5 of us do our best to ring the dinner bell and sit around the dinner table most nights of the week…sometimes quite early and other times we have a hearty afternoon snack and a quick dinner […]
Opportunity does not equal Obligation
Today I was in line at Panera around lunchtime – standing behind a guy in gym clothes. The cashier told him since he ordered a drink with his lunch, he could get a 99-cent pastry. His reply: “does it have to be a pastry?” “Yes,” she said. And that was that: he immediately complied as […]
Sugar DO’s and DON’Ts: 12 Tips & 4 Sweet Recipes
Perhaps more than any other time of the year, these next several days you’ll be facing temptations that come along with the season’s decadent sweets and colorful cookies. So, there’s no time like the present to share with you my top 12 Sugar DOs and DON’Ts. You might be surprised to learn what I have to say about […]
What do to with Candy (or any treat for that matter)
My daughter Elita is almost 8. She is as oppositional in nature as she is beautiful: both come naturally for her. This we learned immediately upon adopting her from China as a toddler. Elita loves to test me. She said for weeks that she wanted to be a “poop emoji” for Halloween. She chose this […]