Tag Archives: healthy eating

How To Cure Picky Eating

Awhile back, I wrote a post here about my middle daughter’s picky eating. Her eating habits were partially my fault, as I let things slide in the food department when I was pregnant with #5. Instead of insisting on her … Continue reading

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Ways to Reduce Food Waste

I’m making it a goal to reduce our family’s food waste. I do several things in an attempt to keep our grocery budget reasonable yet as healthful as possible. I do some shopping at ALDI. I carefully meal plan each … Continue reading

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Nutritional Brainwashing

Every once in awhile, one of my kids does or says something that proves to me that the brainwashing I hope to engage in is taking effect. Do you know what I mean? I consider it my job to brainwash … Continue reading

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Bean Cure For Pregnancy Nausea: Final Thoughts

At 23 weeks, I’m finally over the worst part of pregnancy nausea and vomiting. It still sneaks up and hits me every once in awhile, especially in the evenings, but I’m usually able to ignore it and go about my … Continue reading

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Simple Easy Black Bean Soup

One of the things I struggle with when it comes to meal planning is lunches. Lunches shouldn’t be that complicated, right? But for some reason I always draw a blank at lunchtime. Yesterday I had a mom friend over and … Continue reading

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Natural Moms Podcast #150

Please click HERE to download this audio interview (mp3 format). My guest on this show is Melinda Friedman of The Dental Essentials. The Dental Essentials is the first and only nutritional supplement specifically formulated to promote cavity resistance. The ingredients … Continue reading

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15 Weeks

Yesterday I had a prenatal appointment. As tempted as I was to inquire about medications to help with the nausea, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. What I did ask for was advice on handling low blood sugar. I … Continue reading

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Natural Moms Podcast #149

My guest this week is David Luks of Honeydrop beverages. Honeydrop offers delicious, fresh brewed all natural teas sweetened only with honey. We’re talking about the recent controversy over honey: how you can avoid buying “fake” honey, why honey from … Continue reading

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Benefits of Bi-Weekly Meal Planning and Shopping

I had to google “bi-weekly”, because I’ve never been sure whether it meant “every two weeks” or “twice a week”. Turns out, in the US the word bi-weekly means “every two weeks”, but if you live in the UK, it … Continue reading

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Help for Eating Issues

After what for many people amounts to the biggest eating day of the year, I thought it would be appropriate to post this interview with Funky About Food nutrition expert Lynn Penrose, R.D. Lynn is a Registered Dietitian and her … Continue reading

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