Do you have trouble getting enough vegetables in your family’s daily diet? I know I do. Even though my kids love vegetables, we are constantly on the go and I never know what the kids actually ate at school. I recently found My Daily Veggies, packets of whole dried vegetables that you can use for [...]

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Char
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By Dr. Lorraine Williams, aka Track Mom Sugar is sugar, right? From a physiological viewpoint, blood glucose is blood glucose, right? Wrong. The source of the glucose is what counts and has everything to do with your ability to use food for energy. Complex carbohydrates – found in fruits and whole-grain cereals – are digested [...]

Posted on November 6th, 2008 by Char
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My daughters love apples with peanut butter for lunch – it is one of the few protein sources I can get my ultra picky 9 year to eat at lunch time – but how do you keep the apple slices from getting brown? Check out this technique: Using an Apple Corer and Divider, cut down [...]

Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Char
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