All Entries Tagged With: "Food"
Harvard Healthy Eating Plate
Earlier this year the USDA released new dietary guidelines for Americans, under an initiative called ChooseMyPlate.gov. In response to this, the Harvard School of Public Health released the Healthy Eating Plate, to make it easier for consumers to think about meal planning and not just abstract ideas about food allowances. You can download a copy [...]
EWG 2011 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
The Environmental Working Group has published their 2011 Shoppers’ Guide to Pesticides in Produce. In this handy guide, they helpfully show which produce should be purchased organic (Top 3: apples, celery and strawberries) and which you don’t (Top 3: onions, sweet corn, pineapple). The shoppers guide is also available in PDF format. Source: EWG Follow [...]
ChooseMyPlate.gov – New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Earlier this month, the US Department of Agriculture released new dietary guidelines for Americans. The new advice, released under the new ChooseMyPlate.gov program, changes the way that Americans think about diet and food. Gone is the longstanding Food Pyramid, instead the new focus is simpler dietary advice. The streamlined guidelines call for more fruits and [...]
YES! Your food allergy kid can eat Oreos and more!
Last fall, my son was diagnosed with multiple food allergies. I cried, panicked, and thought the world had come to an end. Since then, I’ve learned to not only live with it, but bring better health to our family. I’ve also learned to cook and bake. My son is allergic to all but two of [...]
Healthy foods and healthy kids equal sane mom
If my kids eat badly, I feel guilty. And if they eat badly, their behavior deteriorates and I feel to blame. Several nights of fast food, and I’m blaming myself for their failure to get that Rhodes Scholarship 20 years from now. Ridiculous but true. It seems some of you carry the same mountain of [...]
The Princess and the Pea
Children love to explore all types of things, their environment, their bodies, the things that can fit into the tiniest spaces in their bodies. Our indoctrination began with a pea. After a few attempts at raisins, (caught in time), our daughter discovered that peas were the perfect fit for a nose.. I was out [...]
Great sites to help you save on groceries
Recently, I’ve begun a quest to find the best deals for groceries, and searching for ways to save money while feeding my family. Some of our readers have passed along great coupon and other frugal living sites. Here is a list so you can begin your savings today! From Angela: Frugal Coupon Living, where you [...]
Kids made it: Peanut Butter Pizza
Here’s a great easy lunch recipie that kids of any age can help make. Peanut Butter Pizza You’ll need: Pocketless Pita bread (white or wheat, your choice) Peanut Butter or other nut butter Jelly or Jam Banana cut into slices (optional) To prepare: Take one pita, spread Peanut Butter “sauce” on pita with back of spoon [...]
Baby’s daily calories? 500 more than a man!
Wow! Baby Agatha Holloway, only 16 months, is on a diet of 3,000 calories a day (500 more calories than the recommended daily intake for men suggested by the National Health Service in England). We’ve had lots of visitors at MomstoWork worrying about how much food to feed their toddlers and asking about daily calorie [...]
Toddler Food Pyramid Helps Determine Daily Calorie Needs
You can download the a PDF of the Toddler Food Pyramid from WholesomeToddlerFood.com Update June 2011: New USDA guidelines have introduced the concept of ChooseMyPlate, a reworking of the former Food Pyramid. New guidelines for Preschoolers and Kids are listed. Follow Moms To Work on Twitter @MomsToWork.
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