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Coconut Macaroon Baked Apples

October 27 by Natalie

Simple coconut macaroon baked apples - the dessert that's sure to impress this holiday season!

'Tis the season for pumpkin and apple recipes! If you've taken advantage of the seasonal grocery sales or done some apple picking at your local orchard, chances are you need some apple inspiration. This recipe is for you!  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: apple dessert, apple recipes, autumn dessert, coconut macaroons, desserts, fall dessert, holiday dessert, holiday recipes, quick desserts, quick recipes

Make Fruit Fun (and Spooky) with One Quick Trick

September 21 by Natalie

Such a simple way to make a healthy snack for Halloween - totally doing this!

This might be the easiest food project I've ever created. It took mere minutes to give these pieces of fruit some personality. Here's what I did: Wash and dry the fruit. You want your surface to be relatively dry. Get some candy eyeballs. I used both small and large candy eyes from Wilton. These are especially easy to find during Halloween season, but I assume you can pick them up year-round. Apply your edible glue. We used peanut butter. You could also try any other nut butter, honey, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie Tagged With: fun fruit, halloween snacks, Halloween treats, healthy Halloween food, healthy Halloween snacks, kid lunches, kid snacks

The Best Breakfasts for School Brain Power

August 3 by Natalie

Great list of breakfast ideas to give kids energy to pay attention and focus all day long.

I know, I know - August just began, don't start the back to school stuff already! But it never hurts to plan ahead. Plus, a great breakfast is just as essential for fueling your kids for a day at the beach as a long day at school! Here's Natalie with her best breakfast ideas and why we should all be eating them.  Everyone says breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but is it really all that important? I'm not here to guilt you into making a full breakfast spread every day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie Tagged With: brain food, easy breakfast, healthy food, quick breakfast, school breakfast

Ten Perfect Lunches For the Park

July 8 by Natalie

10 PERFECT PARK LUNCHES - Love these options for avoiding eating my kids PB&J at the park - esp. the knock-off Starbucks protein box!

Are you spending most of your summer days at the park or the pool this summer? Instead of picking up pricey lunches on the go, try packing up something quick and healthy at home before you go! Here are ten ideas for park lunches to get you through the long summer days. Sandwiches with a Twist. Leave the peanut butter and jelly behind and try something new, like these Roasted Zucchini and Ricotta Sandwiches (pictured above). Less Mess Chicken Salad. Pack your favorite chicken salad … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie Tagged With: easy lunches, easy summer lunches, healthy lunches, kid lunches, lunches, park lunches, pool lunches, summer lunches

30 Minute Dinners- A Weekly Meal Plan For Busy Families

May 20 by Natalie

This is a brilliantly system for easy family meal planning - post has lots of 30 min. meal ideas for each theme day too!

Need some dinner inspiration? I am always looking for something new to put on the table without too much fuss. The months transitioning from spring to summer can get pretty hectic, what with end-of-school activities, graduations, weddings, outdoor sports and more. Implementing an easy weekly meal rotation could be just the thing to keep you sane when you're on a crazy schedule. I've created a dinner plan with five meal categories- quesadillas, salads, frittatas, skillet meals and pizzas- and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Meal Planning, Natalie, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: 30 minute meals, dinner help, dinner ideas, easy meals, fast meals, meal planning, meal planning help, meal planning ideas, meal planning schedule, meal planning template, quick and easy dinners, weekly meal plan

Healthy Homemade Crackers (Plus a Giveaway)

May 12 by Natalie

Healthy "Meal-in-a-Cracker" - perfect for satisfying those salty/crunchy cravings.

Sugar. Sometimes it's my arch nemesis, sometimes it's my best friend, most of the time it's somewhere in between. I've been on a personal journey for a few years to reduce the amount of sugar and processed foods that my family and I consume. I also recently attempted the 21 Day Sugar Detox (we made it to about day 18, nobody's perfect!). When Steph asked if I might review a recipe from Sarah Wilson's book, I Quit Sugar, I was glad to skim the pages and see what she had to say. Plus I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie Tagged With: healthy cracker recipe, healthy homemade crackers, healthy kid snacks, healthy snack recipes, healthy snacks, homemade cracker recipe, homemade crackers, I Quit Sugar, Sarah Wilson, seed crackers, sugar-free diet, sugar-free recipes, sugar-free snacks

A Rainbow of Healthy Homemade Gummy Snacks

April 15 by Natalie

Homemade gummies made from fruits and veggies - a healthy snack kids love!

Most of us busy parents are on the look out for new ways to squeeze extra nutrition into our growing kids. Around here, we love using our juicer and enjoying fresh fruit and veggie juice, but it's not really something you can grab-and-go (well you can.. but not without cleaning out a clogged-up juicer later on in the day). Fruit and veggie gummies are our latest solution for getting good nutrition in small, portable doses. Not only are the fruits and veggies filled with vitamins, minerals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie Tagged With: favorite, fruit juice, gelatin, gummies, gummy snacks, gummy vitamin recipe, healthy kid snacks, healthy snacks, healthy treats, homemade vitamins, juicing

Colorful Smoothies and Juices to Kick the Winter Blues

March 18 by Natalie

Colorful smoothies and juices to kick the winter blues - Such a great list to have on hand. My 3 year old is currently loving #6, beets and all!

Do your kids drink smoothies and/or homemade veggie juice?  A nutritious smoothie has been one of my go-to methods for getting S and C protien and veggies for quite a while now - I usually make a one for my breakfast a few times a week and make extra for the kids. I'd never tried juices with my kiddos though until our new sitter started to bring them over. Imagine my surprise when my 3 year old happily gulped down a whole glass of beat juice!  If this keeps up, I'm going to have to invest in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie Tagged With: healthy kid food, healthy recipes, healthy snacks, juice recipes, smoothie recipes, snack recipes

10 Easy Lunches Made with Chickpeas

February 10 by Natalie

Our roasted chickpeas snack post (or roasted garbonzo beans, if you prefer) from last year was so popular that we thought you guys might appreciated even more ideas for how to incorporate chickpeas into your day - especially with recent studies showing that consuming fiber-packed chickpeas leads to consuming less processed snacks during your day.  Here's Natalie with 10 new chickpea recipes! I'm a poor planner when it comes to lunch time. I tend to assume that when I open the fridge, a suitable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Natalie, Uncategorized Tagged With: chickpea recipes, chickpeas, easy lunches, healthy meals, quick lunches, roasted chickpeas, simple meals

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