Recipes and Posts Tagged healthy dessert

What Is Clean Eating?

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Get the dirt on this popular eating trend! Guest Post By: Ginger Hultin, MS, RD, CSO, LDN Clean eating. Eating “clean”. What does this mean exactly? A popular buzz word in magazines, on-line and among celebrities, this term can be confusing because it doesn’t have a set definition. Does it mean ... more

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How to Eat Healthy When It’s Hot!

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Five tips to help you get dinner on the table without breaking a sweat! By: Jodie Shield, RD If you can’t’ stand the heat . . . get out of the kitchen.  But your family’s hungry, so what do you do? When the thermometer soars, summer dining can be a ... more

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Top 10 Cookie Baking Tips

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How To Bake Perfect Cookies By: Jodie Shield, RD The holidays are all about making memories with your family.  How about starting an edible tradition?  Grab your rolling pin and kids, along with my sugar cookie recipe, and celebrate Bake Cookies Day.  It’s officially suppose to take place on December ... more

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Health by Chocolate: Top 3 Reasons to Eat It

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By: Jodie Shield, RD As if anybody needs a reason to eat chocolate!  But if you do, here’s the bittersweet truth about everybody’s favorite sweet stuff – – just in time for Valentine’s Day. Chocolate is . . . heart-healthy.  It takes approximately 400 cocoa beans to make 1 pound of chocolate.  ... more

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Healthy Take-Along Meal and Snack Tips

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By: Jodie Shield, RD   Summer vacation is here!  But that doesn’t mean your kids should take a break from healthy eating.  No matter where your family goes this summer, there are sure to be the usual dietary temptations: hot dogs, French fries, potato chips, and soda pop.  Not only ... more

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Healthy Birthday Cakes

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  By: Jodie Shield, RD A birthday party just wouldn’t be the same without a cake.  A cake signals that it’s time to sing “Happy Birthday,” make a wish, blow out the candles, and open the presents.  But while most birthday cakes are laden with sugar and fat, they don’t ... more

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How to Plan a Fun and Healthy Birthday Party for Your Child

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  By: Jodie Shield, RD All foods, even cake, ice cream, and candy, have their place in a healthy diet.   That’s the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (www.eatright.org).  Kids can eat anything they want in moderation, but they need to compensate for the extra calories elsewhere in there day.  One ... more

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Happy and Healthy Brithday Parties!

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  By: Jodie Shield, RD What makes kids happy at birthday parties?  For some it’s the chocolate cake smothered in vanilla ice cream.  For others it’s the goodie bags bulging with candy.  While these tasty treats are fine to eat every once in awhile, kids can get overloaded with sweets ... more

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Hard Facts About Soft Drinks

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by Jodie Shield and Mary Mullen, RD MS In 2009 sales of carbonated beverages totaled $18.7 billion—that is about $5 billion more than total milk sales! One reason why soft drinks are so popular is the price. Kids learn quickly that they can get more “bang for their buck” by buying a super-size ... more

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Cereal Rules as the Breakfast of Weight Loss Champions

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By: Jodie Shield, RD   Did you know that the “biggest losers” in terms of weight loss are breakfast eaters?  It’s true.  According to the National Weight Control Registry (www.nwcr.ws), a research group that studies how individuals have succeed at long-term weight loss, 78 percent of the 5000 people in ... more

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