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Top 4 Reasons For Eating Family Dinners
The Power of the Family Dinner Hour! By: Jodie Shield, RD If your family dinner is constantly being bumped by other activities like soccer practice or volunteer meetings, you may want to reconsider your priorities. Research has shown that when families eat together at least five times a week, both ... more
Read moreHow To Get Your Family To Eat Breakfast
Beat-the-clock breakfast tips! By: Jodie Shield, RD Daycare, school, work – for today’s busy families, the morning rush hour is about more than traffic. Everyone is in a mad dash to finish homework, brush their hair and teeth, and pack lunches before racing out the door. Squeezing in a quick ... more
Read moreHow to Pick and Store Fresh Fruits and Veggies
Harvest App Review By: Jodie Shield, RD Summer is my favorite “food” time of year. All winter I dream about fresh red tomatoes bursting with actual flavor. I long for juicy sweet corn on the cob that drips down my chin after each bite. This past cold and dreary February, ... more
Read moreHungry or Satisfied? Rate Your Appetite
Use a hunger scale to help you and your kids learn when to put down that fork! By: Jodie Shield, RD Hunger Games. Kids and adults play them all the time. You know what I mean – nibbling when you’re bored or pigging out at a party. Your appetite ... more
Read morePecans: Top 3 Reasons to Eat More
Get cracking and enjoy pecans! By Jodie Shield, RD Calling all health nuts. Did you know that eating a handful of pecans each day is good for your heart, mind, and may help you lose weight? It’s true. While most nuts are healthy, there seems to be something special about ... more
Read moreTop 5 Beat-the-Clock Breakfast Tips
Rise and Shine It’s Breakfast Time! By: Jodie Shield, RD Did you know that on any given day 20 to 30 percent of kids skip breakfast? This is unfortunate given that breakfast really is for champions in and out of the classroom. Kids who eat breakfast have so many ... more
Read moreOh, the Pastabilities!
March is National Noodle Month By: Jodie Shield, RD If you could use only one word to describe the perfect family meal, what would it be? Versatile? Convenient? Economical? Healthy? Delicious? I would use the word pasta, because it’s all of the above. Pasta comes in a variety of shapes, sizes, ... more
Read moreCooking With Fin-Esse
Tips for Buying and Preparing Seafood By: Jodie Shield, RD It’s Lent. And I’ve had several requests for fish stories and recipes. Some of you even confessed that you’re hesitant to cook fish because it’s too complicated. Let me try to reel you in. Fish takes only minutes to cook ... more
Read moreTop 3 Healthiest Nuts
Bursting with flavor and kid appeal, nuts are an energizing treat for the holiday crunch. By Jodie Shield, RD Are your kids nuts about nuts? Mine are, especially now that they know a “nutcracker” isn’t just the name of a famous ballet or a decorative ornament that I pull out ... more
Read moreCan’t Stand Vegetables? You May Be Bitter-Sensitive
By: Jodie Shield, RD For generations, kids have tried to convince their parents that vegetables taste bad. According to a new study, they just might be right. Researchers have discovered that there really is a “picky-eater” gene. A study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that ... more
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