Kids Cuisine

Mama’s Kitchen Healthy Alternatives at SeaWorld Orlando was a pleasant healthy surprise during a recent visit. I had planned on making do or just ignoring some mom guilt when the kids ate junk food theme park meals. When I saw a funky green and white sign declaring this restaurant was the “healthy alternative,” I made […]

Guest authors for this post are nationally recognized experts on children’s health, Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP. Both are pediatricians, parents, and award-winning authors whose most recent book is Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor and a Bottle of Ketchup (American Academy of Pediatrics, […]

One of only a trio of fruits native to North America, tart little cranberries pack a nutritional wallop. High in antioxidants and a good source of fiber and vitamin C, cranberries contribute a lot of flavor for a small caloric price—only about 50 calories a cup. And current research shows that compounds in cranberries called […]

My son is not the biggest fan of cooked carrots. He loves to eat raw carrots — no dip required even, but cook them up and he really struggles to eat a few bites. So last week while grocery shopping, I was looking at the frozen vegetable selection and was surprised to find […]

People are becoming increasingly aware of the tremendous health benefits fresh and all-natural foods provide when consumed on a regular basis. For those who are in the early stages of their journey to better nutrition, there seem to be some misconceptions that family favorite recipes must be tossed in lieu of new recipes offering […]

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To recap… On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60-passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere, who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series […]

On our family adventure with Special Expeditions, we journeyed through the Panama Canal and to Costa Rica on a 60 passenger cruise ship staffed by naturalists. Inspired by a friend from the blogosphere who has been engaged in a culinary vegetable challenge with her children, we decided to have a series of taste tests with […]

The Crock-Pot isn’t perfect for everything, but it does excel at many things, and soup is definitely one of them. I make a big batch of soup at least once a week – we eat one and freeze the rest, rotating through the frozen soups on Soup and Sandwich night (in our house, typically Mondays), […]

Sometimes I feel like getting my children to enjoy eating fish is an up hill battle. One day they like a particular kind of fish, and then the next time they only take a few small bites. I keep trying though, hoping that one day I will have a pair of eager fish […]

I haven’t made this salad in ages, but since it’s kid-approved, it should probably be in rotation a little more often.  Our five year old son, Nicholas, loves, loves, loves salami, almost as much as he loves salad, so it comes as no surprise that he had two helpings of the salad last night, and asked […]