Three Easy Options for Making a Healthy Lunch
A child’s success, including in school, can be affected by having a healthy lunch. Packing a nutritious meal for your child can benefit them in many ways: Improved Academic Performance A healthy lunch can give [...]
Sweet Potato Apple Pie
Prep Time: 20 min Cook Time: 40 min Makes 8 servings Ingredients Crust Nonstick cooking spray 1 tbsp. cold water 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 cup canola oil 2 tbsp. cold [...]
Making Healthy Choices: A Holiday Story
Why do we have New Year’s Resolutions? Could it possibly have something to do with the overindulgence of the Holiday Season? The stress of the holiday season may be one of the reasons we overindulge. [...]
Food Waste
Now that summer has ended and the nights are getting cooler, the production in my garden is starting to wane. The tomatoes are not getting their deep red blush and the squash are taking longer [...]
Going Beyond “the Talk”
If you are a parent, you may have thought about how to talk with your teen about healthy relationships and sex. It may not be comfortable or easy to bring up the subject, but national [...]
3 Amazing Tips to Help You Eat More Vegetables
We all know and hear we are supposed to eat vegetables, but why? Vegetables provide nutrients vital for your health and maintenance of your body. Vegetables are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary [...]