This is a guest post by Adina Pearson from Healthy Little Eaters. I met Adina through my Facebook page and it became clear that we are sharing the same passion: providing parents with the best evidence based advice on how to raise kids with a healthy relationship...
A great question from a reader: " I decided to switch to family dinners recently. But I am struggling with making everyone happy at a dinner table. If I prepare the food that my kids like, like my husband is unhappy. And when I am serving my husband's favorite whole...
This post was originally published on Stone Soup, the blog of Food and Nutrition Magazine. Eating together is a great way to boost your family's nutrition, expose kids to a variety of foods, and help everyone catch up at the end of the day. But how we serve food at...
As I was reading my copy of “French Kids Eat Everything” by Karen le Billon I could not help envying French parents the amazing support system they have in place when it comes to feeding their kids. From the fundamental family meals traditions to creative food...
What is the best way to feed children? Letting them graze or having a schedule? I am sure I am not the only parent who is tired of food being offered to our kids at every occasion. From sports activities to playdates, eating around the clock seems to have become...
If you are wondering if your efforts to teach your kids to learn to enjoy vegetables are ever going to pay off, here is some good news from a study published in Appetite last month. A group of Dutch scientists wanted to see whether eating vegetable soups with...
I am always curious about how families solve their dessert dilemmas. I recently asked my Facebook followers to share how they serve dessert to kids, and it generated a great discussion. Among a variety of approaches, failures, and victories that parents shared, one...
Plain cheese quesadillas are my kids' around-the-clock favorite food. What not to love about them? Crunchy, warm, with choosy-gooyee filling - ultimate comfort food. But since I am always looking for ways to increase variety in what the kids are eating, I was not...
It is not a big surprise for anyone that many kids do not like salads. Not the typical mix of lettuce, veggies and dressing anyway. Since some of them would not even allow food to touch on their plate, mixed dishes like a salad become an especially hard sell for many...
If you google "recipes for picky eaters", your search will bring back a little under 3 million links, with anything from simple weeknight meals to elaborate holiday recipes. It looks like thousands of parents, frustrated by the eating habits of their kids and tired of...
If you are a parent of small children, you may be familiar with this dinnertime scenario: you serve a balanced meal with a salad only to watch your kids carefully ignore the colorful bowl of goodness and dive straight into the meatballs with mashed potatoes. And...
I am Natalia, a registered dietitian, child nutritionist and mom of three. I love helping families raise healthy and happy eaters, resolve feeding problems, eat well with food allergies and enjoy family meals in simple and delicious ways.