Video on how to keep your family healthy

A nice video reminding us why we need to feed our kids healthy. Sometimes we just have to see/hear something over and over again to help us stay motivated to raise children with healthy eating habits. Children’s Nutrition

Recipe: How to make homemade yogurt

About a week ago I did a post on Flavored Yogurt vs. Plain Yogurt and one of the ideas I mentioned there was making your own homemade yogurt so that you are not ingesting loads of sugar, fructose, and chemicals. Here’s a quick video on how to make homemade yogurt at home.  It’s very simple, [...]

Expert Interview on getting kids to eat breakfast, snack right and stop eating junk food

Check out these fantastic videos interviews with Dr. David Ludwig, author of  Ending the Food Fight: Guide Your Child to a Healthy Weight in a Fast Food/ Fake Food World. In these quick 1-2 minute interviews he discusses: How do you get a breakfast hater to eat breakfast What sort of snack rules to establish [...]

Children World Recipes Series: Chinese Egg Fried Rice

This week Simone learns to make Chinese Egg Fried Rice with a friend Tracy (Thank you Tracy!).  Along the way she learnt a few Chinese words as well as new cooking vocabulary. Here’s how we made the Fried Rice: Ingredients: 3 cups left over long grain rice (if you don’t have left over rice you [...]

Children World Recipes Series: Japanese Mushroom Tofu

This week  Simone made another Japanese inspired children’s recipe.  A few days ago she made Japanese Salmon Sushi Rice with a Japanese friend of mine.  Here’s the video of her helping, cooking, and finally trying out what she made.  Along the way she also picked up some Japanese words such as Thank you and colors. [...]

Children World Recipes Series: Japanese Salmon Rice

This week  Simone made a very quick Japanese inspired Salmon Sushi Rice with a Japanese friend of mine.  Here’s the video of her helping, cooking, and finally trying out what she made. Here’s a breakdown of the ingredients and instructions on how to make the recipe: Ingredients: 11/2 Sushi rice or any short grain rice [...]

Simone makes homemade Orange Juice

In our latest “cooking” adventure.  Simone and I decided to make some healthy refreshing Orange juice at home. Along the way she learnt more about where Oranges come from and their benefits. Things you need: Valencia Oranges (known as the  sweet oranges used for juice extraction) 1 citrus juice (either manual or electronic). We used [...]

Simone earns her chef outfit

To help kids learn anything, you have to involve them in that action. If you want your child to learn addition, make it an interactive activity. Get some marbles, or peas, or fruits together, to show them how to add. In just a few videos, Simone has blossomed into wanting to interact and work in [...]

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