Sharing ideas for nurturing happy and healthy kids
Happy Valentine's Day from Healthy Kids Ideas Exchange! And Happy Birthday to Julia (tomorrow)! In honor of Julia's Birthday and Valentine's Day, I am posting one of her recipes that oozes love. She made pans of these for me before we departed Chicago on a 30 hour car trip to Idaho, and I can tell you that it meant the world to me (and my family). I don't think the … [Read more...]
Gluten-free/Dairy-free/Nut-free During the winter, there are few things better than a bowl of hearty soup. We eat soup nearly every day! My slow cooker works hard while we are out-and-about, enjoying the beautiful winter mountain air. Please make your own soup! It is so easy, and economical. Remember, you can always follow Nurture’s Recipe Framework for a Slow Cooker … [Read more...]
I have received a few emails about the Fruit and Nut Clusters recipe-- how easy and delicious it is. Yea! I will have to update everyone on the latest versions I have been trying--and I will admit that I've been adding some indulgent dark chocolate into the mix. This is now what my hubby calls, "Mountain Food", and we don't leave the house without it (the "Mountain" … [Read more...]
I am posting this recipe in honor of the Winter Feast for the Soul, which I am participating in this year! I truly believe that everyone should know how to make their own (homemade) chicken soup—and make it often! In the cold winter months, we eat soup just about every day. To make your own chicken soup, you can follow the easy Slow Cooker Recipe Framework from … [Read more...]
I am getting ready for the Lunch Bunch school meal next week, and our theme will be "Eat a Rainbow!". To ensure the kids eat and enjoy a rainbow of colors, I came up with this menu by popular demand: White: potatoes (we will "bake" them in a slow cooker) Red: tomatoes adn kidney beans (I will keep this toppping warm in a slow cooker, almost like a chili; the beans … [Read more...]
Gluten-free/dairy-free/nut-free. In my last post I mentioned Julia's Miso and Greens Soup, and I didn't want to keep you waiting. So here is the recipe-- enjoy! 3 Tablespoons olive oil 2 small sweet onions chopped, or 1 small sweet onion and 3 leeks (white part only) chopped 2 to 4 cloves of garlic (depending on your love of garlic) chopped 6 cups chicken stock 2 … [Read more...]
Gluten-free/dairy free/nut-free. I recently asked a dear friend of mine (who is also an amazing cook--yes you Julia!) what she and her family were eating these days. She said she was on a roll with a "Miso and Greens Soup" (I'll share with you the recipe in an upcoming blog). Her son is a great eater, and I was thinking that I really need to get my kids to be soup … [Read more...]
Gluten and nut free. To make dairy free, omit the cheese. I am really on a roll trying to get more vegetables into my kids this year. They have some vegetables that they really love (carrots, tomatoes, corn, peas, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower) and some they really don’t (yellow squash, zuchinni, spaghetti squash, mustard greens, lettuce(!!), spinach and many others). … [Read more...]
To make this recipe gluten-free, use gluten-free pasta instead of the whole wheat pasta. In the case of the January "Lunch Bunch", I had corn torillas on hand instead, which worked great! This recipe is also nut free. We had our second lunch at the kids school as part of my “slow cooker lunch project”, and this time I went with a really easy choice for kids: … [Read more...]
I've been writing a lot about the food we've been eating as related to my daughter's 11th birthday. You can tell we like birthdays in this house! It is now time that I add a recipe that I would say is much more "delicious" than it is "nutritious". As you might know, I think it is important to have a little sweetness in life. So by popular demand, I'm going to share with … [Read more...]
