Healthy recipes & lifestyle tips for busy moms & their families
   
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From the monthly archives:
True mom confession time – I’m very lax at getting my kids to read during the summer. Or should I say getting my son Nathan to read. He has begrudgingly trudged his way through every book he’s ever touched from Hop on Pop to Harry Potter. Luckily, my daughter, Lucie, loves to read even though [...]
I was sad to see Chef Jody Adams lose in episode 6 of this season’s Top Chef Masters. My family was rooting for her, but obviously goat is not her forte. The health benefits of pistachios Jody is back of Rialto in Cambridge, Massachusetts doing what she does best – using seasonal, local ingredients in [...]
Today’s guest post is by Holly Clegg, author of the soon to be released, Too Hot In The Kitchen: Secret to Sizzle at Any Age, as well as many other fabulous healthy cookbooks. You can check Holly out at The Healthy Cooking Blog, on Twitter and on Facebook. Keep it simple: splash on flavor to [...]
Here are some of the latest food, store and food rewards program reviews from This Mama Cooks! reviews: Weight Watchers frozen treats make me scream for ice cream! Weight Watchers spreadable wedge cheese review> Mrs. Prindable's Handmade Confections gourmet caramel apples My shopping trips to Marshalls and TJ Maxx Redeeming my Tropicana Juicy Rewards Program [...]
I'm off to Camp Blogaway in the mountains east of Los Angeles to hang out with my fellow food bloggers and work on my food writing and photography. As my husband said, it’s my type of camping – heating cabins, eating s’mores, getting massages, and talking social media over a few glasses of Mad Housewife [...]
I recently sat in a webinar about greening your kitchen with Big Green Cookbook author Jackie Newgent. I’m pretty good about recycling and composting. (When my electric composter is working. It’s broken – again.) I buy locally grown produce and organic food, we have a garden, and my husband hunts and fishes. However, I never [...]
If you’re trying to eat better or lose weight, do you find yourself preparing healthy meals for you and letting the kids eat the same old crap? Well Weight Watchers is here to help with their new book, Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play!: A Parent's Guide for Raising Healthy, Happy Kids. The book motivates you [...]
Here are some of the more whimsical and fun children’s cookbooks that I’ve reviewed over the years. I hope the list can inspire your kids to cook with (or for) you. If your family has a favorite kids’ cookbook, please let us know by adding it to the comments section below! Green Eggs and Ham [...]
As a kid I loved to cook both with my mom and by myself. My mother encouraged me by ordering kids’ cookbooks from the Scholastic book flier. I even attempted to make my mom breakfast in bed on Mother’s Day, with my dad’s and sister’s help of course. In junior high home ec class (did [...]
Welcome to the first edition of the This Mama Cooks Healthy Posts Blog Carnival. I’ll be doing these once a month, so if you’d like to share your healthy recipes, diet and weight loss tips, healthy product reviews and exercise and fitness posts you can submit your blog article here. The next link roundup is [...]
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