As a North Carolinian, sweet potatoes are kind of my (our) thing—we're the #1 sweet potato producing state in the country, and we're proud of it.We also know how to make the perfect sweet potato pie. When I was growing up, I never ate sweet potatoes. I never understood that a … [Read more...] about Sweet Potato Pie You Gotta Try
Health
Preventing Picky Eating
How to keep your child from becoming a picky eater? Preventing a picky eater starts when your child is a toddler. The beginning of a picky eater is a child who has fresh new taste buds, and does not know what they will enjoy or not enjoy. In order to keep your child from … [Read more...] about Preventing Picky Eating
Lunch Nutrition Tips for Kids
Teaching healthy food nutrition to your children is not an easy practice if your kids are eating lunch at a school cafeteria. If you are doing your best to feed your children a healthy breakfast and dinner, you should be teaching them how to pick nutritious foods from the school … [Read more...] about Lunch Nutrition Tips for Kids
Veggie Packed Meals for the Picky Eater at Your House
Some kids love to eat their vegetables, most do not. If you are sick of forcing your child to sit at the table until they have eaten their vegetables, you are not alone. More and more kids are filling up on processed, refined, sugary, and salt filled foods, and are neglecting to … [Read more...] about Veggie Packed Meals for the Picky Eater at Your House
How to Combat Childhood Obesity
There is an increasing epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States and throughout the world. Many experts have estimated that one in every five children between the ages of six and sixteen are overweight or obese. As the numbers in childhood obesity continue to rise so … [Read more...] about How to Combat Childhood Obesity
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