Trying new foods is one key to raising healthy eaters. But what if you've got a very picky eater? Learn how to help even the pickiest eaters try new foods.
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Family On Board Posts
How to Raise Kids Who Love Salad (4 Tips!)
Want your kids to eat more salads? Guest blogger Sally Kuzemchak, MS, RD, shares her secrets on how to raise kids who love salads and a bonus chart to help.
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6 Steps for Cooking with Your Kids This Summer by Kiran
Get the kids excited about cooking this summer with Camp Kitchen! We've got 6 steps to ensure cooking fun for the whole family, plus a 5-day digital plan.
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ButcherBox Review
Here is some great info about our longtime partner, ButcherBox! It's an excellent source for high-quality meat products. Read on and get a special deal!
How to Make Meal Planning Easier (with the Plan to Eat App!)
It’s no secret that we’ve been longtime fans of Plan to Eat, an online meal planning service + grocery list maker. In fact, they’ve been partners of ours for six years now – clearly they are very well loved! :) We’re so excited to announce in today’s sponsored post that they’ve just released a new app (for …
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Food Mistakes Parents Sometimes Make
Here are some food mistakes parents sometimes make as well as suggestions on what we have found to work for our kids with regard to eating.
Worried Your Child is Developing a Poor Body Image? Here’s What to Say (And Not Say)
Although rarely talked about, body image is a major health issue for growing kids. Read on for advice about honest, open conversations to help your child.
A Week with the Leakes: Dinner & Treats
Our Week with the Leakes series concludes highlighting real food dinners and treats. You'll see-- living a real food lifestyle doesn't mean deprivation!
A Week with the Leakes: Lunch
In part two of our series, we share what our real food lunches looked like for an entire week. Stay tuned to "A Week with the Leakes" for dinner and treats!
A Week with the Leakes: Breakfast & Snacks
Ever wonder what we (the Leakes) eat for an entire week? Join us for this fun blog series starting with a snapshot of real food breakfast and snacks.
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How to Plan and Organize Your Meals with Plan to Eat
Using an online meal planner such as this one from Plan to Eat can help you plan ahead, become more organized and save you money!
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Make-Ahead Meal Plan Challenge (Join Us!)
Learn how to prepare make-ahead dinners for one week (or more!) and even have extras in the freezer with our free Make-Ahead Meal Plan Challenge.
How Blue Apron Can Help Your Kids Learn To Cook
Blue Apron makes it easy for the whole family to be involved with the cooking and, at the same time, for your kids to learn how to cook.
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Fun Announcements from My Trip to New York City
Fun announcements from my trip to New York City, where I cooked my recipe for Taco Stuffed Peppers live on the Food Network. Click on a link to see the video!
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Spring Clean Your Family’s Diet (with these healthier food swaps!)
Spring cleaning doesn’t just have to be for your house … it can be for your body, too! This is the perfect time of year to make some clean and simple healthier food swaps because, remember, any small change is better than none. :) – Healthier Food Swaps DITCH INSTEAD GET RECIPE Deep-fried potato chips …
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How I Got My Picky Kid to Eat Real Food (Reader Story)
When our family switched to real food, both my husband and I lost weight. However, our greatest accomplishment was with our kids’ eating habits, especially my picky kid.
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Baby Inspired the Whole Family to Eat Real Food (Reader Story)
Our journey started in 2012 when my oldest son was getting ready to start solid food. The more I read up on our choices, the more it seemed so easy to make baby food and such a waste of money to purchase those tiny jars that often had more additives than actual food.
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Giveaway: Personalized Meal Plans from PlateJoy
The job of figuring out what to make, writing out the shopping list, and suiting everyone in your family's dietary preferences can be a dreaded task. So we're excited to share with you a new (to us) meal planning service that provides it all, specifically tailored to what you are looking for: PlateJoy!
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Real Food Tips for Working Parents
Making all your food from scratch is no joke, so I've complied some real food tips for working parents (or anyone who's just super busy!) to help.
Make Ahead Meal Plan Challenge (with Plan to Eat!)
Start 2017 off right with a meal planning routine you can actually keep by joining our friends and longtime sponsor, Plan to Eat, for their new Make Ahead Meal Plan Challenge!
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Teaching Your Kids Cooking Skills is SO Important!
Teaching your kids cooking skills is no new topic on this blog… and for good reason! Cooking [from scratch] is “the single most important thing we could do as a family to improve our health and general well-being” according to Michael Pollan. Learning how to cook takes time and practice and, since most schools don’t teach this important …
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The Cook-Off: A FUN Way to Get Your Entire Family Cooking Together!
How our annual family cook-off came to be + how you can put together your own, including printable score cards.
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How to Feed Busy Families Real Food
I very strongly value the notion of feeding my kids well and not resorting to fast food places simply because I "have to." I've found the following ideas help me feed my busy family real food without having to compromise.
Our South American Adventure!
I am going to go a little off topic today to share some pics and details from our recent trip to South America!
Why Family Dinner? Reasons That Might Surprise You
This is a guest post by Jenny Rosenstrach with Dinner: A Love Story. I recently met Jenny in person at an event and thought you guys would enjoy learning about her blog and her mission behind the family dinner!
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Kids Cook: A Summer Activity (and Beyond!)
I recently started a weekly ritual that I know a lot of you would also love: Kids Cook Night. I'll share a little about how the process works for us as well as the intangible benefits that are a part of this activity. It's a win-win all around.
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Are recipe delivery services more expensive than the grocery store?
A friend was recently telling me how her brother is really into Blue Apron and has been trying to get her family to try it, but she hasn't wanted to spend the money. So it got me wondering - are recipe delivery services really any more expensive than going to the store and buying everything yourself?
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Real Food on the Trail!
This past weekend we went on our second-ever family backpacking trip (our first time without a guide)! When we first did this last summer the guide handled all of the food, which definitely appeared to be a big undertaking.
Let’s Commit to a Device-Free Dinner!
It's no secret that smart phones, tablets and the like have taken over our lives. It's my hope though that we can all agree to keep one sacred place device-free, and that's the dinner table!
Fun Easter Food For Kids (+ more ideas!)
My whole point with today's post is to share with you that Easter can still be fun without a complete sugar overload. My kids love the ideas in today's post, and I know yours will too. So go have fun together - and feel good about it! :)
Why You Should Make Your Own Wholesome Freezer Meals
I'm excited to share some up-to-date tips and advantages of homemade freezer cooking in today's sponsored post, inspired by our longtime partner (and friend!) Once A Month Meals. They've got great advice on how to pull together a variety of wholesome freezer meals that will be ready in a jiffy on those busy week nights or when you just don't feel like cooking (it…
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Dinner Made Easy: A Blue Apron Giveaway
Meal delivery services are all the rage these days, and after trying it myself, I can see why! Here are some pics from a Blue Apron Chicken Scallopini meal we recently tried.
The Best Dinner Conversation I’ve Ever Had (with my kids)
For the last few years, we've gone around the table and asked each other questions from my childhood dinners such as, "What was the best thing that happened to you today? The worst thing?" But then I got the idea that our family dinner conversation might also be a fabulous time to discuss something even more meaningful like character traits.
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Kiran’s (Realistic) Quest to Cut Out Processed Foods – Part II
Last year I wrote about my family's quest to cut out processed foods. And though I feared daggers would be sent through my computer, the exact opposite happened.
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My Daughter’s Food Journal
My daughter was recently tasked with keeping a food journal for her science class. She really got into recording all her meals, and it made me realize this could be a good exercise for any elementary aged child—no matter what kind of diet they're eating!
7 Ways To Get Your Kids To Eat Their Veggies
Getting kids to eat their vegetables is a quest that many parents find themselves facing. For whatever reason, kids often turn their noses up to vegetables - though there are certainly exceptions.
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