It started with the overdose of Halloween candy. Then came the Thanksgiving feast. And then all the festivities between Christmas Eve and New Year. Despite all those New Year’s resolutions, are you on the verge of needing to buy bigger clothes or feel the need to go on a starvation diet? Since neither option is the optimal […]
Hi busy moms, dads and all caregivers! Winter is upon us and with that, unfortunately, comes the dreadful winter colds. As busy mom’s/caregivers, we don’t have time to stay home every time our child gets sick and we’d rather not waste work days off caring for our sick kids and save those for when we […]
Hi busy moms, dads, and all caregivers, Unlike a lot of other Jewish holidays that can be more restrictive, Hanukkah, the festival of lights, is a fun holiday for the kids filled with eight nights of gifts, gelt (chocolate coins), jelly donuts, and my favorite potato latkes. Hanukkah falls around the winter holiday season when it could […]
When the temperature starts to drop, there is nothing like a bowl of hot soup to warm you up! I love making this Butternut Squash soup and it make it regularly for my kids in the fall and winter. This creamy vegan soup is full of antioxidants, a great source of vitamin A and C […]
A bowl of your mom’s chicken soup can help fight a cold! This is not an old wives tale. Chicken soup is a proven healing liquid handed down to us over many generations. A big bowl of chicken soup can help clear nasal congestion and ease cold symptoms due to its mild anti-inflammatory effect. The […]
Hi busy moms/dads/caregivers! This year, I added eggplant to my garden rotation and I am loving all the eggplants I’ve been harvesting, even way into the fall season. Until writing this blog, I didn’t realize what a nutrition powerhouse eggplants are, containing a lot of antioxidants to protect against diseases and phytonutrients to improve cognitive […]
One week ago, we had to say goodbye to our little Angel, our long hair Chihuahua who had become a member of our family for the last 15 years. I got Angel before I even thought about having kids. Having two boys, she was my little girl that slept with me every night and even […]
Our kids are not getting enough sleep these days. Nor are we for that matter. With the pressure we busy mamas put on ourselves to be productive as well as over schedule our children so that they can gain a competitive edge, sleep gets lower and lower on the totem pole of priorities. Just like […]
Hi busy moms/dads/caregivers! Are your kids excited, anxious or a little bit of both going back to school this year? I was talking to a mom friend of mine who said that as a kid, she couldn’t even eat dinner the night before school and now that she has kids and getting them ready for […]
It has not been easy to get my picky eaters to eat fish. It is important for all of us to get our heart health omega 3’s in and while I do give them a supplement for it, there is nothing better than ingesting your nutrients through whole foods. In the summer, we love grilling […]