Author: Lilly C.

Inspiration

5 Ways to Get Your Family Healthier in the New Year

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 […]

entrees, recipes

Hanukkah Potato Latkes

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 […]

recipes, soups

Butternut Squash Soup

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 […]

recipes, soups

Supercharged Chicken Soup

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 […]

entrees, recipes

Eggplant Parmesan

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 […]

breakfast, drinks, smoothies

Coconut Creamsicle Smoothie

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 […]

entrees, recipes

Grilled Cod

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 […]