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How to teach your children the truth about food

When I was child, I wasn’t allowed in the kitchen. It was off limits. My dad wanted good grades in school—not cooking skills. My mom would make these incredible Indian meals from scratch, but I never learned how to cook ANYTHING. My parents didn’t know it at the time, but learning how to cook would … Read More

Kool-Aid or Kool-Scam?! Don’t let your kids drink this

I remember my mom mixing up Kool-Aid when I was a kid. She’d pour that packet of colored powder into a pitcher of water with a cup of sugar…and my brother and I would drink that down like it was no one’s business! At the time I didn’t think about the ingredients they used or … Read More

Read This Before Your Kids & Teens Drink PRIME ENERGY

You are probably really aware of the PRIME drink brand if you have a teen in your house. PRIME drinks are insanely popular. So many parents have asked me to write about them because their kids (mostly teenagers, but some even younger) are totally obsessed with these drinks. The are THE THING right now, heavily … Read More

3-Ingredient Homemade Hot Cocoa Recipe (Healthy swap for Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate!)

Whenever we get snowstorms here in Charlotte I feel nostalgic about when I was a child and my mom would mix up Swiss Miss hot cocoa after we got done playing in the snow. It was the best way to warm up my cold little hands!  This gets me wondering now though… What are the … Read More

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