Summer’s heating up! Cool down with these fresh and fruity popsicles you can make at home. Forget the store bought stuff. These sweet treats are full of nutrient dense ingredients making them the ultimate afternoon snack or post-dinner dessert: Kiwi Coconut Chia Popsicles Get a double dose of fiber from the fiber and chia seeds […]
Cherries are a sweet stone fruit that are only in season for a short time in the summer months. Available in many shades of purple and red, cherries are high in fiber, Vitamin C and potassium. They also have anti-inflammatory polyphenols and carotenoids – agents that may ward off diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and […]
Show yourself some love this Valentine’s Day and indulge in one of these sweet treats! These simple sweets are all gluten-free and dairy-free, and trust us, you won’t even notice! Homemade Almond Butter Cups Our almond butter cups are a heart-healthy take on the classic, chock full of almonds, and rich in antioxidant-rich cocoa powder. […]
Halloween is just around the corner. Our candy buckets will soon be overflowing with chocolate, gooey, chewy, sugar-loaded morsels, most of which will stick around our pantry through most of the winter months ahead. These little calorie-packed diet bombs can be the demise to the best laid healthy eating plans for you and your kids. […]
A hot topic in recent years, due to the childhood obesity epidemic, flavored milk (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry). Is the additional sugar less of a concern than the lack of calcium intake? Read on to udderstand this controversy. Photo Credit Flavored milk is loaded with cavity-causing sugar, and additional empty calories our kids don’t need; whereby, […]
Now that the party is over, what do you do with all that CANDY?? Halloween has come and gone, but one thing remains, piles and piles of CANDY! Check out the ingredients and you will not only find sugar but also corn syrup, cocoa butter, milk fat, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, coloring (including yellow 6, […]