Family, Home, and Health

Clean Eating Recipes for Kids

Sometimes I wonder if cooking is worth the time. Especially when I work really hard to search for new healthy recipes, find and buy all the ingredients, and spend a lot of time in the kitchen-and then my kids don't like the food! It can be very frustrating. I was thinking about this and decided to ask my healthy blogger friends for their favorite clean eating recipes for kids. I wanted tried and true recipes that kids would really like, and I wanted them to be made from healthy real foods. These recipes don't contain damaging chemicals ...

Science can be one of the most fun parts of homeschool! Especially if you have a hands on learner. I have one daughter who loves to “do” things. She always wants to be creating, organizing, or working on a project. She also loves to learn about animals so science is a natural fit for her….

Are you convinced that you and your kids need to eat healthier, yet you wonder how you are going to get your kids to eat the healthy stuff? It is really hard on mom if the kids don’t want to eat what she cooks! I have found that kids are more likely to like new…

Homeschool Math-What Your Child Needs to Know

$Find out what your child really needs to learn in your homeschool math program. Learn how to teach math and how to choose a math curriculum$

Homeschool Math I know math can be intimidating for many homeschoolers. I wanted to take some of the mystery out of math and give you some thoughts on what your child really needs to learn. If your child is going to major in math in college, they may be highly self motivated and learn more…

When I went dairy free, I knew I would be giving up many things. But one of the hardest for me to give up was butter! Butter is just so good, and so many recipes call for butter. I needed a dairy free butter substitute! I have learned quite a bit since those early days…

Since it is getting close to the holidays, I have gathered up some real food snack and dessert recipes for kids and picky eaters. These are recipes with clean healthy ingredients so your kids can have their cake and eat it too. 🙂 Many of these recipes are full of healthy fats, and the carbs…

I used to waste a lot of time, and my mind was cluttered. My house was often messy. Often, I felt guilty when I did things I enjoyed or I just didn’t get to do the things I enjoyed. Now, I generally use my time wisely, I don’t have so many random thoughts crowding my…

How to Stay Healthy During the Holidays I want you to stay healthy during the holidays. I know that might seem like an odd thing to say, but it is true. One of the reasons I started this blog was to help others stay healthy. I know what it is like not to feel good…

How to Teach Creative Writing What’s the best way to teach kids to write? Get them excited about writing! My youngest daughter loves to write stories because she doesn’t think of it as work. She thinks of it as fun! I keep it fun for her so that she will be inspired to write and…

I know it can be tough to get kids to eat healthy food. I have worked hard before on a new healthy recipe and then my kids didn’t really like it. That was disheartening! I thought of a solution to this problem-make chicken nuggets! I don’t know a kid who doesn’t like chicken nuggets. And most…

Detoxing and real food have helped me to recover my health. So, I am very choosy about what kind of kitchen products I buy. I want them to be non toxic, highly functional, and of great quality. I want to have a kitchen that helps me to be vibrantly healthy! I have done a lot…

I love to see my children’s faces light up when they pull things out of their stockings on Christmas morning. It is so fun! But, as a frugal homeschooling mom, I also like to buy inexpensive items that they will REALLY love and use all year. I don’t like buying gifts that will be forgotten…

A few nights back, my oldest daughter woke me around 1:30 am to tell me that she thought that her sister was sick. She was complaining of a sore throat. After I woke up enough to think :), I made her some black tea with honey and some herbal tincture in it. Then, this natural…