No matter your diet preferences, Halloween typically kicks off the holiday overeating fest that lasts until those New Year’s resolutions are declared. Our kids may not be diet-conscious like us adults, but it is never too early to teach them the benefits of moderation, especially when it comes to Halloween candy. Here are a few kid-friendly tips to limit your children’s sugar intake, from Sarah Stone, director of operations at MindStream Academy, a co-ed health and wellness boarding school for teens in South Carolina. Read More
Always looking for fun ways to make food even more interesting to my son, I have come to love shaped pastas. Shells, corkscrews, and penne never cease to inspire imagination-rich stories from a three-year old. However, pasta in the shape of airplanes, trains, cars, and motorcycles is the ultimate dinner treat for a boy who stops everything to observe modes of transportation as they pass. World Market’s Travel Pasta is nothing short of amazing to my son, and it gave him just one more excuse to get in the kitchen to help me cook. Here is his recipe for kid-friendly pasta. Read More
If you’re craving crunch with your favorite vegan lunch, forgo the fried high-calorie, high-fat chips and nibble on the following low-calorie vegan crunchy eats. Read More
When the craving for fresh summer peach pie arises but the last thing you want to do is make pie pastry, satisfy your vegan sweet tooth with this easy baked summer peach dessert. Partner it with a scoop of vegan ice cream and you’ve got the perfect finale to a backyard cookout. Read More
A celebrity chef and a father of three, Tyler Florence knows the importance of eating well and fixing meals that the whole family will love to eat. The disappointing selection of tasteless (or terrible tasting) infant and toddler foods on the market led him and his partner Max Mackenzie to launch Sprout, an organic baby food company that offers baby food that really does taste good. Florence’s experience with Sprout and his own children inspired his latest cookbook Start Fresh (Rodale, 2011), a healthy and delicious cookbook featuring 60 recipes for infants, babies, and toddlers. Having an affinity for Mexican-inspired recipes, I fell in love with the Horchata recipe in Florence’s book.
Since meat-based Sloppy Joes are off your family’s vegan dinner menu, try these Vegan Sloppy Joes featuring tofu. Serve this hearty vegan meal with a crisp green salad. Read More
Despite Slyvester the Cat’s lament “suffering succotash”, there’s nothing suffering in this summer succotash recipe. Bright with color, loaded with flavor, and teeming with health-promoting nutrients, summer succotash is a delicious vegan side dish, featuring corn, pepper, and lima beans, that is super easy to make. Read More
The list of reasons to eat fresh, whole foods instead of processed foods is long. However, sometimes it takes just a few specific reasons to convince you to eat as close to nature as possible. Here are four reasons from 25 Amazing Facts About Food, a new (free) download from Mike Adams, editor of NaturalNews.com. Read More
If you’ve burned out on your usual veggie burger, we’ve got a fun one that you can throw on the grill this summer. Best yet, you don’t even have to mix it together. Dominex “The Eggplant People” have a scrumptious line of eggplant-based foods, including vegan burgers. The Dominex Eggplant Burgers are a mere 90 calories each, with a hunger-satisfying 9 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber as well as 10 percent of the Daily Value for iron and only 1 gram of fat. Since these eggplant burgers are easy to prep, you can put together an impromptu cookout with family and friends in minutes. Here’s our favorite way to sink our teeth into this vegan meal. Read More
Though the vegan diet is more likely to have fresh fruits and vegetables on the menu, the following cancer-fighting foods can make your vegan meals even healthier. With the increased risk of skin cancer due to summer fun in the sun, be sure to stock up on foods that ward off cancer and slather on the vegan-friendly sunscreen. Read More
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