Home-Grown Food
One of the things Edric and I wanted to be able to do when we moved into our house was to have a garden with…
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Why We Shouldn’t Skip Breakfast
Breakfast is a big deal in our home for three reasons: 1. We gather together as a family at the beginning of the day. 2….
Kids Need to Snack…Well
Snacks aren’t the enemy of good nutrition. It’s the bad snacks. I actually let my kids take snack breaks during the day, especially while we…
Putting Weight on My Kids
My kids are all on the slim side. Growing up, Edric and I were thin, too. I did have a tummy, but I had stick…
A Sunday Afternoon Well-Spent
Our family spend the afternoon in Tanay, Rizal, with good friends from our couples’ group. One of the couples invited us over to their parents’…
Strict but Sweet. Firm but Friendly
I’m dealing with a snacking-in-between-meals issue with my youngest daughter, Catalina. She recently turned four and her opinionated-ness has also escalated in the last year….
The Benefits of a Food Journal
When my stomach manifested strange symptoms like gassy pain, discomfort, bloating, burping, and loss of appetite after gorging on bread rolls with butter at a…
Getting Kids to Eat the Right Food
I have witnessed many battles over food played out between parents and their kids (mine included) in almost every eating scenario one can imagine. It’s…
Nutritious Snacks by Raw Bites
I am often on the lookout for healthy and nutritious snacks for my kids. Admittedly, my pantry isn’t always stocked with honest to goodness food…
Menu 2017
One of my to-do list for 2017 was to come up with a meal plan for our family that was a combination of healthy and…
The Importance of Gut Health
Only recently, I discovered that the stomach functions like a second brain. Gut health is so important, you can actually cure yourself by eating the…
