The nutrition, exercise, healthy living and food musings of a registered dietitian.
Before I get to the food this past week, which there were some home run dishes, I wanted to share my wonderful news. I was honored by the Georgia Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics with the Distinguished Service to the Media Award. I was so excited to be presented with this award as I love [...]
We celebrated E’s first birthday this past week. And as you can tell, she had no problem diving right into the cake. She had it smeared all over her hair, eye, face, hands, everywhere. But it was fun to watch her! She really didn’t eat that much though. What a difference a second child will [...]
This holiday season will be my daughter’s first. She turns 1 year old in January. While she is eating a wide variety of foods and textures, she isn’t quite to the point of eating everything we do. For our holiday celebrations I will have to make some modifications so that she can enjoy our traditional [...]
Did you hear about the recent study that found an association between what infants eat at 6 months, 15 months and 24 months of age and IQ at the age of 8? Read about how both the mom and dietitian in me reacted as well as how I instill healthy habits in my children on [...]
It has been over 3 weeks now since E started on solids and she continues to eat her cereal with gusto. The other foods I introduce, not so much. She is eating both rice cereal and oatmeal (baby oatmeal, that is) really well. After a week of doing well with both, I decided to introduce [...]
This past week I tried out a number of new recipes and all were successful. My favorite was the Pesto Risotto with Roasted Zucchini. I adore risotto, although it is fairly labor intensive. I haven’t made it since last summer, mainly because I cannot have dairy right now. But this recipe, which includes pesto, another [...]
Summer can be a challenging time for children home from school. To read my 5 tips on keeping a healthy summer eating routine, please see my guest blog post over on Dr. Z and Friends.
The day has finally arrived, my baby girl, E, started solids this past week. I’m excited that I have the opportunity to do this again – introduce my child to the exciting and wonderful world of food. I had such high expectations of myself, and of my son, C, the first time around. I quickly [...]
I wrote this post as a participant in the Eat, Play, Love blog carnival hosted by Meals Matter and Dairy Council of California to share ideas on positive and fun ways to teach children healthy eating habits. A list of other registered dietitians and moms who are participating in the carnival will be listed at [...]
I just love this picture of my son – he was about 8 months old at the time. My husband thought we were crazy for doing it but now it is one of his favorites too. But it does remind me of my aspirations of introducing new foods to him with hopes that his untainted [...]
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