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Creating a Healthy Lifestyle for Your Family

Spring has officially come, and it is a great time to help your family focus on caring for themselves in a healthy way. The Word of Wisdom teaches us to care for our bodies. We need to be careful about what we eat and choose to put into our bodies. We also need to care for our bodies through exercise and proper rest. As we do this our family life will be smoother and everyone will be happier. Here are some ideas to help you get your family choosing a healthier lifestyle. 1) Plan a family home evening lesson that … Continue reading →

Make It Easy To Eat Healthy!

Let’s face it: junk food is easy. A trip through the drive-through on a busy day? Easy. Ripping open a package of cookies at snack time? Easy. Sugary donuts or other breakfast sweets? Easy. Eating healthy can be a challenge just because it isn’t always easy! Here are some tips to make it easier for you and your family to choose healthy foods. Stock the freezer. Keep easy meal starters, like turkey burgers and chicken breast strips in the freezer so you can whip up a tasty (and healthy) meal without a lot of effort. Like to grill? Make things … Continue reading →

How To Get Your Kids To Eat Healthy

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Okay, there probably isn’t one answer to the question: How do I get my kids to want to eat healthy foods? Different strokes for different folks, and all that. What works for one kid may not work for another — even in the same family. But here are some tricks to try to get your kids to love the foods that are good for them! Talk to your kids about what each food does for them. I’ll always remember that “carrots make your eyes sparkle” (in other words, are good for vision) and pizza crusts would make my hair curly. … Continue reading →

Snacks to go

When ladies at our church started talking about losing weight, we all got together with our healthy recipes. We took turns baking and sharing our recipes with everyone. When it was spring, we started walking too. We all realized that our main problem was snacking. We all loved to snack and found that when there are children in the house, you can’t help but snack. So to solve this problem, we tried the snacks to go. What we would do is fix these snacks in the mornings, even if we don’t plan to leave the house. We are allowed to … Continue reading →

Healthy snacks for everyone

While reading our school newsletter and menu for the month of January, I found some very interesting recipes for snacks to make for your kids at home to promote healthy eating. I thought it would be great to make if you are dieting as well. You can prepare these snacks to take anywhere with you. Both you and your kids will like them. I took this newsletter seriously and over the past weekend, I bought the ingredients needed to make these snacks listed below. My family loved all of them. They agreed that healthy food tastes great and they wanted … Continue reading →

Frugal Tips for Summer Activities

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Summer vacation is a great time for families to go out and do things together. Visiting amusement parks, dining out, and staying in hotels can end up costing a lot of money. Travel expenses can quickly add up, too. Here are some frugal tips that will help your family enjoy summer vacation without having to go into a lot of debt. Pack some snacks. Make use of your child’s lunchbox this summer. It is the perfect container for easy to eat snacks that your family can bring along on car trips. Instead of stopping the car at the nearest fast … Continue reading →

Is the “Special K” Challenge For You?

Have you ever taken the “Special K” challenge?  I did a few years ago, back when the only real good cereal was their red berries.  Since then, numerous other kinds of low-fat cereals have been developed, including blueberry and fruit & yogurt (my personal favorite). I can tell you that I did have success with this challenge.  However, there is a downfall to it, which I will share at the end. So how does the challenge work?  You eat two servings of the cereal everyday, along with just half a cup of low-fat milk.  You can do this for either … Continue reading →

Tips for a Budget-Friendly Family Vacation

When the thought of taking your family out to dinner makes you cringe because of the expense, it is hard to contemplate taking everyone along for an actual vacation. Even though money concerns may make it seem as though you will never get away, you do have options, a number of them in fact. Here are some ways that you can stretch your vacation budget. 1. Look for the budget airline hubs Although airfare prices seem to be rising, there are a number of airline hubs that tend to have the cheapest airfare tickets. Some places are just less expensive … Continue reading →

A Day In The Life Of A Stay At Home Parent

I am sure that anyone who is the parent of a toddler can probably relate to at least some of what goes on at my house. Sometimes, though, I find myself sitting here in disbelief thinking things like “Did that really just happen?”. Then I laugh. Of course it just happened. Being a mom is a lot of different things, and interesting is certainly a word I would use to describe motherhood. Some people ask me whether I get bored, hanging out at home all day with the kids. Since there’s never a dull moment here, there is no time … Continue reading →

100 Calories and Organic?

My readers know I am always on the hunt for snacks. I love to have healthy snacks on hand or my hand will betray my head and grab an Oreo. I do love Oreos. They have long since been exiled from my kitchen for being too irresistible. But now, I have another irresistible snack that is only 100 calories and organic! I know, I know the thought didn’t compute with me either. Every 100 calorie snack I know contains fake sugars or other harmful ingredients like GMOs and even high fructose corn syrup. Many other yogurts contain high fructose corn … Continue reading →