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Dessert for kids | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Sweets and Treats: How to Handle Dessert with Kids

You just finished lunch and your toddler is asking for cookies. What do you do? Now it’s 4 pm, and they’re asking for cookies again. It’s dinner time, and they’re asking AGAIN! Do you give in? Kids can be very…persistent. (I kind of want to say annoying, haha!) We all

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Toddler meal ideas: cottage cheese, apple, and nuts

Clean Your Plate, or Don’t?

Not to throw my husband under the bus…but I had to get on his case about something the other day. Poor guy, he really wasn’t trying to do anything wrong. My son asked for a cookie during dinner, and Ben told him to eat what’s on his plate first. And

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Non-Food Treat Ideas for Halloween | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Healthy Halloween Treats for Trick-or-Treating

I will admit…I’m not much of a Halloween person. I don’t really like dressing up, I don’t like showering kids with sugary treats, and I’m not big on Halloween decorations, besides pumpkins. Although I do LOVE dressing up my son and wish I could do it more often. His first

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Should you go gluten-free? Part 2 | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Should We Go Gluten Free? Part 2

If you missed part one about going gluten free, go back and read it before you read this post! What’s it like to have a gluten free diet? It seems like it should be really simple. Just stop eating foods with gluten. It’s actually pretty difficult, since so many foods

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Should you go gluten free? | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Should My Family Eat A Gluten-Free Diet? Part 1

Wondering if you and your kids should go gluten free? Have you ever tried a gluten free diet?  A lot more people are experimenting with removing gluten from their diets. People say they experience reduced brain fog, better energy, better digestion, and more. Should you go gluten-free?

READ MORE
Dessert for kids | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Sweets and Treats: How to Handle Dessert with Kids

You just finished lunch and your toddler is asking for cookies. What do you do? Now it’s 4 pm, and they’re asking for cookies again. It’s dinner time, and they’re asking AGAIN! Do you give in? Kids can be very…persistent. (I kind of want to say annoying, haha!) We all

READ MORE
Toddler meal ideas: cottage cheese, apple, and nuts

Clean Your Plate, or Don’t?

Not to throw my husband under the bus…but I had to get on his case about something the other day. Poor guy, he really wasn’t trying to do anything wrong. My son asked for a cookie during dinner, and Ben told him to eat what’s on his plate first. And

READ MORE
Non-Food Treat Ideas for Halloween | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Healthy Halloween Treats for Trick-or-Treating

I will admit…I’m not much of a Halloween person. I don’t really like dressing up, I don’t like showering kids with sugary treats, and I’m not big on Halloween decorations, besides pumpkins. Although I do LOVE dressing up my son and wish I could do it more often. His first

READ MORE
Should you go gluten-free? Part 2 | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Should We Go Gluten Free? Part 2

If you missed part one about going gluten free, go back and read it before you read this post! What’s it like to have a gluten free diet? It seems like it should be really simple. Just stop eating foods with gluten. It’s actually pretty difficult, since so many foods

READ MORE
Should you go gluten free? | mamaknowsnutrition.com

Should My Family Eat A Gluten-Free Diet? Part 1

Wondering if you and your kids should go gluten free? Have you ever tried a gluten free diet?  A lot more people are experimenting with removing gluten from their diets. People say they experience reduced brain fog, better energy, better digestion, and more. Should you go gluten-free?

READ MORE

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