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Healthy Lunch Options you can Make for your Kindergartner

September 21, 2018 By WELLJOURN Leave a Comment

Lunch is an important meal for kindergartners. Research has shown that eating a nutritious lunch gives kids the energy and stamina to get through the rest of the day. This means being better able to focus on classwork and less likely to have emotional issues, along with other positive benefits. For parents, the need for a […]

Filed Under: Children Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Children, Food, Health, Healthy Recipe, Nutrition

Creative Preschool Holiday Party Food Ideas

December 10, 2017 By WELLJOURN Leave a Comment

The holidays have officially begun, and that means it’s time to start passing around the snack plate. So if you have a party for your preschooler coming up, here are some fun and creative ways to celebrate with festive food and snacks. No. 1 – Snowman Juice Boxes If you’re looking for something simple, fun, and creative […]

Filed Under: Children, Educational Activities, Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Children, Food, Health, Healthy Recipe

Weekly Recipe – Egg & Spinach Whole Grain Goodness

March 3, 2011 By Tabitha Paculba 18 Comments

Prep time: 4 minutes Cook time: 1 minute Serving Size: 1 breakfast sandwich to keep you going! This sandwich is perfect for when I am rushing to a 9:30 class and have to swim afterwards. It keeps hunger away and I feel I had a good breakfast!  Plus, I can easily make another one for […]

Filed Under: Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Breakfast, Calcium, Food, Health, Healthy Recipe, Mushrooms, Nutrition, Pepper Jack Cheese, Sandwich, Spinach, Vitamin A, Whole Grain

Spinach & Chard Salad with Baby Reds

January 26, 2011 By Tabitha Paculba 34 Comments

Recipe Spinach & Chard Salad with Baby Reds

Spinach & Chard Salad with Baby Reds Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Serves 2 I love this salad because it incorporates the seasonal leafy green, swiss chard, and baby spinach (my favorite).  Dark leafy greens are good sources of folate, as well as legumes, some fruits and fortified grains.  It is a […]

Filed Under: Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Avocado, Balanced Diet, Food, Goat Cheese, Grape Tomatoes, Health, Healthy Recipe, Nutrition, Olive Oil, Pecans, Red Pearl Onions, Red Potatoes, Red Swiss Chard, Spinach

Guacamole Pomango

January 11, 2011 By Tabitha Paculba 26 Comments

Recipe, Pomegranate, Guacamole, Avocado

Prep time: 20 minutes Total time: 25 minutes approximately 36 1oz. servings Serving size: 2 oz. Game day, fight night, or Friday Fajitas this guacamole will sure liven things up. If you still have a few pomegranates around, don’t toss them! The pomegranate seeds and mango add vibrant color and a sweet taste to help […]

Filed Under: Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Avocado, Balanced Diet, Cilantro, Food, Guacamole, Health, Healthy Recipe, Lime, Mango, Nachos, Nutrition, Pomegranate, Quesadilla, Serrano Chile, White Onion

Let’s give them something to talk about…

January 8, 2011 By Tabitha Paculba 3 Comments

Eleven year old Birke Baehr presents his views on our food system in this short five minute video.  Well spoken Baehr argues for organic and local sourcing and why he wants to be an organic farmer when he grows up.  His video on Ted.com has received plenty of comments and isn’t that the point…to spark […]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Birke Baehr, Epicurious, Farmer's Market, Food, Health, LocalHarvest, Nutrition, TED, Weight Loss

Resolution Confusion: the only survival tip you’ll ever need

January 3, 2011 By Tabitha Paculba 4 Comments

It’s that time of year again!  Time for making resolutions.  Some resolve to drink less. Some resolve to get in shape and lose weight. Others resolve to manage stress. However statistics indicate that only 64% will keep going after one month and after six months less than half of those resolutions will survive. Personally, I’ve […]

Filed Under: Wellness Challenge Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Exercise, Food, Goals, Health, Mini-Goals, New Year's Resolutions, WebMD, Weight Loss

Sweet Prohibited: Going Gluten-Free

December 17, 2010 By Tabitha Paculba 13 Comments

Gluten, Health, Diet, Food

Iced sugar cookie cut outs in shapes of stars, circles and reindeer.  Chocolate chip cookies.  Rosemary lemon clover-leaf rolls.  Challah bread. YUM!  I love to bake. Where some love to cook, baking is one of my vices. This time of year I normally look forward to baking my holiday favorites for family and friends: russian […]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Archives of Internal Medicine, Celiac Disease, Food, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Health, Huffington Post, National Institutes of Health, Pamela’s Baking and Pancake Mix, Rye, Wheat

Weekly Recipe – Parmesan & Chicken Brown Rice Bowl

November 23, 2010 By Tabitha Paculba 7 Comments

Health, Diet, Brown Rice, Food, Nutrition

Serves 4 as a starter or 2 as a main entree Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes I love brown rice, especially Trader Joe’s brown rice medley mix because it is a blend of long grain brown rice, black barley and daikon radish seeds. Rice is an important component of so many cultural […]

Filed Under: Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Brown Rice, Fiber, Food, Health, Healthy Recipe, Whole Grain

Weekly Recipe – Toasted Walnut Pear and Arugula Salad

November 9, 2010 By Tabitha Paculba 8 Comments

Pears are still in season and available! Get ‘em while they last and use a Starkrimson, red pear. Pears are high in fiber when eaten with the skin. In fact, one pear provides approximately 5.5 grams of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber has been found to help lower blood cholesterol, keeps us regular, and slows the […]

Filed Under: Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Calcium, Fiber, Fig Balsamic Vinegar, Food, Health, Healthy Recipe, Nutrition, Red Pear

Weekly Recipe – Caramelized pumpkin seeds

October 28, 2010 By Tabitha Paculba 3 Comments

When you finish carving your pumpkin this Halloween, turn those seeds into a delicious treat! Pumpkin seeds are high in the minerals magnesium and potassium. Magnesium helps maintain bone health and is important in energy metabolism. Potassium helps maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in our bodies. So when you’re “inspecting” your kid’s trick or treat […]

Filed Under: Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Food, Health, Healthy Recipe, Magnesium, Nutrition, Potassium, Protien, Pumpkin Seeds

4 ways to have fun with chocolate

October 27, 2010 By Tabitha Paculba 2 Comments

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It’s that time of year of again when little goblins and fairies appear to let us know the holiday rush is about to begin.  This is also the time of year where I feel I am being stalked by chocolate. October marks the beginning of all those perfectly bite-sized treats.  Those mini-peanut butter cups, fun-size […]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Antioxidants, Balanced Diet, Chocolate, Cholesterol, Food, Free Radicals, Health, New York Times, Tufts University Nutrition Letter

Weekly Recipe – Eggplant Spinach Lasagna Curls

October 22, 2010 By Tabitha Paculba 14 Comments

Eggplant Lasagna curls, healthy recipe

Every now and then a girl just wants a good piece of pasta and this easy lasagna dish does the trick.  We used eggplant in place of meat and curled it to help with portion control.  Traditional lasagna always has me going back for seconds but this method kept me satisfied without the additional calories […]

Filed Under: Healthy Recipe Tagged With: Balanced Diet, Calcium, Eggplant, Food, Health, Healthy Recipe, Lasagna, Nutrition, Pasta, Spinach

Mama always said to drink my milk!

October 20, 2010 By Tabitha Paculba 2 Comments

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Little did I know how important calcium would be growing up, especially after the big 3-0! Calcium is the most abundant mineral in our bodies, 99% of it is in our bones and teeth.   We need calcium to build strong dense bones and store it for use later in life. Mom was right when […]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Bone Growth, Calcium, Dairy, Food, Harvard School of Public Health, Health, Mayo Clinic, Milk

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