Healthy Recipes and, Diabetes, and Family Nutrition Tips From Erin Palinski-Wade, RDN, CDE
Need a healthy dessert idea for Easter? Why not create these adorable dark chocolate apple bunnies! Not only are they the cutest dessert I’ve ever made, but they taste great and are packed full of antioxidants. What you need: 2 large apples (I used organic Granny Smiths, but any variety works) A sharp knife…
Happy “Erin Go Bragh” Day! How can I not celebrate today? I’m Irish AND my name means Ireland! Of course I have to do something special for the day. So, what did I decide to do? Well I turned to Pinterest of course for some fancy dessert ideas. I came across the very simple idea…
These are so good you will forget they are healthy too! With a few ingredient tweaks, you can take a muffin recipe that would be damaging to your waistline and transform it into something good for you that still tastes great. This recipe is an example of just that! A traditional fruit and chocolate…
My little one just loves crunchy foods (so do I)! He will eat many fruits and vegetables, but if the texture doesn’t appeal to him, he tends to chew the food and then spit it back out (lovely I know!). So to help boost his fruit intake (without him returning it back to his plat…
Sometimes the day passes me by and I realized I forgot to make dinner, or even think about what I want to make for dinner. On days like these, it’s easy to pick up the phone and call out for something. But when I do that, the meal usually isn’t as healthy as the meals…
If you don’t know what falafel is, you are missing out! One struggle many of us have as parents is trying to get enough good sources of protein into our children’s diets. If you are always thinking along the lines of animal proteins (chicken, beef, pork, etc), you may find yourself getting bored with the…
February is American Heart Month, so it’s the perfect time to get your whole family on board with eating their way to a healthier heart. One of my favorite ways to do this is by taking “less healthy” foods that we all love and tweaking the recipe to make them meals that not only taste…
If your little one is like mine, then he most likely insists on feeding himself. This can be a challenge, especially when trying to get him to eat foods packed full of nutrients. Joey loves pureed vegetables, but he can’t feed them to himself. However, when I give him cut up pieces of some of…
Since it’s about zero degrees outside and the ground is covered with snow, I wanted to make a meal that reminds me of warmer weather days and sunshine! And what better way to do that than with an easy spinach berry salad! This salad is so simple to make, tastes great, and is packed full…
Joey and my husband love egg dishes. Whether it’s for breakfast or dinner, egg-based dishes tend to be a hit with them. I love them because they are also a great way to squeeze in more vegetables to their diets. One dish they both love is an egg strata, however, typically with this, you need…