Each Spring, just as baseball season kicks off, Baseball Moms everywhere struggle with the daily stress of meal planning and preparation. We want to make sure our growing athletes are eating healthy, but the fact is we are always short on time! Weeknight practices that run over, early morning away games, or those Sunday night championshi[...]
Winter baseball training and basketball has started, and that means that we are back to crazy weeknights! At least 5 nights a week we are running the kids back and forth to basketball or the baseball training facility. Maybe it's the fact that it turns pitch black at 4:30 pm, or the fact that it's been cold and miserable and rainy latel[...]
Breakfast Smoothies are my go-to solution for breakfast on our busiest mornings. I no longer have to bargain with my kids to eat something, especially when they just don’t want to eat and we’re in a hurry. With a smoothie, I can throw a couple ingredients into the Vitamix, blend it for 2-3 minutes, then pour it into a to-go mug[...]
Does anyone else struggle to get their kids to actually eat breakfast, or is it just me? My kids seem to alternate between having zero appetite, and wanting to eat everything that is not nailed down. Unfortunately breakfast time is usually when they're not hungry. That doesn't work out very well when they have an away game in the morn[...]
20 Ideas for Healthy Pre-Game/Pre-Practice Snacks Getting your kids to eat a healthy pre-game or pre-practice snack can be challenging. While kids may see no problem with grabbing chips on the way out the door, you know that chips won't sustain them through a game. You want them to eat something moderately healthy, and you also want t[...]
Sometimes, getting your kids to eat healthy is tough. When you're rushed, trying to get out the door to a game, the challenge to throw together a healthy pre-game snack in minutes can be even tougher. Your kid may see no problem with grabbing cookies or a bag of chips on the way out the door. For them, taste is the only factor. Yo[...]
Granola: Our Super Easy Recipe for a Kid Friendly Snack Granola is the perfect snack for before practice or a game. It has a good amount of complex carbohydrates (from the oats), healthy fats (shredded unsweetened coconut and coconut oil), and natural sweetness from maple syrup, brown sugar, and dried fruit. While I make it nut fr[...]
My kids looooooove Banana Bread. It's an acceptable breakfast or snack, especially when smeared with a healthy amount of cream cheese or butter. My favorite recipe was adapted from my mother's traditional recipe to include more bananas and substitute coconut oil for traditional shortening (because I honestly don't think I've ever had sho[...]
The 'Super Simple' Red Sauce Recipe Confession: We consume a lot of pasta in our household. Without fail, we have pasta every Sunday night (I'm married to an Italian-American, enough said). We also have it usually at least one night during the week. And if I'm going to be honest, my kids wouldn't be upset if I served it every nigh[...]