July 28th, 2008 flowercarole
Exercise is only half of the equation when it comes to raising healthy kids. It’s much easier for some parents to get their kids to run a 5K than it is to eat a balanced meal. Our bodies naturally crave sugar, salt, and fat. Newborn babies often have to be given sweet sugar water to initiate the sucking response that leads to nursing. As kids mature, they’re bombarded with advertisements for junk food and tempted by their classmates’ Cheetos and Oreos. So how do we encourage healthy eating habits when both biological and environmental factors get in our way? Here are a few tips:
Sound the Alarm
This is a technique I’ve used with my students for years. During after-school snack time, I sit and talk with them about their day. When I notice one of them is eating a healthy snack, I blurt out, “Ding Ding Ding! Healthy snack alert! Healthy snack alert!” while pointing to the nutritious choice. Like clockwork, the next day’s snack time is filled with kids proudly unveiling their healthy snacks. Some kids can’t wait to show me. Others quietly unwrap their snack with a sly look on their face, knowing they’re about to be praised.
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July 23rd, 2008 flowercarole
At flowercarole.com we receive emails asking us which smoothie recipes would we suggest to a person new to making homemade smoothies.
What we advise is to start off with a simple smoothie at first, something like the strawberry and banana recipe or maybe the banana baby smoothie recipe.
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July 18th, 2008 flowercarole
Do you have a sweet or savoury tooth? Do you enjoy trying out new tasty cooking recipes? and do you want these recipes to be free? If you do, then why don’t you have a look at this great new site called Quick Free Recipes.
On this recipe site you will find everything listed by main ingredient, for example if you are looking for a chicken recipe or a vegetarian recipe just click on the link on the left and it will then take you to a list of various free recipes.
One of the popular recipes on Quick Free Recipes at the moment is the ‘Peach Passion Dessert‘. This recipe will certainly impress your friends and is quick and easy to prepare and make. This recipe is just one of hundreds of scrumptious, tasty, lick your lips recipes!
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