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Lisa Barnes - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Lisa Barnes is the founder of Petit Appetit, a culinary education service to teach parents how to create fresh, healthy, convenient organic foods for their children and families. She is the author of iParenting Media Award winning cookbooks, The Petit Appetit Cookbook: Easy, Organic Recipes to Nurture Your Baby and Toddler and Petit Appetit: Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Easy Organic Snacks, Beverages and Party Foods for Kids of All Ages. She teaches private ... [More]
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- How to Create a Fun and Healthy Green Halloween For Your Little Ghosts
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] If you want to see something scary on Halloween read some of the ingredients on those giant bags of Halloween candy. There you'll see partially hydrogenated oil, high fructose corn syrup, alkali, chemicals, artificial colorings and more.
- Creating Little Chefs With a Fun Cooking Play Date
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] If you're looking for a fun activity to do with your children for a party or play date - get into the kitchen. Here are simple steps and tips for planning and creating a fun and tasty cooking play date. Suggestions for what to create in the kitchen, with a homemade pizza dough recipe included.
- Stocking the Kitchen For Convenient and Healthy Family Meals
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] A well stocked kitchen can mean the difference between a healthy, enjoyable meal with your family and boring, unhealthy, take-out food. Here are tips for ingredients to have in your pantry, refrigerator and freezer in order to easily prepare convenient and healthy meals for the whole family.
- What's For Lunch? Packing a Kid (And an Environmentally) Friendly Lunch
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Packing your child's lunch just got more complicated. The question of "what's for lunch?" has now been expanded to "what's your lunch packaging", as parents are faced with product safety issues, new school waste mandates and reducing their family's environmental footprint. Learn how to pack a lunch that's safe and healthy for your kids as well as the environment.
- 10 Tips to Quickly Creating a Healthy Lunch Your Child Will Eat
[Kids-and-Teens] Many parents are challenged every morning with the task of making their child's lunch. This article provides helpful tips for packing simple, healthy, tasty school lunches by organizing and prepping ahead of time, and even getting your child to help.
- Tips to Shop and Go With Kids in Tow
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Shopping with kids can be an adventure for sure. Here are tips for getting the shopping done, while getting the children involved, and keeping everyone happy.
- Making Dinner Fast and Tasty: From Leftover to Makeover
[Food-and-Drink] Many people proclaim "my family doesn't eat leftovers." Is it the name "leftover"? I agree that doesn't sound so appetizing. These leftovers can be planned for convenience and get a "makeover" to create a new and delicious meal. "Makeovers" sound much more positive, and like a new beginning.
- Got "The Right" Milk?
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] "Milk does a body good" - but what kind of milk? While some milk is fine for some many other's, especially children are intolerant or allergic to cow's milk. This article defines the various milk choices available from plant based, soy, to animal based, goat, and guides you how to best choose for your family and children.
- Safe Food Handling Practices - 10 Simple Tips for Cooking At Home
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Here are 10 simple food safety tips, that together spell
F-O-O-D S-A-F-E-T-Y.
- Eating Healthfully When A New Baby Arrives
[Home-and-Family:Pregnancy] A new baby can be overwhelming for the whole family. The last thing on your mind is cooking for yourself or eating a healthy diet. However this is the time you really need to eat right. Here are tips for eating healthfully when the new baby arrives.
- Safely Feeding Babies - 10 Important Tips
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Tips and reminders for safely feeding babies. Tips include how to safely handle bottles, the importance of hand washing, foods to avoid, potential choking hazards and the introduction of solid foods.
- Buying Organic Produce: 6 Tips on How to Shop Wisely and Save Money
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Valuable tips on how to shop for organic produce including buying in season, growing your own, shopping at farmer's markets and joining a food co-op.
- The Baby Food Debate: The Benefits of Homemade Baby Food Over The Jars
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] How to become more savvy when buying jarred baby foods and the benefits of homemade.
- Little Helpers in the Holiday Kitchen
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Children of all ages love to help in the kitchen, especially for big events and holidays. Here are suggestions of ways they can help in the kitchen while also build confidence and comraderie.
- Parenting in the Kitchen - Lessons in Cooking, Socializing, and Bonding
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] Kitchens are where everything happens. It’s not just where meals are prepared – it’s usually the hub of the home, where family and friends get together to spend time. Cooking and eating together is about more than nutrition for the body. Here are tips to make the kitchen a special time for parents to teach, bond and have fun with their children.
- How to Meet the Dietary Needs of Babies - Health, Palate, and Lifestyle
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Every new parent has questions about the dietary needs of their babies. This explains their baby's need for positive, healthy, brain and body development and which foods meet those requirements.
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