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[...]
(or How to Make 5 Easy, Healthy, Packable and Kid Friendly Lunches to take to the Ball Field) If you're spending all day Saturday at the ball field, you're eventually going to need to eat. You have options - - head to the concession stand for a lukewarm hot dog, run out to the nearest drive through, or pack your own healthy lunch. Whi[...]
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[...]
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 Favorite Banana Bread Recipe 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 hon[...]
Broiled meatballs are the perfect weeknight dinner. Easy to throw together and quick to cook, meatballs have saved me more times than I care to admit when I have no idea what to do for dinner. Honestly, I was never a fan of meatballs until my mother in law taught me how to make them for Sunday dinner. 15 years later, I've tweaked[...]
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[...]