• Need Help In the Kitchen? Ask Your Toddler! (5 Life Tested Tips)

    Help In the Kitchen Mom and daughter in kitchen

    As a busy mother, I totally understand how challenging it could be to make meals and watch your kids simultaneously. And the smaller the baby, the harder it is. Particularly if it’s your first kid! I do my best to make meals as fast as the flash and serve it right away. My family doesn’t like waiting too long 🙂 Recently I’ve got a brand new baby food maker so now I can save extra minutes for reading or writing while snacks are getting ready. Besides cooking, mother always has a lot of duties and chores, therefore, it’s a great way out to get your toddler involved in daily routine too. This way the work is done and your baby is entertained. Sounds great, doesn’t it? So last evening, while we were making dinner in the kitchen, my daughter and I succeeded in combining business with pleasure, we made a cake while fooling around and played new games that I’d prepared. I hope these tips will help you turn your common routines into fun and efficient activities. My daughter Lily is 13 months old and she is so excited being her mommies sous-chef! I’m sure since you read this article,…

  • Fiber……..

    Yesterday I talked about the aging advantages and disadvantages. Today, fiber and the fact that, I don’t have to color my hair anymore unless I want too. I’m retired and can pretty much do as I want. If I want I can sit on my tush and binge-watch Netflix shows 24/7. I’m my own boss. I wish my body knew that I was in charge! Between hot-flashes; (which I would TOTALLY deny if given the opportunity) to being ‘regular’ my body has a mind of its own. Oh to be young again when I didn’t have to think about getting enough fiber in my diet. Who knew that fiber would turn out to be my best friend? Seriously, fiber is good for everything from lowering my cholesterol (which is too high according to my doctor!) To helping control your blood sugar levels; when you have a high occurrence of diabetes in the family like I do this is REALLY important!! Ahhh genetics!! Fiber is also so important in normalizing bowel movements. Who would have thought that would even be an issue ….. like EVER!?!? I sure didn’t think that when I was young. Your body needs fiber but never actually digests.…

  • MythBusters! Home Food Safety!!

    Have ya’all seen the commercial of the gal that keeps saying “I saw it on the Internet? They can’t put it on the Internet if it isn’t true!!”  Then her ‘french model’ blind date arrives?  Cracks me up every single time!!  But, that’s how a lot of what we think is true is in our heads.  We saw it on the Internet, we heard it from a friend…. that’s what Mom taught us….and so on. So MythBusters Home Food Safety wants to debunk some of those myths and let us know how much of that information is actually true! To help consumers protect themselves and their families from food poisoning, the Ad Council, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, FDA and CDC and their Food Safe Families campaign as well as the Partnership for Food Safety Education are setting the record straight on food safety to save you time, money and most importantly, peace of mind, that your food is safe for your family’s consumption. I failed…… I actually only got one right!! MYTH #1:  “If I microwave food, the microwaves kill the bacteria, so the food is safe. Nope! False! Harmful Bacteria may remain! Be sure to follow cooking       …