Feeding your kids healthy food can be a challenge, but so rewarding! Amy and Natalie are both nutrition educators who want to make it easier to feed your kids better, in less time, and with less complaint!
About Amy:
What keeps you busy: I worked part time for the Department of Health for over 10 years, counseling with state employees about improving their health. For 3 years I coordinated the healthy lifestyle program at my kids elementary school. I’m active in our church children’s group and I’m also president and developer of the Super Healthy Kids, Healthy Habits Plate.
You can see other places around the web where I’ve been seen here.
Are your kids picky eaters? They used to be! When I started this blog in Sept. 2007, they were extremely picky. I was careful to only prepare meals I knew they would eat and wouldn’t cause any significant fighting at the dinner table. However, blogging about new and healthy food has changed their palates. In being persistent for over 3 years, they will try almost everything I make.
What is your food philosophy? Fruits and vegetables are half of a balanced meal! If at each meal my kids know they are consuming adequate fruits and vegetables, we are pretty easy going on the occasional treat. We keep processed food to a minimum and where we do eat processed, try to keep it to the 5 ingredient rule. If a package has more than 5 ingredients (or ingredients that don’t sound like food), we leave it on the store shelf.
About Natalie!
Hi! I am a Registered Dietitian who secretly (or not so secretly) has a sweet tooth! I graduated from Brigham Young University and then completed my accredited internship at Utah State University. I am also a Certified Specialist in Renal nutrition and Certified in Adult Weight Management. I have been writing meal plans for dialysis patients for the last 6 years and dabbled in other nutrition adventures on the side. I have been married for 8 years to my husband the Accountant/Handyman/Sous-Chef/Diaper-Changer – who is pretty amazing. I have two very busy girls, under 3 years old (hence the need for an official ‘Diaper Changer’). Most of my passions revolve around food: Growing food (gardening), Making food, Preserving food (canning), Burning off food (running races), Teaching other people about food (Dietitian stuff)….you get the idea.
Press and Features
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Blog of the month for January!
- $5000 Grand Prize winner of the California Raisin, Let’s Redo Lunch Food Photo Contest.
- Magazine Article "Fighting Portion Distortion" July/ August 2008
- Fitness Magazine “Before and After” weight loss article
- Deseret News Mormon Times Article
- Tastespotting
- Foodie-isms- Lunchbox Idea
- Meal Makeover Mom’s- No Whine with Dinner (contributing author)
- The Organized Mom- Getting a Meal on the Table
- Think Food Cookbook (Contributing Author)
- Studio 5 Live TV segment
- Blogher Editors Pick
- ivilliage feature: 10 Healthy Kids Snacks
- Mom TV Interview
- Featured in Latter Day Woman Magazine
Opportunities
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I’m a Tropicana Mom!
Work out with Bob Harper! (Thanks to Gatorade)
Met Giuliana Rancic (Thanks to Tropicana)
Cooked Risotto with Marco Pierre (courtesy of Knorr)
Met Brandi Chastain plus NFL Steelers dietitian, Leslie Bonci (courtesy of Gatorade)
Visited Bosch Test Kitchens in Arizona
Met Stephanie Izard, Top Chef Winner.
Visit to the PepsiCo Offices on behalf of Quaker and Tropicana
To send me a message, ideas for this blog, what you like and what you don’t, my email is amy@superhealthykids.com.
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