The first time I hatched a plan to lose weight was at age 14 when I decided it would be ideal to have the taut and sinewy shape of celebrity, Sarah Jessica Parker. I put myself on a diet that involved filling a cereal bowl with water, heating it up in the microwave, and eating [...]
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BERRIES THAT ARE CUTE AS A CUPCAKE
With food manufacturers pouring billions each year into convincing our kids to eat junk, how’s a health-minded mom to compete? Presentation is a big part of it, something Madison Avenue marketers figured out long ago when they started decorating food packages with cartoons and inserting toys into cereal boxes. One study found 50 percent of [...]
SIX LOW-CAL CROCK POT RECIPES
I’ve been feeling a little guilty lately knowing how I’ve neglected all you moms who rely so heavily on your crock pots. Although I’ve been slow cooking a batch of beans on a near weekly basis, my slow cooker has otherwise been collecting dusk, which is why it’s been a while since any new recipes [...]
A GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD THAT’S ALWAYS IN STYLE
My approach to assembling a meal each night is hardly different from pulling together an outfit each morning. Take today’s recipe: it started with my mood for something a little lighter and the desire to use the perfectly ripe avocado sitting in my fruit bowl lest it go rapidly south. From there sprung the idea [...]
A DELICIOUS BUNNY MELTDOWN
For those of you celebrating Easter, you are likely to have a heckuva lot of chocolate on your hands next week. As such, I thought you might appreciate this post I did last year on using up leftover Easter candy: My family knows better than anyone that I go weak at the knees for chocolate. [...]
THE EASTER BUNNY SLIMS DOWN: LIGHTER COCONUT CARROT CAKE
When my oldest daughter, Isabelle, was about three, she and I made a lemon tart together to bring to a family gathering. We mixed and rolled dough, twiddled our thumbs as we waited for it to chill, pressed it into the pan just so, and cooked a luscious Meyer lemon curd to pour into the [...]
SO SIMPLE DEVILED EGGS (AND SOME EXCITING NEWS)
People manage stress differently: Some overeat, others dip into the liquor cabinet, I bake, which is what I did over the weekend as the deadline for my cookbook drew near and I didn’t know what to do with my nerves. I fixated on a single recipe from the desserts chapter, an Apple Carrot Bundt Cake, [...]
WHEN BOOKS AREN’T ENOUGH: HOW TO FIND A NUTRITION COUNSELOR
We’re rounding the corner on National Nutrition Month and I have another resource to add to the mix of my weekly “shares.” I’m a big believer in getting the support you need when the need arises. Why go it alone if you can lean on a spouse, a friend, a parent, a neighbor, a doctor, [...]
MISO AND GINGER GLAZED SALMON: BEAUTIFUL BRAIN FOOD
While I’ve dabbled in multivitamins, I’ve never really embraced supplements. I’ll pop calcium carbonate when I haven’t had enough dairy, or power vitamin C into my kids if a cold is coming on, but beyond that, the nutrients in our house tend to come from food, not pills. The one exception is omega-3s: those essential [...]
MY NUTRITION “GO TO” LIST, PART DEUX
The field of nutrition is a relatively young one. New studies come out daily, and it’s tough, even for the educated, to stay abreast of the research, especially someone who has spent the lion’s share of the last 14 years wiping noses and filling milk cups, not reading medical journals. Below are a few of [...]
Katie Sullivan Morford
Mom’s Kitchen Handbook is my approach to feeding a family: Cook fresh, seasonal food, make room for a little decadence, and have fun doing it. As a mother of three, I know it's not easy in a culture that glorifies junkie foods while marketing dieting at every turn. As a food writer and registered dietitian, I bring my expertise to the table and aim to raise kids with adventuruous appetites and wholesome attitudes towards food.
Contact me at momskitchenhandbook@gmail.com
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