Recipe. Super Easy Turkey Chili

By Kid Kritics | March 26, 2012

Simply delicious and loaded with nutrients (vegetables, fruit, legumes, poultry, herbs/spices). In your crockpot, throw ground turkey, chopped onions and bell peppers, tomato sauce, beans and seasoning (sea salt, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, parsley) and cook on slow while you are at work. Return home with your hungry kids, pour some in bowls, top with grated cheese and serve. Or, get fancy and spoon some in a scooped out whole grain roll. This is a meal in one – Performance Rating: 6 naturally sourced colors, 5 food groups – actually 6 when you top with cheese. What a great inexpensive meal your family will gobble up. For details: http://www.kidkritics.com/recipes/Super-Easy-Turkey-Chili-(Slow-Cooker)/218. Enjoy!

… for the health of your family,
ellen

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Recipe. Creamy Chicken Soup

By Kid Kritics | February 20, 2012

Creamed Soup

Before Creamed

You may want to cream this soup or skip this step and eat the chicken chunks with sour cream stirred in it – like a stew. Basically, all you do is saute onions and garlic in olive oil, water, and tamari sauce in a pot. Then add chunks of chicken cooking them until done. A combination of chicken broth, northern white beans, some cumin or curry, and parsley completes this pot of soup. Placing an immersible mixer into the pot will make it creamy. If you prefer to bite into the chicken chunks, then pass on the puree process. Just before serving, stir in some sour cream, parsley flakes and salt to taste. This is a hearty filling soup. Serve small portions to kids with some crackers. Add a salad on the side and you have a wonderful inexpensive lunch or dinner. Recipe Details: http://www.kidkritics.com/recipes/Creamy-Chicken-Soup/209

… for the health of your family,
ellen

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Kid Kritics Cooking

By Kid Kritics | February 16, 2012

Two adorable Kid Kritics are making Creamy Turkey Spinach Pinwheels (Kid Kritics Approved). Here they are measuring some Italian Seasoning to be added to their yogurt and cream cheese mixture. Then they'll add parsley flakes and paprika. Most important is they learned this recipe will Fuel Their Dreams since it is full of nutrients that feed their brain, muscles, eyes and more. What are their dreams? The one on the right wants to be a doctor. The other an actress.

Help your kids Fuel Their Dreams. Help them help you! This recipe is found here http://www.kidkritics.com/recipes/Creamy-Turkey-Spinach-Pinwheels/37. Enjoy!

... for the health of your family,
ellen

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Kid Kritics make Muscle Recipe

By Kid Kritics | February 9, 2012

In this week's Fuel Your Dream Nutrition Program, a group of Kid Kritics learned some muscle facts including how to feed them. Each one made themselves a Grilled Cinnamon Raisin Almond Butter and Jam (raspberry or blueberry) Sandwich. They spread the almond butter and jam on sprouted cinnamon raisin wheat bread and together we grilled their sandwiches. All were surprised how easy it was to make a warm creamy delicious muscle sandwich. Since all of them want to feed their over 600 muscles to support their dreams, they vowed to make these sandwiches at home. Almond butter can be replaced by peanut butter but then you are switching to a nut butter for your lungs. That's good too! For more recipe details, please go to www.KidKritics.com and click on the Lunch Recipe icon.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

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Recipe. Black Bean Quesadillas – inexpensive and easy

By Kid Kritics | February 6, 2012

Black beans, corn, tomatoes, cheese (soy in this case) and tortillas… little olive oil and you have an inexpensive, nutritious, delicious meal for your kids. Will they like it? "Yes," says Janice, the mother of two, who created this recipe. We agree. The flavors cook together for yummy bites. Whole grain tortillas were used in this photo's version. We encourage you to try them – great source of fiber and tummy filler. There are gluten-free tortillas for those want them. You don't need a Quesadilla maker for this recipe, and, if you have one, great! (I don't… yet). For recipe details, please go to www.KidKritics.com. It is featured on the homepage. Ask you kids to help you make some of these Quesadillas and watch your family gobble them up!

… for the health of your family,
ellen

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Dr. Heather Manley’s Healthy Heart Food List

By Kid Kritics | February 3, 2012

Since you heart is pumping hard to push blood through about 60,000 miles of blood vessels a day, wouldn't it be a good idea to feed this muscle its needed fuel? Dr. Heather shares what she feeds her family of four so all stay healthy and function at their best. Good fats (Omega-3s) were tops on her list. Putting flax seed oil with heart healthy blueberries and other fruit into smoothies is a daily event for breakfast or snacks. Avocados in salads or Guacamole are frequently consumed by her family. Grass-fed beef and eggs are commonly found on their plates for dinner and other meals. One of her young daughter's was making scrambled eggs with spinach and cheese for her breakfast while we were on the air. It's not that hard!

To hear all of Dr. Manley's Heart Health interview, please go to the www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com archived shows, or, www.iTunes.com, Podcast, Better Food Choices and click on the Feb. 3rd, 2012 show. PLEASE, avoid having any heart disease statistics in your family. Listen to Dr. Heather Manley.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

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New School Lunch Nutrition Requirements Announced

By Kid Kritics | January 25, 2012

The government is setting new school lunch nutrition requirements: Establish maximum calorie and sodium limits. Serve a fruit and vegetable every day in larger portions. Offer a minimum number of leafy green vegetables, red-orange vegetables, starchy vegetables and legumes each week. After 2 years, all grains must be rich in whole grains such as brown rice. Breads, buns, cereals and pastas must list whole grain as 1st ingredient. Milk must be either low-fat (1%) or fat-free. Flavored milk must now be fat-free. No trans- fats.

Cost – 11 cents more per lunch. Who is going to pay for this? Government will give schools 6 cents more per lunch. The additional 5 cents will have to come from states and local taxes it seems. What are you paying for each lunch at your children's school?

We are pleased with these positive changes. There are two possible problems to address. One: the government has no money. We are in serious debt. Two: kids have to like these foods. With the right cafeteria managers and chefs, this is possible. To limit their other choices is critical. Kids will eat healthier foods if they taste good.

Best possible school lunch – probably the one you make at home for your kids to take to school. That is why we give you Lunch Box menus in our Family Food Newsletter. Sign up to receive it twice a month. www.KidKritics.com.

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… for the health of families,
ellen

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Recipe. Spice Almond Milk

By Kid Kritics | January 23, 2012

Oh Boy is this good! All you do is blend almond milk, honey, cinnamon and nutmeg until frothy. Serve cold or warm. Cinnamon alone feeds your brain, blood, bones, eyes, heart, lungs, and skin. Add all the nutrients from nutmeg, almond milk and raw honey (that's the kind of honey we recommend) and you have a blockbuster new drink for your kids and you! For details, go to www.KidKritics.com where this recipe is featured on the home page – easy to find. We have Healthier Recipe Mom, Emily, to thank for this delectable drink!

… for the health of your family,
ellen

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Navy Beans. Performance Food of the Week

By Kid Kritics | January 3, 2012

If you want your family's Brains, Eyes, Hair, Hearts, Mouth/Teeth, Muscles, Nails and Noses to be well fed, serve them Navy Beans! Sometimes referred to as white beans, they are inexpensive power houses, especially for winter family meals. Soups, chili, baked beans, casseroles and stews all can be made with navy beans. Put them in tacos or tostadas. Saute cooked ones to enrich their flavor. Use them to create a pureed spread. There are tasty possibilities for every one. Buy them dried or precooked organic canned. Because Navy Beans are nutrient-packed budget savers, we suggest you make them a staple in your home.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

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