The Moms Guide To Meal Makeovers

For the legions of harried moms who have tossed in the dishtowel on cooking healthy meals (or any meals!), the easiest-ever guide for bringing super nutrition back to the kitchen. Getting dinner on the table night after night can be a challenge. So it’s no surprise that busy moms often rely on fast food, takeout, and convenience meals like macaroni & cheese, chicken nuggets, and fries. The kids love it but the drawback is that little twinge of guilt moms feel every time they feed their family another not-so-healthy meal. At the end of the day, many children end up with a poor diet high in sugar, saturated fat, and calories … a major factor in the rising rates of obesity. Finally, here are realistic guidelines designed to give families a healthy meal makeover. The Moms lay out a 5-Step Meal Makeover Plan, explaining how to market good nutrition to kids, establish food rules, and make life easier in the kitchen. In The Best of the Bunch chapter they reveal which brands of kid convenience foods–hot dogs, frozen pizza, and more–are the best tasting and most nutritious ones out there. The Moms show how to stock a healthy pantry and whip up delicious anytime meals using pantry staples. They even serve up 120 reworked recipes for family favorites such as Fast-as-Boxed Macaroni & Cheese, Squishy Squash Lasagna, Cheesy Broccoli Soup, Sweet Potato Fries, and Chocolate Pudding with Toppers.

No Whine with Dinner turns mealtime whines into "wows" with nutritious and delicious recipes kids and parents will love. Written by Liz Weiss and Janice Newell Bissex --- the dietitians behind the popular cooking blog, Meal Makeover Moms' Kitchen --- the book features 150 easy-to-make, family-friendly recipes as well as 50 moms' secrets for getting picky eaters to try new foods. Every recipe in No Whine with Dinner was tested by moms and tasted by kids. With recipes like Smiley Face Casserole, Grab-and-Go Granola Bars, Piping-Hot Peanut Butter Soup, Fruity Chicken Kebabs, Sweet Brussels Sprouts, and Twice Baked Super Spuds, the dietitian duo aims to bring fun flavors and better nutrition to families everywhere. After the publication of their first cookbook, The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeover and the launch of their website, MealMakeoverMoms.com, Weiss and Bissex established themselves as two of the nation's leading experts on family nutrition. The idea for No Whine with Dinner came from a survey of nearly 600 moms who identified "picky eaters who whine and complain" as the number one obstacle to getting their children to eat healthy, well-balanced meals. Filled with beautiful photographs of their recipes --- breakfast, lunch box, soups, slow cooker, casseroles, snacks, and desserts --- and adorable photos of the hundreds of kids who tested their recipes, No Whine with Dinner is a must-have cookbook for families who crave flavor as well as good health.

The Meal Makeover Moms, Liz Weiss, MS, RDN & Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RDN, have cooked up a playful, new way to get nutritious meals on the family table. The Family Dinner Coloring Cookbook combines cooking, coloring, and hands-on activities designed to nurture healthy eaters of all ages. This gorgeous coloring cookbook includes 10 classic dinner recipes made healthier---things like better-for-you fish sticks made with salmon, mac & cheese made with whole grain pasta and cauliflower "rice," and creamy, cream-less broccoli soup---10 food-themed, mandala-style coloring pages, and 5 bonus activity pages including a Farmers' Market Scavenger Hunt, a foodie word search, veggie maze, and two fruit and vegetable crossword puzzles. Whether you're looking for healthy, wholesome recipes the entire family will love, creative ways to turn mealtime distractions into focused family time at the table, or age-appropriate activities to keep your tiny troops happy while you coordinate dinner, The Meal Makeover Moms have you covered with this delightfully delicious interactive cookbook. The Meal Makeover Moms have written three other popular family cookbooks: The Smoothie Bowl Coloring Cookbook: Healthy Recipes and Playful Mandala Food Designs for Kids and Adults! (M3 Press, 2015), No Whine with Dinner: 150 Healthy, Kid-Tested Recipes from The Meal Makeover Moms (M3 Press, 2015), and The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time! (Broadway Books, 2004). You can learn more about The Meal Makeover Moms by visiting their blog and website at www.MealMakeoverMoms.com.

The latest in nutrition, from alfalfa to zinc! Nutrition is as vital to good health as it is complex to understand. With thousands of supplements to choose from, and ever-shifting study results, a registered dietician offers here a guide to: nutrition's latest findings; detailed explanations of vitamins and minerals; information on fats, carbohydrates, fiber, and proteins; daily requirements; health weight evaluation and management; food labels; meal planning; and combating disease through nutrition. ?Expert, highly credentialed author ?Successful series format ?The most current nutritional information

Healthy, delicious meals have never been easier! The slow cooker, pressure cooker, and Instant Pot® meet freezer cooking in this beautifully photographed and rigorously tested cookbook. It’s dinnertime and, yet again, you’re behind. The kids are cranky, the fridge is empty, the kitchen is a mess. Sound familiar? That was every night at the houses of popular bloggers and cookbook authors Polly Conner and Rachel Tiemeyer until they discovered freezer cooking. And once they realized that freezer meals could be made even easier with the hands-free magic of the pressure cooker, Instant Pot, or a slow cooker, dinnertime drama became a thing of the past. From breakfast options like Peanut Butter Cup Steel-Cut Oats and Denver Omelet Casserole to dinnertime faves such as Fiesta Lime Chicken Bowls and French Dip Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, every recipe is made with recognizable, whole-food ingredients. You’ll learn how to prep and freeze bright, flavorful food so that you’re never more than a few minutes away from a hot, homemade meal.

Presents a collection of recipes from a variety of chefs and celebrities, along with the hosts, of the "Today Show."

Describes the unique problems and issues confronting teenagers when trying to lose weight and offers strategies designed to help teens lose excess pounds and create a healthful food environment at home.