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Healthy Frozen Treats {Raising Healthy Families}

June 15, 2013 By Anne Simpson

Welcome Back to the Raising Healthy Family Series! In this final installment,
Kelly at The Nourishing Home is sharing a healthy way to beat the heat of summer without compromising good nutrition.

Making your own homemade ice pops and frozen treats is so easy and it’s fun too! And best of all, you’ll feel good knowing that your
family is enjoying a healthy boost of wholesome nutrients in each and every yummy bite!

So be sure to join Kelly at The Nourishing Home as she helps us celebrate summer
with some delicious and nutritious real food frozen treats certain to bring a smile to your kids faces, while keeping the ice cream man at bay!

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How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables {Raising Healthy Families}

June 7, 2013 By Anne Simpson

Welcome back to the Raising Healthy Families Series!

We hope you’ve enjoyed joining us each Friday as we’ve shared different ways to keep your family healthy and vibrant in a not-so-healthy world!

Be sure to join us next Friday for our final post in this series from Kelly at The Nourishing Home, as she shares delicious, real food frozen treats that your family can enjoy all summer long.

Written by Jill of Jill’s Home Remedies

Getting a child to eat vegetables can be a monumental task that most moms hope to accomplish in their lifetime.

We all know that many kids balk at vegetables.

Moms therefore try to find ways to “hide” vegetables in meals and casseroles, hoping their children do not notice the “green and orange stuff” hidden within their food. They whisper to their older children that they “better not say the word ‘vegetable’ or their younger siblings won’t eat supper!”

My girls eat vegetables every day. I’m not talking about vegetables hidden in food; I’m talking about fresh, raw, healthy vegetables! My girls cheer when they see I’m chopping up a plate of celery, carrots and green pepper!

Hop on over to Jill’s Home Remedies for fun and practical tips on teaching your own kids to eat more vegetables!

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Raising Real Food Kids {Raising Healthy Families}

May 31, 2013 By Anne Simpson

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Welcome back to the Raising Healthy Families series - a fun and informative series designed to help you and your family thrive! Join us each Friday as we take a look at different ways to keep your family healthy and vibrant in a not-so-healthy world!

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Written by Emily McClements of Live Renewed

As you push your child in a cart down the aisles of the grocery store, they are bombarded by brightly colored packages and more choices then they would ever know what to do with. The produce department is a full rainbow of fruits and veggies from around in the world, all looking like they’re at the peak of ripeness. And the cereal aisle is a rainbow full of sugar, artificial vitamins and minerals, and toxic dyes that are meant to attract your child’s attention.

So how do we teach our kids what real, seasonal, and local food actually is? Emily McClements of Live Renewed gives us easy ideas to help us teach our kids what’s on their plates, and where their food really comes from.

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Homemade Tea Recipes {Raising Healthy Families}

May 24, 2013 By Anne Simpson

Over the last 50 years, we’ve had a major shift in the American diet. We’re now consuming more of our calories by drinking them. In fact, the average American is now drinking approximately 400 calories per day!

Soda, fruit juice, energy drinks and sports drinks. My kids ask for them, do yours?

Reach for a healthier alternative: tea. Full of potent antioxidants, studies have proven tea is good for your health. Can any soda say that? Plus, with so many flavorful recipes, you’ll have no problem convincing your family to drink more healthy tea.

Andrea Green from The Greenbacks Gal shares her Homemade Tea Recipes that are sure to become family favorites.

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Natural Living in a Regular Family {Raising Healthy Families}

May 17, 2013 By Anne Simpson

Welcome back to the Raising Health Families series, join us each week as we take a look at different ways to keep your family healthy and vibrant in a not-so-healthy world.

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Written by Sara from Your Thriving Family

Many of us are trying to eat real food and get back to natural products, for what we believe to be the best for our families. The wall we sometimes hit, unfortunately, can be our well-meaning and loving extended family.

How do you continue along your journey and keep the peace with the extended family? Natural Living in a Regular Family, is about finding the balance and putting relationships first. Click on over for finding the grace in what goes in and on your family.

Next week is learn about the power of tea and some great homemade recipes.

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Stock Your Natural First Aid Kit for the Summer! {Raising Healthy Families}

May 10, 2013 By Anne Simpson

Go Play in the Dirt! {Raising Healthy Families}

May 3, 2013 By Anne Simpson

Essential Oils Instead of Surgery {Raising Healthy Families}

April 26, 2013 By Anne Simpson

By Jennifer Lambert of

Learn about how I massaged my daughter out of a major leg surgery using essential oils and the power of prayer. After visiting several doctors, specialists, and physical therapists, we turned to natural methods - prayer, essential oils, massage, and yoga to heal my daughter’s legs and feet. Read our story at
Royal Little Lambs

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Natural Sources of Folic Acid {Raising Healthy Families}

April 20, 2013 By Anne Simpson

Welcome back to the Raising Health Families series, join us each week as we take a look at different ways to keep your family healthy and vibrant in a not-so-healthy world.

Written by Justyn Lang of Creative Christian Mama.

When a woman is pregnant or is trying to conceive, she is usually told to start taking a folic acid supplement to prevent birth defects. Did you know that this synthetic form of the vitamin folate has been shown in many studies to cause cancer? Please visit Justyn over at Creative Christian Mama to get the scoop on what folic acid is and how to get plenty of the natural sources of folate in your diet!

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How to Cook With Your Kids And Maintain your Sanity {Raising Healthy Families}

April 12, 2013 By Anne Simpson

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It’s no surprise that when you commit to preparing healthier food for your family, you also commit to spending at least a little more time in the kitchen. And if you’re following this series on Raising Healthy Families, you’re probably doing it with kids.

Stephani from The Cheapskate Cook is no stranger to making dinner with a toddler clinging to her shin. However, over the years she’s learned a few simple but intentional ways to take the fight out of kids versus kitchens, and she tells all in her post, Peace on Purpose: Managing Kids & Cooking.

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Healthy Frozen Treats {Raising Healthy Families}

How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables {Raising Healthy Families}

Raising Real Food Kids {Raising Healthy Families}

Homemade Tea Recipes {Raising Healthy Families}

Natural Living in a Regular Family {Raising Healthy Families}

Stock Your Natural First Aid Kit for the Summer! {Raising Healthy Families}

Go Play in the Dirt! {Raising Healthy Families}

Essential Oils Instead of Surgery {Raising Healthy Families}

Natural Sources of Folic Acid {Raising Healthy Families}

How to Cook With Your Kids And Maintain your Sanity {Raising Healthy Families}

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