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How to make your own onigirazu, or sushi sandwiches like you may start seeing at Whole Foods.

by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Apr 18, 2018 | Recipes

What do you get when you cross sushi with a sandwich? A Japanese dish called onigirazu, which is a seaweed-wrapped rice ball – with fillings – that is not pressed into the traditional round or triangular shape. Turns out our very own Whole Foods has been testing...

8 reasons to appreciate your picky eaters. We’ve got silver linings galore!

by Anne Wolfe Postic | Apr 10, 2018 | Columns, Tips + Tricks

Are your kids picky eaters? We’ve got some around here too, so we get it. But instead of your standard “how to get picky eaters to eat more foods” post — though we have lots of those too — I wanted to let you know maybe you don’t...

8 of the easiest last-minute Valentine’s Day treats for lunch boxes. We’ve got you, fellow procrastinators!

by Caroline Siegrist | Feb 12, 2018 | Back to School, Recipes

Valentine’s Day always creeps up on me, and since I’m not the type of mom who keeps a supply of red fondant and edible glitter stocked in my pantry, I’m looking for easy last-minute treats that don’t require a ton of forethought. Enter these...

One make-ahead solution to the question: how do I get my kids to eat more protein?

by Stacie Billis | Jan 25, 2018 | Recipes, Video

One of the most common questions we get here is how do I get my kid to eat more protein? The truth is, unless your child’s pediatrician has expressed concern, they are probably fine. (In general, most nutrition experts and pediatricians we’ve talked to...

What’s in your kids’ sports drink? The good, the bad, and the neon orange.

by Caroline Siegrist | Nov 2, 2017 | Back to School, Shopping Finds

Sports season is in full swing, which means so is the begging for brightly colored sports drinks. I get it: If the parent on snack duty failed to supply me and the rest of the Purple Ponies (yes, real name) with Gatorade after a game, I begged for it on the way home....