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When you are a busy parent and you need access to quick and easy recipes for your family that are also healthy, it can be hard to navigate the expanse of the world wide web.
These websites are great for healthy family-friendly recipes that will help keep you and your family well-fed.
If your baby is just starting to branch out from their liquid diet of breastmilk or formula, then this is the website for you. Your doctor may have told you that your baby doesn’t need solid foods until they are 6 months old, but your mother-in-law and several well-meaning friends insists that your baby will sleep through the night if they are fed rice cereal. Or you’ve heard that rice cereal from the box is best, but your best friend in Canada is feeding her little one a meat puree as his first food! With so many decisions to make, it’s nice to have a guiding source and this one is the best on the net. This well-organized website has tons of recipes for making homemade baby food and extensive tips on how to store the food. Wholesomebabyfood.com also helps you figure out how much food go give your baby and the order to introduce as well as dealing with food allergies. Overall, a great website for moms with new eaters.
Based on a popular magazine, eatingwell.com provides recipes that are healthy and are also tried-and-tested as super TASTY. The highlight of this website is the “Cooking for Kids” section which includes recipes as well as lists of snack ideas and lunchbox packables that are great to print out and put on your refrigerator or keep next to your grocery list. If you’re confused about what’s good for you and bad for you in the nutrition world (and who isn't??), they have a very thorough Nutrition watch section which highlights current health news.
Based on the popular magazine, thisis the perfect website If you are newer to cooking, but are still looking to incorporate healthy foods into your family’s diet. There is a section on “cooking 101” that offers step-by-step instructions on techniques as simple as pan-frying and as complex as using a chimney starter for your charcoal grill. They also help distinguish between terminology that may confuse you such as the difference between stir-frying and sautéing. They even have an online community where you can ask questions about recipes or share your successes.
Crockpot 365 (blog)
There’s just something about this blog that makes it easy to find a healthy recipe that you and your family will enjoy. Most of the recipes are simple and easy to throw together. Between the author’s review of the food (and her children’s reaction to the food) as well as the comments of the blog followers who discuss their opinions and adjustments to the recipe, you’re sure to quickly discriminate which recipes are worth pursuing. If you are celiac or avoiding gluten, the author’s family is gluten-free so almost all of her recipes are adjusted for that diet. Bonus, there are even instructions for some fun projects you can do with your older kids in the crockpot--like making soap or candles.
Vegan Lunch Box (blog)
Even if you are not vegan (which means you do not consume any animal products--no meat, no dairy, no honey, etc.) or even planning to get there, anyone can be inspired by this mom's ability to create unique, tasty-looking, healthy lunches for her child. Even with her food restrictions, she managed to send her son to school with way more than PBJs--he had themed lunches that would make the entire lunchtable jealous. Her recipes for many of the delicious items she put in the lunchbox come from here.
All foods can be part of a healthy diet, but keep in mind that just because the website has the recipe, doesn't mean it's the healthiest option out there. Keep an eye out for meals that have mostly whole, un-packaged foods as its ingredients and you should be on your way!
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