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Excuses Now = Sick Tomorrow
Posted on February 9, 2012 by admin in Wellness TipsIt’s Think About It Thursday! So this week I seem to have heard a lot of excuses on why parents are feeding their kids certain things (like dye filled foods) or not feeding their kids certain things (like organic fruits/veggies). I’ve been thinking about this, A LOT! It’s just a cupcake. It’s just an ice [...]
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Stock Up Your Fridge & Pantry
Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin in Wellness TipsIt’s well check Wednesday and I’m often asked how I keep my kids healthy when it comes to food. There are a lot of things I do when it comes to feeding my daughters. Some you won’t be ready for in your house (if you’re ready to start juicing kale or chard, just ask me [...]
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Week Two Winner of Kid’s Choice Meals
Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin in Healthy Recipes, Wellness TipsWritten by Patti…our work at home team leader, full time mom, full time down town professional, ridiculous commuter who is creating the lifestyle her and her family deserve…one day at a time. Last week we started a new routine: Every week we are picking out healthy meals and trying new things. The girls like being [...]
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Another Mom Talks: Get the Kids Cooking
Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin in Healthy Recipes, Wellness TipsWritten By Patti – A full time working mom of two taking steps towards better nutrition for her kids AND herself…Remember, we don’t choose perfect at Mission: Clean Kids…we just choose better! I am one of those concerned parents who worry about my children’s nutrition. Are they getting everything they need, are they eating enough [...]
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Oat Bread Recipe
Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin in Wellness TipsI love my breadmaker. I don’t know why it was hiding for so long in my cabinet. I haven’t bought a loaf of bread in over a month and I don’t want to! 15 minutes or less to dump in ingredients and YUM! Fresh bread I’m always tweaking recipes…here’s the winner for today: 1.5 lb [...]
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Smoothie Rescue!
Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin in Wellness TipsMy kids really didn’t like the dinner I just made. Oh well…it was worth a try (and I will try it again since kids never like things the first time). So I made a smoothie rescue! 1/2 cup frozen strawberries 1 cup pineapple 2 packets of Pyure (or stevia type substitute) 1/4 cup Shaklee non-flavored [...]
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Quick Smoothie Video
Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin in Wellness TipsREMEMBER! Mission: Clean Kids families get the best pricing with any Shaklee products that are mentioned on our site. All you have to do is ask (by email or in the comment section). Cheers to a healthy breakfast for you and your family! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about [...]
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Clean(er) Oatmeal Cookies for Healthy Kids
Posted on December 27, 2011 by admin in Healthy RecipesI’m on holiday treat overload! Are you? My kids were still asking me to make oatmeal cookies, I just didn’t need any more sugar highs. So I cleaned up a recipe, including adding protein to the cookies and WAHLAH! They are YUMMY! Ingredients: These are all organic, when possible, definitely all natural. 1 cup of [...]
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Breakfast Sugar Battle
Posted on December 9, 2011 by admin in Wellness TipsFrom EWG: “It’s appalling. Our brand new report showed that 44 children’s cereals have more sugar in a single cup than three Chips Ahoy! cookies!” YIKES! I feel so bad whenever I volunteer in my kid’s classroom and I realize how many children don’t have a nutritious breakfast. It has nothing to do with their [...]
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Buzzing About Protein
Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin in Healthy RecipesOur Shaklee friends, Nathan and Jeni Oates shared these on their blog. This is one of our favorite recipes, but we’ve never made them so CUTE! Typically we just make the protein into balls and roll them in nuts or coconut, but I have a feeling these are going to create a buzz in our [...]
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What I learned in the Bahamas
Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin in Wellness TipsOops, it’s been almost a month since I’ve chatted with all of you here at MCK – Sorry! I think I’m still on Bahama time. That was our big family vacation this month, courtesy of our corporate partner, Shaklee. As many of you know, our family has gone through some tough times. Most recently, my [...]
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Baffled for Birthday Party
Posted on October 29, 2011 by admin in Wellness TipsUGH! Any mom who has a child who is sensitive to things in this world knows that there are frustrating moments. I’m having one of those RIGHT NOW! So did you hear what is happening with Johanna? I wrote about it the other day. The full details are here, but the summary is that Johanna’s [...]
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Mama’s Gut Points to Organic…again
Posted on October 27, 2011 by admin in Wellness TipsLast night Johanna threw up….bad. Like, she has broken blood vessels around her eyes because of the throwing up. BUT I don’t think she is sick. She had McDonalds “soft serve” yesterday for the second time in her life….yes, she threw up the first time, but I didn’t connect the two because she had it [...]
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Do What You Can
Posted on October 13, 2011 by admin in Challenge Yourself!, Wellness TipsAre you the family who is making better choices, but might actually find yourself making excuses in public for the choices you are making? I caught myself doing that just yesterday on the phone. My daughters and I are invited to lunch and I say to the person who is inviting us “what will they [...]
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Love Them Enough to Say No
Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin in Wellness Tips“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control.“ Galatians 5:22-23 So Johanna and Julianne are definitely testing me and our Mission here at MCK. They keep questioning the hot food lunch menu. Just some of their questions: Why do parents let other kids eat that food? [...]
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