The Parent Pod: Featuring Chef Babiarz Marshland Restaurants on Involving the Kids in Cooking2/12/2021 The Parent Pod is a weekly virtual show brought to you by Cape Cod Moms and featuring local family friendly businesses, highlighting local parents, discussing important topics, spreading some kindness and more! Be sure to submit questions, submit a friend to win a prize & join us LIVE for other prizes! For 2021 we will be switching to Friday nights for the school year! This week we will be joined by local dad and chef, Brandon Babiarz from Marshland Restaurants discussing food kids will eat and how to sneak in some healthy ingredients. See our recipes below! Definitely tune in and share your thoughts with us for a chance to win a prize or using the link above nominate your bestie to receive a gift of kindness from us! We love surprising people live! So tune in LIVE on our Facebook Page or our YouTube Page at 8pm! If you miss it, don't worry the replay will be uploaded here once the show is over! Strawberry Banana Smoothie Sweet Potato Soup 
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 Welcoming Fall with Healthy Curried Lentils By Molly Fall has arrived and along with it the desire for warm hearty food. My husband has created this delicious healthy vegan curried lentil dish that we enjoy serving with buckwheat groats or brown rice. We eat it for one or two nights and then freeze the rest for quick meals another day. Curried lentils 1 bag lentils (27 oz/765 g) + 8 c water 1 lb frozen chopped spinach 1 lb carrots, fresh and diced 1-2 lb onion, fresh and diced 1-2 cans (14,5 oz each) diced tomatoes 4 cloves garlic 2 T garam masala 2 T curry powder 8 oz cashews + 8 oz water in the blender then add extra 8 oz of water In dutch oven on stove top bring lentils (with the 8 cups of water), carrots and onions to simmer and simmer for 30 minutes. Then add rest of ingredients and simmer for about 90 minutes. For richer flavor cook onions down first. Makes about 8 11oz servings. What are your favorite healthy go to Fall meals?  Molly, her husband, and their 1, 6 and 8 year split their time between their little piece of the cape in Orleans and Cambridge. She was a kindergarten teacher before her oldest was born then became a SAHM. She loves running, books, supporting literacy, nature walks, arts, craft, knitting and sewing as well as being outside and on the beach!
 Healthy Corn Soup
By Molly On Friday I really wanted something warm and different for dinner so I decided to make some corn soup. A couple years ago my mom had made a yummy corn soup but I didn’t have the recipe or fresh corn. I did a quick google search but none of the recipes I found were what I was looking for so I decided to just to try my own thing based of what I had seen and had available at home. It turned out well and I served it with millet and steamed kale... yum. Healthy Corn Soup *3 cups of frozen corn thawed *3 cups of cold water *¼ tsp of salt *2 TBS of cashews (14g) soaked in enough water to just cover them In a Vitamix puree 1 ½ cups of corn with 3 cups of water. Pour mixture into pot with rest of corn bring to a boil. Once boiling add salt and simmer for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes put soup back in Vitamix with cashews and blend for about 30 seconds then enjoy. Makes about 5 ½ cups of soup. Have you tried any new recipes recently? Molly Hubner Usborne Books & More Independent Educational Consultant I am always looking for people to join my Usborne team, host parties (Facebook or home), or just share these wonderful books! For more information visit my website or contact me at mollyhubner@gmail.com. Plus follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/mollyhubnersusbornebooks/  My favorite outfit right now Lululemon top & LuLaRoe leggings 7 Trends for 2017
By Molly As I sit here reflecting on what 2017 is going to bring about there are my hopes and dreams for this year that I will fight for and thoughts too of what will be popular this year. Based on my perspective of things here are 7 trends I think will occur.
b. Amazon sells lots of WFPB cook books. c. Greger’s website Nutrition Facts and book is growing in popularity d. Plus WFPB diets are an inexpensive way to solve lots of people's health issues 2. Simplifying Meals.
3. Athletic Dress Clothes. Not everyone call live mostly in workout clothes like I do.
4. Straightforward Sustainable Workouts that can be done at home or right out your door. I run about 30 miles a week it is easy as I just get up and go. Then walk about the same amount between dropping the kids of and my next task that day. My strength training is 4 simple exercises I do at home 3 sets of pushups, sit ups/crunches, squats and arms with barbells three times a week.
6. Buy Nothing culture growing bigger
7. Small House/Apartment Living
What do you think will become trendy this year? Molly Hubner Usborne Books & More Independent Educational Consultant I am always looking for people to join my Usborne team, host parties (Facebook or home), or just share these wonderful books! For more information visit my website or contact me at mollyhubner@gmail.com. Plus follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/mollyhubnersusbornebooks/  Since I stopped eating raw eggs about 5 years ago when I was pregnant with my son and now eggs altogether I really missed cookie dough. So this past weekend I tried making a healthy version of cookie dough modified from Katie Chocolate. Both my kids and I love the recipe and think it tastes like “real” cookie dough. If you are not use to less sweet recipes try this one. This is how I made my cookie dough:
Ingredients: *One 16oz can of chickpeas drained *1/8 tsp baking soda *1 tbsp plus 1 tsp pure vanilla extract *1/4 cup peanut butter *1 and 1/4 cups (7 oz) pitted dates *1/3 cup chocolate chips *1 cup oats Instructions: In a bowl, cover the dates with 1/2 cup water. Let this sit for at least 8 hours or microwave for 1 minute then let sit for 10 minutes. Then add all ingredients (including the dates’ soaking liquid), except chocolate chips, to a food processor (for best results, not a blender) and process until very smooth. Hand mix in chocolate chips. Chill for at least an hour What are your favorite dessert/snack recipes that use beans? Molly Hubner Usborne Books & More Independent Educational Consultant I am always looking for people to join my Usborne team, host parties (Facebook or home), or just share these wonderful books! For more information visit my website or contact me at mollyhubner@gmail.com. Plus follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/mollyhubnersusbornebooks/ Healthier Eating By Molly So after last weeks blog post you may be wondering what does my family eat for meals/snacks. I will break it down by meal. But first we mainly buy grains and dried beans in bulk from Amazon Subscribe and Save and Purcell Mountain (only beans) for produce, other fresh goods and frozen goods we mostly get from Trader Joe’s.
Breakfast: During week the adults eat oat groats with cinnamon (ceylon) and a banana (we like the Bob’s Red Mill ones). The kids eat a fruit with chunky monkeys, oat bars, peanut butter packet, rice cake, Larabar or like, frozen whole grain waffles or Barbers whole grain animal crackers. On weekends the adults oat groats or eat tofu scramble (tofu, caramelized onions, mushrooms and greens sauteed together) with homemade muffins or whole grain homemade waffles/pancakes. The kids have fruit and the waffles or pancakes (we always freeze the extras for another weekend). Lunch: I eat Peanut Butter sandwich, a fruit and a veggie (usually Santa Cruz PB, TJ’s sprouted grain bread, an apple, and a carrot). My daughter eats lightly salted corn chips, Midel Graham Crackers, or lightly salted rice cake with a fruit and sometimes a nut protein. My son fruit and corn chips, crackers, bread, rice cake or a bar of some sort. My husband eats dinner leftovers and/or PB sandwiches. Dinner: We usually eat beans, a whole grain and a green or other veggie. On the weekend we might have lentil loaf with squash or a home made Indian or tomato sauce dish. The kids have to choose a veggie and grain or bean (they like chickpeas best) but when we have lentil loaf with squash or a home made Indian or tomato sauce dish the kids have a veggie and pasta or a little meat. The beans we like are chickpeas, Christmas Lima beans, Jacob’s Cattle beans, Giant White beans, lentils, black beans, Borlotti beans, split peas, Scarlet Runner beans and Baby Lima beans. Our favorite grains are quinoa, millet, buckwheat and bulgar but we also enjoy rye berries, spelt, brown rice and Sorghum. The adults favorite green is TJ’s Organic Tuscan Kale. We try to eat lots of different veggies as well as sweet potatoes, and squashes. Snack: A snack always starts with a fruit/veggie or something that contains a fruit. Here is a list of store bought snack we get.
We drink mostly water, water with apple cider vinegar, and seltzer water. I do drink a cup of coffee every morning with homemade almond milk (I like it better than store bought). For more great Whole Food Plant Based healthy eating tips check out Dr. Greger. What are your go to healthy meals? Molly Hubner Usborne Books & More Independent Educational Consultant I am always looking for people to join my Usborne team, host parties (Facebook or home), or just share these wonderful books! For more information visit my website or contact me at mollyhubner@gmail.com. Plus follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/mollyhubnersusbornebooks/ Join Local Cape Cod Moms from Cape Cod Mommies & The Holistic Mama in: The Family Spring Cleanse!4/30/2014  Are you tired of your children begging for junky foods? Does processed packaged food seem to find a way back into your kitchen? Are you feeling like you need to do a diet clean up? Now is a great time to clean things up a bit. That's why I am participating this new online program called, The Family Spring Cleanse. I am super excited about this program because I have not seen anything like this before. Most cleanse diets are created with an individual person in mind but this program was created with the FAMILY in mind. It is safe for everyone to participate, has delicious kid-friendly recipes, and has a simple step by step get started guide. Let's face it, we're Moms, and we don't have time to make separate food for everyone. That's why this program is perfect for busy Moms and their families. All recipes have been kid-tested so you don't have to worry about trying to negotiate with your children to eat "weird" food. Imagine your family happily eating nutritious whole foods and feeling satisfied with their new choices. Here's What People are Saying About Past Programs from The Holistic MamaGetting Your Family On Board: "I've been dabbling with real foods for a few months now, but your challenge has given me more focus. I could eat this way with no problems whatsoever; I was raised mainly on a real food diet. However, the rest of my family...not so much. I really wanted to show my daughter that there are many yummy options other than junk. Thanks for your daily guidance!" - Lisa Belles Trying New Things: I believe that this challenge has led me on a road to more discoveries. I plan to purchase only real foods from now on, at least the majority of the time. I will incorporate some items I already have in the cupboards (that are not real) until they are used up. A couple of new purchases that I have never tried before were coconut oil, chia seed and brown rice flour. There are so many new choices out there and I plan on continuing to try new items to see what I like and what I don't. - Jodi Cooney So, What is The Family Cleanse?A simple, easy to follow, cleanse program made with Families in mind. You will have a system to follow to help you save time and get the process started as soon as you download the cleanse guide. You will also have some AMAZING support during this program - not only from me - but also from all of these fabulous bloggers:
Option # 1 (Free)Join us and make the commitment to clean up your diet and get rid of processed packaged foods. Work on your own to create a meal plan full of healthy real food - heavy on the veggies, low on junk. You will receive:
To enter this program for free & download the free guide click here you will have the option to upgrade to the premium option anytime before May 28th. Option # 2 - Premium Membership ($49)You will receive:
How to Make Cinnamon Honey Grain-free Granola  How to Make Fermented Fruit Leather  How to Make Yogurt in a Dehydrator  This is a group program that starts on May 28th through June 6th. Are you ready to clean up your family's diet?? $500+ of GiveawaysThis program includes the chance to win one of these wonderful prizes from our sponsors. This giveaway will go live once the group program begins on May 28th. Also, as a participant of this program (free or paid) you are entitled to enter the giveaway for the chance to win some prizes from our real food sponsors! These are some of the things you can win:
If you have any questions about this program please don't hesitate to Contact Roxanne.
 By: Jennifer L. Long, RN, NCN
October is here! Oh how I love the fall colors, the fall themes and especially the fall FOOD! This month makes me think of two MAJOR things, PUMPKINS and HALLOWEEN! With that being said this can also pose as a stressful season for anyone struggling with weight management or children with food allergies. I plan to cover the nutritional benefits of pumpkin and how it can help you lose weight as well as alternative goodies for trick-or-treating. When you think of a pumpkin, what comes to mind? Well, for the average person I would assume, the color orange, jack-o-lanterns, carving, pies and maybe even Cinderella! Since we know there will not be a fairy godmother changing our pumpkins into beautiful fairy tale coaches, lets re-think this whole pumpkin idea and switch gears into how these beautiful veggies can benefit our health. Pumpkins can boost your immune system because they are loaded with vitamin A and vitamin C to help fight the common cold; they are packed with antioxidants and can even improve your skin. They contain phytosterols, which lower your LDL (bad cholesterol). Struggle with digestion issues? Grab some pumpkin and reap the fiber benefits, which also will aid in keeping your blood sugar stable and help you shed a few extra pounds. One cup of pumpkin contains 3 grams of fiber and only 49 calories. There are multiple uses for pumpkins. Carving, baking, cooking and even spa treatments! When shopping this October, grab a fresh pumpkin or even a few cans that can be convenient for quick use. Trick-or-treating advice: If you are aware a child in your neighborhood struggles with a food allergy, get together with your neighbors and offer a special goody bag for that child to be able to enjoy going house to house in their costume and fit in with the other superheroes and princesses. If you are a parent of a child with a food allergy, talk to your friends and neighbors and offer to make goody bags to be handed out to your child as they bounce from yard to yard. Goody bag ideas are stickers, little party favor toys, markers, coins, etc. Here are 2 recipes for a PUMPKIN SPICE SMOOTHIE VEGAN PUMPKIN SPICE RECIPE: makes 2 servings 2 CUPS ALMOND MILK ½ CUP ROLLED OATS CHIA OR FLAX SEEDS 1 CUP CANNED OR FRESH PUMPKIN BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES 1 FROZEN RIPE BANANA 2 TSP CINNAMON GROUND GINGER/ NUTMEG MAPLE SYRUP (optional on top at the end) PROTEIN BOOST with HEMP PROTEIN FOR A THICKER CONSISTENCY ADD ICE VANILLA PUMPKIN SPICE SMOOTHIE: makes 2 servings 2 CUPS ALMOND MILK 2 SCOOPS MONAVIE VANILLA RVL SHAKE MIX 1 CUP CANNED OR FRESH PUMPKIN PUMPKIN SPICE/ NUTMEG ICE For nutrition consulting & to get your Monavie RVL please emailRNutrition2013@gmail.com or call (508) 360-2032 Jennifer L. Long, RN, NCN DBA RNutrition Health & Wellness "Transformation Begins With Nutrition" By: Emily Cape Cod Mommies was given this opportunity from NaturallySavvy.com to review the Free e-book: Label Lessons: Unjunk Your Kid's Lunch Box. We received no compensation for this review and the thoughts and opinions belong to the author. “As parents, we’re not immune to temptation… It’s easy to be drawn in by conveniently packaged foods promising to save time, especially in the morning rush.” I would say that quote from Andrea Donsky and Lisa Tsakos’ eBook, “Label Lessons: Unjunk Your Kid’s Lunch Box” sums up my personal relationship with packaged foods nicely. I want to provide nutritious and healthy meals for my son. I make efforts to minimize packaging, keep sugar low, and offer a variety of veggies and fruits with his meals. I am also lucky as my son, while picky at times, is a pretty adventurous eater and broccoli is one of his favorite foods. That being said, it can still feel overwhelming to keep up on all of the things one should or should not be feeding their child. Growing up in the 80’s when Velveeta cheese was a staple ingredient in at least one of my weekly dinners and my lunch box included a can of Coke and a bag of Double Stuffed Oreos, it is easy to rationalize that, “I turned out fine” and avoid thinking too much about ingredients. But a lot has changed since I was a child. As consumers we are able to more easily arm ourselves with knowledge (thanks to the almighty Internet) and manufacturing processes continue to incorporate more and more artificial ingredients into foods (to make more money) while packaging and marketing them towards our kids. What I like most about this eBook is that well first, it is FREE, and second it condenses a whole bunch of information into an accessible and easy-to-read format. You are not lectured or made to feel guilty. The authors are not out to build themselves up as the Ultimate Moms leaving you feeling like an inadequate parent as you read along. The eBook is designed to empower you with information and teach you some quick ways to be a better label reader. For all the parents out there with smartphones, you can reference the eBook right in the aisle of the grocery store. The eBook includes their list of the “scary seven” ingredients to be mindful of in packaged goods. I totally agree with every item they list and appreciate how they have itemized things to explain why they are worth avoiding for parents who may be less familiar with the negative nutritional impact of a specific ingredient. You are then provided a side-by-side comparison of similar products, such as two brands of whole wheat bread, to show you how to read product labels and make better choices. I already considered myself pretty knowledgeable regarding their “scary seven” list of ingredients, but when I got to the first product comparison I discovered an ingredient I had not paid much attention to before. DATEM. From the way they describe it this nasty, man-made fat somehow manages to avoid being included in the calorie or fat count on the product labels. I hopped onto the internet to do a quick search for DATEM, since it was not something I was familiar with. Several websites come up that describe the chemical structure but none of them discussed any of the claims about hidden fats that the eBook contends. When doing my own research on claims like this I strive to find not-for-profit sites (addresses ending with .org, or educational sites ending with .edu). There were not a lot of those options to choose from. I then noticed that the eBook provides a citation associated with each of their claims about DATEM. I was able to follow the link about hidden fats to the Weston A. Price Foundation. As a side note, if you are not familiar with the Weston A. Price Foundation nonprofit charity, I highly recommend you read their mission statement. So my personal conclusion on DATEM is that I would avoid it based on the rationale provided in the eBook, but want to point out that the source they cite is from a 2004 magazine article. While I believe the Weston A. Price Foundation (publisher of article) to be a reputable source of information, it is far different from a peer-reviewed scientific article that follows strict testing standards. Going back to the citation for a minute though, one of the key points of the article was: Currently the levels of trans contributed by MGs and DGs are relatively low [NOTE: “trans” is referring to trans fat and “MGs” and “DGs” are other names for DATEM], even when they appear several times in the ingredient list. However, as the public becomes more aware of the dangers of trans fats, the industry may be tempted to add more MGs and DGs containing trans fats in order to obtain the qualities they want in a food without having to list trans fats on the label. This article was written nine years ago. Trans fats were only added to food labels four years ago in 2009. So I would be highly suspect of any food containing DATEM today simply because the public is FAR more aware of trans fats now than when the article was written. I just pulled out the whole wheat bread I used to make my son’s sandwich this morning and guess what, it contain DATEM. Gross. So where is this tangent going and why should you care? This DATEM tangent illustrates how much time it takes to investigate and research ONE ingredient that appears on a food label. I did it to make sure that the conclusions outlined in the eBook follow my own line of thinking when it comes to avoiding ingredients. The point of Label Lessons: Unjunk Your Kid’s Lunch Box is to save you time and condense a lot of research and information that can be difficult to find into an easy-to-read format. They do not shy away from providing sources for each claim, so should you want to do your own additional investigating into a specific ingredient they flag, you can. I appreciate this kind of transparency as it makes me feel confident that the authors of the eBook are truly out to help parents without any hidden agendas or off-the-wall claims that have no merit. The eBook is only 27 pages long, so it is pretty easy to read through it, especially since much of the information is organized in bullet points or brief paragraphs. I expect it to be a resource I will refer to a lot as I go about finding products that do not contain any of the ingredients I want to avoid. First up for me is to find a new whole wheat bread.  Let's face it, getting kids to eat their vegetables requires some creative thinking and a lot of patience at times. Vegetables are a crucial necessity for every child's diet but often kids turn up their noses at even the most deliciously prepared meal! We know a lot of you parents out there are SUPER CREATIVE in how you incorporate the veggies into meal time or snacks, so we want you to share the ideas with everyone so parents who are struggling can try new things!
We have decided to issue a 14 Day Eat Your Veggies Challenge! One Cape Cod Mommies Reader will receive a: $100 Gift Certificate to Stop & Shop! How to Enter: It is really easy and you can enter your submission by simply posting a PICTURE of your creative way to incorporate Veggies on either Facebook or Twitter (or both if you'd like). Post your submission with the following: Getting #healthy with @Capecodmommies & @StopandShop #VeggieChallenge When you post the picture you MUST tag both Cape Cod Mommies, Stop & Shop and #VeggieChallenge. Rules: Contest will open on Monday August 5 and will end on Monday, August 19, 2013. Cape Cod Mommies will select the TOP 3 submissions and post them on the blog on Tuesday August 20, 2013. Readers will cast a vote for their favorite submission (more info to come when Final 3 are announced). Voting will close on Aug 22nd at 11:59pm. A winner will be chosen and announced on Friday August 23, 2013! Stop & Shop is responsible for delivery of prize. |
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