Growing Lean’s nutrition blog

School is starting this week or next week for most kids! It is now time to start thinking about what they can bring to school for lunch. I think that we can go beyond what most of us grew up with–sandwich, chips, and dessert (which was often a Hostess treat in my bag). Read More »

I recently celebrated my son’s birthday with a party at my home. Although we put our fair share of time and effort into finding the right cake decorations to fit the theme (we had a space theme–the cake was decorated with a frosting sun, planets, and stars), I wanted to make sure that the party was not all about the food. Read More »