Mind + Body, March 2012

Eat your (organic) fruits and vegetables! By now, most of us realize that when it comes to buying fruits and veggies, going organic is important. But what happens if we purchase nonorganic produce? How can these foods affect our families’ health? Leika Suzumura, a cooking and nutrition instructor

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15 Must-Have Valentine's Day Treats for Kids

Colorful Cakes Scrumdilly-Do! Mama Jessica offers up this sweet idea for making Valentine's Day rainbow cakes -- and that bright and beautiful pink color is pretty hard to resist! Simply made using cake mix, food coloring, chocolate chips, and a healthy dollop of whipped cram on top, these adorabl

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Foodies on Food

  The holidays wouldn't be holidays without the anticipated annual sharing of fabulous traditional meals with our loved ones. In our Foodies on Food series, ParentMap profiles an esteemed culinary cohort of Seattle-area food professionals, including favorite local chefs, restaurateurs, and food w

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20 Great Lunch Box Ideas for Kids

Arrr, Matey! If you've got a young swashbuckler at home that would give anything to trade in his schoolwork for an eye patch, consider making up a special pirate bento box lunch, like this one shown on Bento Lunch. For this pirate-y fun meal, mama Shannon made a taco muffin (recipe included in the

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6 Eco-Friendly Lunch Box Solutions

Updated August 27, 2012 Back-to-school time, and that means packing lunches -- and plastic baggies or other throwaways just won't do anymore. We've rounded up some good-looking, eco-friendly lunch boxes that your kids will be excited to open up each day. 1. Planet Boxes are sleek, stainless stee

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Kid’s Health: Nutrition for A Healthy Teen

“It’s hard!” says Central Seattle mom Jennifer “J.T.” Thames, laughing as she considers the question of how to ensure that her kids receive proper nutrition as she looks at her teenage son holding a handful of chips. Thames is the first to admit that she has less power over her teen’s nutritional ch

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Kid’s Health: Food Allergies, Diet and Child Behavior

When Jodi Sternoff Cohen of Seattle became overwhelmed by her then-4-year-old son’s hyperactivity — and his recurring bouts of vomiting, rashes and ear infections — she searched for solutions in every parenting class and book she could get her hands on. And yet, no matter which method or approach sh

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Food Allergies: Protecting Kids' Health at School

Renton mom Desi Tucker doesn’t expect other moms to cater to her son Carson’s severe food allergies. “I can’t tell you how many batches of cupcakes I made when he was in kindergarten and first grade,” she says. “But when he was the only one in his class who couldn’t take part in the party, then he

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