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Blending Healthy Families: Words Matter

Hello and welcome back to Blending Healthy Families Blog! This week, we have a special guest: Kaylie Flaminio! I met Kaylie when she was...

Blending Healthy Families: Happy Blended Holidays

What better way to celebrate recording my 10th episode by talking about blended families around the holidays. Only your 10th episode, you...

Blending Healthy Families: Eating Out at Home

Mom: “What do you want to eat tonight?” KIDS: “McDonalds!!” “Noodles!!” “Subway!!” Do you often get a place rather than a food item when...

Blending Healthy Families: The Stepmom's Mental Load

A new 2020 phenomenon is the Mental Load of the Mother. As stepmoms, we tend to carry the mental load for both houses. If you haven’t...

Blending Healthy Families: Family Desires

Welcome to the Blending Healthy Families Blog! This week we’re touching on desire. No, this isn’t a talk about sexual desires (but maybe...

Blending Healthy Families: Transition Meals

Welcome to the Blending Healthy Families Blog! This week we’re touching on transition meals. That meal that you have to feed your kids...

Blending Healthy Families: Blended Pregnancy

Welcome to the Blending Healthy Families Blog! This week we’re touching on being pregnant (or any other hurdles) in your blended family....

Blending Healthy Families: Equity vs Equality

Welcome to the Blending Healthy Families Blog! This week we’re touching on the realities of what is fair in your blended home. Have you...

Blending Healthy Families: The Reality of 30

Welcome to the Blending Healthy Families Blog! This week we’re touching on the realities of being 30 (and a stepparent!) I used to say...

Blending Healthy Families - Introduction

Welcome to the Blending Healthy Families Blog! If you haven’t already, go back to listen to our podcast to find out WHY I needed to start...

Starting Over

Are you a new month, new person type thinker? I used to be. In fact, in college, I was the kid who would say “At 7pm I’ll start studying....

Sweet Potato Skillet Dinner

Serving Size: 4 Time: 25min Ingredients: 2 T Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 lb lean ground turkey or beef (if not using meat...

How did I let them get so picky?

These are real conversations I have with my stepson at dinner. Does this sound familiar? Are you shaking your head as to how your kiddo...

Science vs Buffalo Wild Wings

First, let me hit you with this: I don't do traditional meal prep. I do, however, prepare my menus on a weekly basis. There are a few...

Are your once in a whiles becoming regulars?

A new shop opens up by you. You get so busy you start eating out more. A new diet comes out and you want to follow it. And you tell...

Meal Monday: Sheet Pan Veggies

When we think of "what's for dinner" our mind typically goes to the main dish - pork chops, chicken breast, turkey burgers - but it's...

Rest your sleepy little head.

If there was one absolute rule to achieve your best health what would it be? What can you do right now to feel better, look better and be...

Dairy Free Chicken Alfredo

I could never be VEGAN...but I do understand that our bodies digest food differently than others. That's why I find it valuable to go...

Build Your Own Salad

When you think of "healthy" you may think bland chicken and veggies, low carbs and a salad. You may think that in order to be healthy you...

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