

The absolute easiest healthy snack to make with kids
Want a super quick, easy snack you can make with kids that also happens to be healthy?! Seriously, this is a 2- or 3-ingredient, 10 minute activity, and my daughter was very into it. Vegan gummy bears, or in our case, gummy dinosaurs (because my kid is obsessed with dinosaurs at the moment, and Michael's has a cheap dino mold that works perfectly for this little treat) are a simple and fun to make. All you need is agar powder (a vegan gelatin alternative derived from marine


In praise of family dinners
One of my fondest childhood memories is of our nightly ritual, sharing dinner together as a family. I remember setting the table, which was one of my "chores", and sitting down to eat with my Mom, Dad, and older brother. We'd answer questions about our days at school, my parents would chat about work, and we'd laugh as a family over silly things, inside jokes that persisted at our table until we were no longer all living together. Now I've got a 3-year-old daughter, and as