Holidays
Healthy Valentine’s Day Treats for Kids
Valentine’s Day is almost here! Food and candy tend to play starring roles, which can present challenges for those wanting to eat healthy and/or navigate food allergies/intolerances. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be a challenge to celebrate our loved ones...
Holiday Treats on a Special Diets
This is the season for holiday meals, treats, and time spent together with family time spent together. This year especially, when our normal plans may have changed some, it was important to me to celebrate as we can and even create some new traditions. Here at...
Nourishing Hope Holiday Guide
Holiday Gift Guide I get many in my community who ask about my favorite products. When we are looking to nourish our families in the healthiest ways possible, having great kitchen tools are a must! The holidays can be a great opportunity to change our...
Easy and Delicious Allergen-Free Thanksgiving Recipes
This is the season for holiday meals and none compares to Thanksgiving as a holiday of food. Although, here at Nourishing Hope, we have readers from 90 countries, where not all have “Thanksgiving.” So whether you are looking for Thanksgiving or other...
Healthy Halloween: Trick or Treat Reinvented
Halloween is almost here. This year, some families may be choosing to find new ways to celebrate that do not include trick or treating or large gatherings. There is still so much you can do to make this Halloween memorable, fun, healthy, and safe. Instead of Trick or...
Avoiding Holiday Havoc: Healthy solutions to avoid meltdowns and keep the holidays happy
The holidays are a wonderful time for being together with family and celebrating. But there are also new holiday traditions that can cause children to have behavioral and emotional reactions. Holiday treats and decorations can cause biochemical overload and...
Mother’s Day Cupcakes
Cupcakes – Diet Compliance: GFCF/SCD/GAPS/LOD/Paleo/Nut-Free Frosting – Diet Compliance: GFCF (see further ideas below) These cupcakes are certainly not only for Mother’s Day, but the floral design lends itself so nicely to springtime and...
Deviled Eggs for Halloween
I have to confess I’ve always LOVED deviled eggs. I used to be embarrassed to say so – I always thought I was the only one. Deviled eggs seemed like a strange appetizer relic from the seventies. I assumed they would not be popular (or sophisticated) for a party....
Traveling on a Special Diet
Now that summer has arrived, I’d like to share some tips for traveling on a special diet. Traveling with children can be challenging enough. If you or your child is on a special diet, the idea of taking a trip can make any mother think twice and consider just...