Check out the full Episode 19 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we chat with Dr. Stephanie Smith about promoting a positive body image with kids. She shares tips on helping kids understand real vs photoshopped images online or in magazines, how parents can set a good example of body acceptance for kids, parenting kids with different body types and more.

Dr. Stephanie Smith is a mother, clinical psychologist and author of Dr. Stephanie. In her practice, she works with moms, dads, teens and tweens. Dr. Smith uses humor, compassion and common sense to help people make positive changes in their lives. She especially enjoys working with parents to assist them in strengthening their families from the inside out.

On her blog, she writes about technology, parenting, friendship, and pop culture – all with a mental health twist. In addition, Dr. Smith is an official blogger for the American Psychological Association's blog, Your Mind, Your Body.

Relevant Links

Modeling a Healthy Body Image for Your Kids

Helping Kids develop Positive Body Image

Tips for Parenting Kids with Different Body Types

Ask the Psychologist: Kids and BMI

Dr. Stephanie Smith's blog

Timestamps

2:10 How can parents model positive body image for kids

7:21 Tips for addressing body image with kids

9:50 Different body types in the family

15:22 Preparing for doctors visits and discussion of weight

23:10 Body image and social media

26:30 How to help kids accept their bodies while undergoing health changes

Check out the full Episode 18 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we chat with Pamela Riemenschneider about how families can reduce food waste at home. Reducing food waste is a big concern for many families, with Americans wasting an estimated $218 billion dollars worth of food in 2017.

Pamela is a mom of two boys and the retail editor for Blue Book Services. She grew up in the world of fresh produce and has been part of the fresh produce industry for more than 10 years.

Listen to hear Pamela share easy ways your family can help reduce food waste, ways to use all of your fruits and veggies, how to properly store fruits and veggies for a longer shelf life, lunchroom waste and the truth behind expiration dates.

Relevant Links:

7 Tips to Reduce Food Waste & Save Money

Guide to Storing Fresh Produce

Make Your Own Veggie Stock

How to Keep Sliced Apples from Browning

Foodkeeper App for Expiration Dates

Produce Blue Book

Produce with Pamela

Time Stamps

1:56 Meet Pamela

6:31 Easy ways families can reduce food waste at home

14:57 Tips to take full advantage of fruit and veggies

22:21 Lunchbox/cafeteria food waste

29:24 Expiration dates vs best buy dates vs when food goes bad

Check out the full Episode 17 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we reached out to all of this year's guests to find out what their healthy New Year's resolutions are and asked them to share tips for other families looking to embrace a healthier lifestyle in the new year.

Hear from past guests including:

• Dr. Stephanie Smith, Psychologist, from Episode 3: Managing Screen Time and Episode 8: Anxiety Around Back to School
• Corey Warren of Lean Green DAD from Episode 4: Easing into a Plant-Based Life
• Anne L'Heureux, Registered Dietitian at Hannaford from Episode 10: Shopping Tips from a Grocery Store Dietitian
• Kiran Dodeja Smith of Real Easy Food from Episode 14: Why You Should Grocery Shop with Kids
• Brenda Thompson of Meal Planning Magic from Episode 1: Meal Planning for Beginners and Episode 7: Lunchbox Meal Prep
• George Szczepanski of Prodcast Across the Produce Aisle from Episode 15: Fruit & Veggie Trends and Shopping Hacks
• Amy Roskelley of Super Healthy Kids from Episode 11: Meal Planning Made Easy

2019 Resolutions: thoughts, ideas, and how to keep them

• 1:29 Amanda Keefer
• 4:06 Dr. Stephanie Smith
• 5:51 Cory Warren
• 9:25 Anne L'Heureux
• 12:04 Kiran Dodeja Smith
• 14:12 Brenda Thompson
• 17:51 George Szczepanski
• 20:33 Amy Roskelley

Relevant Links:

20 Healthy Snacks for Your New Year's Eve Party

8 Products for a Healthy New Year

10 Easy Tips for a Healthy New Year

Defining Diets: What Your Family Needs to Know About Popular Diets

14 Healthy Smoothie to Kick off the New Year

Check out the full Episode 16 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we talk to Grace Vilches, marketing coordinator at Produce for Kids. Grace shares her journey from picky eater to healthy eater. She shares advice and tips on how to get kids to try new foods and gives parents everywhere some relief that a picky child doesn't have to grow up to be a picky adult.

As south Florida native, Grace grew up in Miami surrounded by delicious Cuban food and a love for family. When she isn't connecting with the Produce for Kids audience on social media, you can find her watching cooking videos, catching up on her favorite Netflix series, and looking for new foodie spots to check out on Yelp.

NEW Healthy Bites!

Today, we're snacking on Setton Farms Pistachio Chewy Bites. Perfect to throw in your bag or in a lunchbox for a sweet and salty snack. Find them in your local grocery store or purchase on Amazon.

Pistachio Chewy Bites with Cranberries

Pistachio Chewy Bites with Blueberry Infused Cranberry with Coconut

Pistachio Chewy Bites with Plum with Date Nectar

Variety Pack with all three

Relevant Links:

5 Ways to Please Picky Eaters

How to Stop Short-Order Cooking for Your Family

6 Ways to Get Kids to Try New Fruits & Veggies

10 Veggie-Packed Recipes Kids Will Love

8 Ways to Lighten Your Holiday Menu + Free eCookbook

Other Podcast Episodes:

Episode 2: Dealing with Picky Eaters

Episode 5: Navigating First Foods

Episode 7: Lunchbox Meal Prep

Episode 14: Tips for Grocery Shopping with Kids

Time Stamps

2:35 Grace's Picky Eater Beginnings

6:05 Making Decisions on Food Choices

9:45 Healthy Bites Break with Setton Farms

12:25 Strategies for Parents of Picky Eaters

20:15 Shifting from Picky Eater to Healthy Eater

28:30 Final Tips for Families

Check out the full Episode 15 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we talk to George Szczepanski, host of The Prodcast from the Produce Aisle, about trends for 2019 in the world of fruits and veggies as well as insider tips on shopping for fruits and veggies. George also shares a glimpse into his world as a new dad.

Relevant Links:

The Prodcast from the Produce Aisle

What's in Season Guides

Produce Tips for tips on how to pick, prep, & store 50+ fruits and veggies

7 Tips to Reduce Food Waste and Save Money

New Products & Trends from PMA's Fresh Summit

Sumo Citrus

Other Podcast Episodes

Episode 5: Navigating First Foods

Episode 10: Shopping Tips from a Grocery Store Dietitian

Episode 14: Tips for Grocery Shopping with Kids

Time Stamps

3:23 Meet George

4:48 The Prodcast from the Produce Aisle

6:08 2019 trends in fruits and veggies

12:40 What's in season during the winter months

18:33 Tips for shopping the produce department

25:39 What are companies doing to prevent food waste

30:59 New parent strategy for getting your little ones to eat fruits and veggies

Check out the full Episode 14 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we talk to Kiran Dodeja Smith of Easy Real Food about the importance of grocery shopping with your kids. If the thought of taking your kids to the grocery store with you makes you want to tear your hair out, this episode is especially important for you.

Kiran talks about the different ways kids can learn at the grocery store, how they can help parents prepare for shopping trips, how to keep kids "on task" during the trip and advice for parents ready to take this step.

Kiran is the mom to four kids under the age of 13, an influencer marketing manager and holistic health coach. Her site, EasyRealFood.com focuses in on real ingredients and helps families ensure they are eating whole nutritious meals. With a busy household herself, she wants to help others not feel the stress that so many often do when it comes to meal planning and eating healthfully.

Relevant Links:

Easy Real Food Recipes

Kid-Friendly Meatballs

How to Feed Your Family Healthy Foods

How to Get Your Kids to Eat Real Food

Tips to Pick, Prep and Store Fruits & Veggies

5 Tips for Grocery Shopping on a Budget

6 Tips for Saving Money in the Produce Department

For the Holiday Season:

Download a free copy of our Festive Flavors e-cookbook for lightened-up version of your favorite holiday dishes!

All Things Thanksgiving on the Produce for Kids blog: from how to host your first Thanksgiving to ideas to lightened up your menu

All Things Christmas/Holidays on the Produce for Kids blog: from stocking stuffer ideas to festive snack ideas

Other Podcast Episodes

Episode 10: Shopping Tips from a Grocery Store Dietitian

Episode 11: Meal Planning Made Easy with Prepear App

Time Stamps

1:50 The story behind EasyRealFood.com

8:14 Why should we be taking our kids to the grocery store?

14:54 Tips for grocery shopping with kids

21:11 How to get kids involved in food prep and grocery shopping

25:14 How to stay on task when you're at the store

30:08 How to teach kids about shopping smarter and making a plan

32:01 Online grocery services

34:52 Kick off tips for taking your kids to the grocery store

Check out the full Episode 13 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we talk to Produce for Kids blog contributor and registered dietitian, Holley Grainger of HolleyGrainger.com as part 2 of a 2-part series all around holiday snacks. For part 2, we're focusing on all things Thanksgiving, Christmas and the upcoming holiday season. Holley shares tips and ideas on creating festive snacks, lightening up your favorite holiday dishes and balancing your diet during this season.

Holley Grainger is a nationally recognized lifestyle, culinary, and nutrition expert as well as a wife, mom, and business owner. She does her best to keep it real and have fun with her family, readers, and clients all while balancing a sink of dirty dishes, a clingy toddler, a preschooler that lives for endless games of hide-and-seek, and a glass of red wine. Holley's blog, Holley Grainger Nutrition, shares simple, healthy, flavor-packed meals as well as practical, doable nutrition advice.

The former nutrition editor for CookingLight.com and MyRecipes.com, she has instructed millions of accomplished and aspiring home cooks on how to make simple, healthy, family-friendly meals through online video, media appearances, speaking engagements, national news segments, online instructional guides and social media.

Relevant Links:

Download a free copy of our Festive Flavors e-cookbook for lightened-up version of your favorite holiday dishes!

Gift Guide for Getting Kids in the Kitchen

Thanksgiving Link:

All Things Thanksgiving on the Produce for Kids blog: from how to host your first Thanksgiving to ideas to lightened up your menu

Festive Thanksgiving Snack Ideas

Easy Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili (use leftover turkey in place of chicken!)

Leftover Sweet Potato Casserole - use to sweeten oatmeal then top with dried cranberries and pecans

Thanksgiving Turkey-Themed Ideas

Christmas/Holidays Links:

All Things Christmas/Holidays on the Produce for Kids blog: from stocking stuffer ideas to festive snack ideas

Fun, Kid-Friendly Christmas/Holiday Snack Ideas

Pear Galette with Sparkling Cranberries

Hot Apple Pie Punch (for adults!)

Santa Marshmallow Pops

Reindeer Marshmallow Pops

Grinch Kabobs

Time Stamps

2:39 Thanksgiving treats for the kids

6:53 Thanksgiving recipe ideas

12:11 Holiday snacks to make with the kids

15:35 How to balance sugar overload with healthier options

17:13 How to lighten up traditional holiday dishes

Check out the full Episode 12 show notes on our website!

In this episode of Healthy Family Project, we talk to Produce for Kids blog contributor and registered dietitian, Holley Grainger of HolleyGrainger.com as part 1 of a two-part series all around holiday snacks. For part 1, we're focusing on all things Halloween. Holley shares tips and ideas on Halloween snacks including classroom party ideas, ideas for balancing Halloween candy and healthier foods, how to "boo'zed" your neighbors for some Halloween fun, and more!

Holley Grainger is a nationally-recognized lifestyle, culinary, and nutrition expert as well as a wife, mom, and business owner. She does her best to keep it real and have fun with her family, readers, and clients all while balancing a sink of dirty dishes, a clingy toddler, a preschooler that lives for endless games of hide-and-seek, and a glass of red wine. Holley's blog, Holley Grainger Nutrition, shares simple, healthy, flavor-packed meals as well as practical, doable nutrition advice.

The former nutrition editor for CookingLight.com and MyRecipes.com, she has instructed millions of accomplished and aspiring home cooks on how to make simple, healthy, family-friendly meals through online video, media appearances, speaking engagements, national news segments, online instructional guides and social media.

Relevant Links:

• 25 Healthy Halloween Treats for Kids
• Holley's "Boo Bags"
• White Chocolate Ghost Haystacks
• Graveyard Ghost Cups
• Fruit & Veggie Halloween Carvings
• Teal Pumpkin Project
• You've Been Boo'zed Free Halloween Printables
• More Halloween Content from Holley Grainger
• Facebook Live with Halloween Snacks & Carvings
• Grab a free copy of our Festive Flavors e-cookbook and get a head start on planning for the upcoming holiday season!

Other Episodes to Check Out:

• Episode 6: Mindful Eating for Your Family - grab tips on how to balance indulgences (like Halloween candy) with a healthy lifestyle
• Episode 2: Dealing with Picky Eaters - to hear more from Holley!

Time Stamps

• 4:19 Healthy snack ideas for Halloween
• 11:30 Fun and healthy classroom party ideas
• 14:22 School restrictions on party snacks
• 19:15 How to balance sugar overload with healthier options
• 20:29 "You've been Boo'd" Halloween tradition
• 24:52 Where to find more Halloween inspiration

"I love to bring the girls in the kitchen. It's like doing an art project but with food"

- Holley Grainger

Check out the full Episode 11 show notes on our website!

We have several episodes now that touch on different aspects of successful meal planning so it only made sense to bring our friend Amy from Super Healthy Kids on today to talk about their new meal planning app Prepear.

Show Notes

1. Get the Prepear app here (Don't forget to follow Amy!)
2. Listen to the Lean Green Dad's Healthy Family Project episode about easing into a plant-based diet
3. Download meal plans from Super Healthy Kids
4. 10 Beginner's Tips to Meal Plan Like a Pro
5. 12 Essential Meal Prep Tools for Every Kitchen
6. Debunking Meal Plan Myths

Interested in additional meal planning podcast episodes? Check out the ones below.

1. Episode 1: Meal Planning for Beginners
2. Episode 7: Lunchbox Meal Prep

Time Stamps

• 2:30 Meet Amy
• 3:33 How Super Healthy Kids got started
• 7:34 What is the Prepear app?
• 10:05 How to meal plan with the Prepear app
• 14:47 Nutrition data
• 17:30 Diet-specific meal plans
• 19:06 How to get the kids involved
• 22:53 How to connect with friends

Check out the full Episode 10 show notes on our website!

Today we are talking to a grocery dietitian. Yes, they do exist! You might be wondering, what is a grocery store dietitian and how can they help my family. Well, that's what we are here to talk about! Your current grocery store might offer free nutrition services you didn't know about.

Time Stamps

• 2:54 Meet Anne
• 7:50 How the Hannaford Dietitian Program helps families
• 15:50 How to find out if your grocery store has a registered dietitian
• 19:22 Hannaford guiding stars program
• 24:45 Advice for families trying to shop healthier for the new school year
• 27:30 How to involve kids in the kitchen & encourage healthier habits
• 34:10 Trends in child nutrition

Show Notes

• Hannaford Dietitians website
• Guiding Stars
• Grocery Shopping on a Budget
• 6 Tips for Saving Money in the Produce Department
• Lunchbox Ideas

Deconstructed Lunch Ideas:

• BLT Bento Box