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January 9, 2012

Curtis Stone Whips Up A Healthy One-Pot Meal For MyBrownBaby and Vick’s Nature Fusion

When Nick and I moved to Georgia from New Jersey almost seven years ago, we did so because we were looking for real connections with our children—wanted to be the kind of parents to them that we simply couldn’t while we were working full-time jobs in one state, living in ...

December 15, 2011

Curtis Stone’s Secret To Getting Kids To Eat Veggies: A Great Chili Recipe

I mean, I get the three-year-old who only eats beige food and the occasional peanut butter-smothered carrot stick. I had one of those. If it wasn’t a chicken nugget, a french fry, applesauce or popcorn, she wasn’t eating it. But we put an end to those shenanigans around age five; ...

December 14, 2011

MyBrownBaby Vlog: The Dog, The Spaghetti And the REALLY Traumatically Messy Moment

So a dog named Teddy eats a plate of spaghetti with meat sauce and then walks into a closet… Sounds like the beginning of a really bad joke, huh? Except this really happened and, well, let’s just say, it wasn’t all that funny. At least not when it was happening. ...

December 6, 2011

Slim Shopping: Six Great Ways To Put Your Grocery Bill On A Diet

By TONI HOUSE This year, our holiday feasts will cost more than ever, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Food prices jumped a whopping 4 to 5 percent in 2011 and are expected to continue climbing next year. But you can have your fruitcake and eat it, too, without ...

November 29, 2011

Curtis Stone’s Secret To Healthy Families: Great Recipes & Vicks Nature Fusion

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m a complete and total whiney punk when it comes to being sick. I’m talking everything comes to a standstill: I’m wrapped up under the covers. All my mom duties—cooking, laundry, hairstyling, dish washing—are shut all the way down. And forget about having ...

March 7, 2011

Share Your Breakfast With Kellogg’s And Feed A Child In Need

I’m not gonna lie: I SUCK at eating breakfast. Like all-too-many women, eating a big plate of food first thing in the morning makes me feel guilty like I’m setting myself up for a day’s worth of over-eating. I recognize this is stupid. Particularly since I wouldn’t dream of sending ...

February 7, 2011

Home Made Love: Shrimp and Mussels In Lemon and White Wine Sauce

In “Attack of the Killer Lemons,” I wrote about our discovery of the super odd, Pirates of the Caribbean-looking Buddha Hand Lemons. In that post, I promised to give you the recipe for the shrimp and mussels dish I whipped up with the funky looking fruit, and so here it ...

February 2, 2011

Home Made Love: The Easiest, Tastiest Chicken Pot Pie Recipe Ever

By Mari Chiles and Lila Chiles It's been totally cold here in Georgia, which is weird because up until now, our winters have been kinda warm. When the weather is like this, Mommy is always doing things to keep us warm. Like, she makes us wear lots of layers. And ...

January 26, 2011

[Wordful Wednesday] Attack of the Killer Lemons

Occasionally Mari, Lila and I test the waters in the produce aisle at the grocery store, making a point of picking up fruits and vegetables that look weird or interesting or pretty. Sometimes we’ll even buy some of whatever we stumble across and giggle as we taste cracking up at ...

January 6, 2011

How Do You Win the War On Childhood Obesity? Plant A Vegetable Garden With Your Kids

By GEORGE BALL Childhood obesity is now the nation’s disease an ailment crippling the body politic. The long-term health effects are well-established and include early onset diabetes and premature hip and joint problems. American children are prematurely aging, suffering from sicknesses that were once the provenance of older adults. Old ...

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