Summer Burgers Get a Healthy and Flavorful Makeover with a Recipe for Minty Lamb Burgers with Walnuts and Feta (Podcast #196) PL
Lights, camera, action! Last week, Janice appeared on Boston’s FOX 25 Morning Show to dish about summer burger makeovers. The three recipes she showcased on the segment were our Mushroom Burgers with the Works with a Basil Cannellini Spread, Minty Lamb Burgers with Walnuts and Feta, and Berry Biscuit Burgers. We chat about our favorite [more]
Meal Makeover Moms Kitchen
At Meal Makeover Moms' Kitchen, dietitians and cookbook authors, Liz Weiss & Janice Bissex, cook up healthy meals with kid appeal. They specialize in giving family favorites -- everything from...
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A Vegetarian Recipe for Black Bean Sliders with a Sweet Surprise Inside
I’ve been devouring the new book, Fearless Feeding: How to Raise Healthy Eaters from High Chair to High School by dietitians Jill Castle and Maryann Jacobsen, and decided to cook up their recipe for Black Bean Sliders. My daughter, Leah, has been experimenting with being vegetarian—that’s a new decision, so the sliders looked like a [more]
A Vegetarian Recipe for Cauliflower Farro Salad: Guest Post From Our Intern, Caroline
Hi everyone: I am Caroline Lavery, a graduate student at Boston University. This past semester, I worked with The Meal Makeover Moms as an intern. Every week I took time out of my hectic studying schedule to help The Moms with research for their radio podcast, cook up healthy, great tasting recipes, and I even [more]
A Mother?s Day Recipe for Peanut Butter Crepes with Strawberry Sauce ? and a Sneak Peek at my Recent Trip to Napa
I’ve never made crepes before—at least not that I can remember—but they’re super easy to make, even if you’re a kid with a dad hovering over your shoulder. These peanut-butter filled crepes are the perfect breakfast-in-bed treat for Mother’s Day … and they’re healthy too! All YOU have to do is copy the recipe and [more]
A Recipe for Greek Chopped Salad, Tips for Feeding Kids from High Chair to High School ? And a Giveaway of the New Book, Fearles
There is no shortage of new cookbooks on the market, but most don’t address the dos and don’ts of feeding kids a healthy diet. According to Jill Castle, mother of four and a dietitian who writes the blog Just the Right Byte, “Raising children to be healthy eaters is an 18-year process.” (We couldn’t agree [more]
Happy Cinco de Mayo and a Recipe for Vegetarian Mexican Lasagna
When I asked a few friends what they thought Cinco de Mayo was a celebration of, the universal answer was Mexico’s Independence Day, much like our Fourth of July. Well, they are all incorrect (and I actually thought my friends were relatively smart)! Mexico’s Independence Day is celebrated on September 16th. Cinco de Mayo actually commemorates [more]
Not a Baaaaaad Way to Entertain in My New Kitchen ? with a Lamb Dinner for Boston Foodies
Most of us would probably entertain more often if someone else did the food shopping for us and then stopped by to prepare, serve, and clean up the mess! It takes hours to plan and implement a spectacular dinner party … hours most of us don’t have in our busy lives. As much as I [more]
A Recipe for Do-It-Yourself Chocolate Syrup ? Plus Other DIY Recipe Mixes (Podcast #217)
When you assemble things like taco seasoning mix, pancake mix, and your own mixes for chocolate syrup and creamed soups, you end up saving money, using less packaging, and getting unpronounceable ingredients out of your family’s diet. This week on our Cooking with the Moms radio show, we chat with fellow dietitian, Melanie Zook, MA, [more]
Do-It-Yourself Taco Seasoning Mix and a Recipe for Beef & Bean Taco Bundles
Whether you’re an avid do-it-yourselfer or simply looking for an easy way to clear excess packaging and yucky, fake-o ingredients from your diet, you’re going to love this homemade recipe for Do-It-Yourself Taco Seasoning Mix. Our virtual friend and fellow dietitian, Melanie Zook from Fresh Start Nutrition, created the recipe and shares it on her [more]
Kitchen Makeover Update: I Host an Open House for the Contractors and Builders Who Worked on the Project
My kitchen makeover took six months to complete, but do you know how many people it took to make it happen? The answer: A lot! It took a village to make my dream kitchen a reality … from the architect, excavators, framers, roofers, and siders to the countertop/appliance/cabinet suppliers, plumbers, electricians, tilers, painters, and general [more]
