eatyourrainbowmama

avatar Kim Huchel is a chef, nutritionist and certified lactation counselor and is the owner of Nutrition Made Simple. She has two daughters, an assortment of four-legged furries and a passion for whole foods and eating healthy. Her best job to date is being Mama...well, most of the time anyway. One of her mantras at home, other than "be the adult" is "eat your rainbow" and she is thrilled to have SJP as a forum to help parents and kids eat their rainbows too!

Web Site: http://www.nutritionmadesimplecolorado.com


Vary Your Dairy

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Without becoming too political, the dairy industry has marketed their product well – “does a body good” and “got milk?” – all of us are familiar. The dairy industry is so influential that even the government has guidelines of how much of the stuff should be consumed daily. We are the only species that...
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Move More, Eat Less

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Over the holiday break we made our annual trek to Arizona to stay with my mom. While there I saw the first “bathing suit season is upon us” ad and said to myself, “Already?! It’s only the beginning of January for the love of Pete!” Maybe it does come a little earlier down there...
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Chocolate and Peppermint Swirl Cookies

Chocolate Peppermint Swirl Cookies

This is my grandmother’s, a cake baker and rose breeder by trade, sugar cookie recipe, modified! Hilda was an awesome baker and was the best grandma this girl could have asked for. I find myself channeling her this time of year when I am elbow deep in butter, sugar and flour and feel her...
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Hoodoo Child

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What if I were to tell you about a place that you could take your kids to camp and hike without ANY complaints? No complaining, seriously. We have been trying to secure a camping spot in Utah in a magical place called Goblin Valley State Park for the past three or so years, and...
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Got Calcium?

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Most of us already know that calcium is an important mineral that is found in dairy products and keeps our bones healthy, right? It “does a body good”, but the functions of calcium in the human body are more than just bone and teeth structure and dairy is not the only or even the...
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Chicken Tomatillo Chili

chicken tomatillo chili

This is a recipe that has evolved in my never-ending search for yummy and healthy chili recipes. I think what I like the most is how quickly it all comes together without sacrificing depth of flavor. Like most recipes, use it as a road map for your own family’s tastes. Use different combinations for...
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How Healthy is Your Gut?

Probiotics

I’m not talking about a six-pack, or a mini-keg for that matter. Save that for another time. What I want to focus on is the inside, more to the point – the intestines – and its bugs, the good bugs. It really matters if you have enough good bugs, or bacteria, in your gut...
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Things We Love: Montanya Rum

Montanya Distillers

When I think of things that I love – besides whiskers on kittens and warm woolen mittens – I think of Montanya, a locally distilled rum that is handcrafted in Crested Butte. Montanya Rum was first created in Silverton back in 2008, and they offer two different rums, Platino Light and Oro Dark. Both...
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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
Theodore Roosevelt

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