April Healthy Highlights: Why Does Gut Health Matter?
Our gut microbiome is influenced by factors such as genetics, age, geographical location, antibiotic use, diet, exercise, and stress level. While not all of these factors are modifiable, we do have the ability to alter our diet to optimize the health of our microbiome. Foods that help the gut thrive are those that contain prebiotics and probiotics.
Love Beyond Measure
Amidst the metrics, percentiles, and z-scores, let's not forget the immeasurable love you pour into your child every day. Take a step back, see their unique wonders, and celebrate their minds, bodies, and spirits. You are doing an incredible job, and your love is truly beyond measure.
March Healthy Highlights #3: Creamy Asparagus Broccoli Soup
Asparagus makes a tasty and healthful addition to the diet. In addition to being delicious, asparagus spears are packed with dietary fiber, vitamins A, C, E, K, and B6, and minerals like folate, iron, copper, and calcium.
Take advantage of the nutrition and health benefits these tender spears offer with this comforting creamy soup.
March Healthy Highlights #2: Steamed Asparagus with Simple Hollandaise Sauce
This month we are featuring asparagus, just in time for Easter, so let’s talk stalks!
Asparagus can be prepared many ways including grilled, roasted, steamed, stir-fried, or boiled. Tossing asparagus with a creamy Hollandaise sauce is a quick and easy side dish for any weeknight meal and fancy enough to feature on your table for Easter brunch.
An Inside Look Into the Identification and Diagnosis of Pediatric Malnutrition
Learn how z-scores and nutrition-focused physical exams play a crucial role in ensuring a holistic evaluation beyond just growth parameters.
March Healthy Highlights #1: Baked Veggie Dip
Spring is the season of new beginnings. As greener, warmer days arrive so will your garden veggies.
This spring, awaken your tastebuds to the season’s flavors by incorporating your garden harvest into soups, salads, sides, and entrees for a great taste that will get you off to a promising start to spring.
Join us as we renew, refresh, and reinvent one of our favorite spring recipes. This chunky veggie dip is so good scooped up on a cracker, or just eaten off a spoon.
February Healthy Highlights #3: Simple Romesco Sauce
In the spirit of going red and promoting heart health this month to all the wonderful, caring, amazing, and powerful women that make up our GIE family, we chose a bold and flavorful recipe that we hope will be a welcome addition to your dinner table.
Growth Percentiles vs. Z-Scores: What Do They Mean?
Explore your child's growth metrics with percentiles and z-scores. While percentiles gauge standing among peers, z-scores offer nuanced deviations from the mean, aiding in diagnoses. Assess your child's well-being holistically by examining development, mental health, learning ability, and social interactions.
February Healthy Highlights #2: Delicious Deviled Strawberries
If you’re looking for a new strawberry dessert with a complimenting chocolate flavor, try this social media sensation of deviled strawberries. Not only are they a fun treat for home, but they make a great finger food for parties that will be sure to delight your guests.
February Healthy Highlights #1: Healthy Chocolate Truffles
If you’re looking to make an indulgent treat this Valentine’s Day, sure to feed your soul and taste buds, try Aubrey’s truffle recipe. The transformation of chocolate and cream into chocolate truffles offer a delicious rich and smooth taste that will satisfy even the biggest sweet tooth’s chocolate craving.
January Healthy Highlight #3: Tangelo Creamsicle Smoothie
Up this week on healthy highlights, we have Tangelos! Tangelos are a hybrid of tangerine and grapefruit. They are sweet and tangy making them an excellent addition to any diet no matter how you prepare it. Use tangelos in a juice, in a savory recipe like pasta, or try our smoothie recipe!
January Healthy Highlights #2: Clementine Dip
Clementines are the smallest variety of mandarin orange but offer big taste. This naturally sweet and juicy citrus fruit is great for kids to eat by themselves because they are seedless, easy to peel, and has a soft flesh that is easy to chew. Mandarin oranges are also delicious in desserts and complement sweet flavors like in this yummy clementine dip we’ve got for you this month!
January Healthy Highlights #1: Orange Cranberry Chicken Salad
If you find yourself missing the bright glow of the sun during the winter months, try increasing your citrus intake for a bit of edible sunshine. Citrus fruits are renowned for their high vitamin C content, a vital nutrient known for its immune-boosting properties. Incorporating these bright and tangy fruits into your diet is the perfect remedy to brighten your day.
Winter Holiday: Kwanzaa
Traditionally, the main dish during Kwanzaa is a one-pot stew. Our variation of peanut stew is packed with wholesome ingredients and full of flavor, making is as comforting as it is nourishing. Compliment this dish and keep the tradition of serving red, black, and green food and drink alive by making this kale lemonade as a flavorful beverage option. Its rich green color and sweet taste complement the stew nicely.
Winter Holiday: Christmas
The holidays are a time to slow down, savor, and enjoy those near and dear to our hearts. This gift of time allows us to connect with loved ones and create lasting memories. As you prepare to gather and celebrate this year, we want to offer some simple, delicious recipes that are sure to bring everyone together. Read along for our banana nog and cut-out cookie recipes!
Winter Holiday: Hanukkah
When most people think about the holidays, they think about gathering with loved ones to laugh at old stories while sharing delicious holiday foods. For our GIE friends celebrating the Festival of Lights, we hope your gatherings are light with laughter as you reminisce and play games while enjoying traditional latkes and sipping hot chocolate.
From our GIE home to yours, chag sameach!
November Healthy Highlights #3: For Beets Sake!
It seems that most people either love them or never want to eat them again. As with many foods, our preferences expand with time thus, an appreciation for the unique flavor of beets is cultivated over time.
To increase beet acceptance in the diet, try incorporating them in unexpected ways, like with these strawberry banana beet cupcakes. These cupcakes, with their natural pink color, are almost too pretty to eat!
November Healthy Highlights #2: The Beat on Beets
Perhaps one of the best things about beets is that nothing is wasted because beets are 100% edible. Beets can be eaten raw, boiled, roasted, steamed, or made into juice. Discover the full potential of this 100% edible wonder by diving into this delicious beet, carrot, and apple Saaw recipe!
November Healthy Highlights #1: Un-“Beet”-able Root Vegetable
Turn your snack time into a vibrant fiesta with this Beet-iful twist on classic hummus! Beets are loaded with nutrients, making them a great addition to so many recipes. Whip up a batch of this yummy hummus whenever you’re in the mood for a creamy, colorful delight that'll have your taste buds dancing!
October Healthy Highlights #3: Hearty Chili
Like soup and chowder, chili is a great addition to your winter menu. Chili is a type of stew that is comprised of meat and/or vegetables, chili peppers or chili powder, and often beans. We are fans of adding beans for their nutritional benefits and want to share one of our favorite chili recipes with you this month.