Bread, tortillas, wraps & bagels are a family staple for school lunches, summer picnics, barbecues, and warm weather meals. With so many options, there are limitless possibilities of meals that can be made. Although these products can fill up your family’s hungry bellies, they can also be full of unhealthy additives and chemicals that you may …
Mamavation’s List of 100+ Healthy Mom Blogs
When you're looking for resources and information on healthy living and natural parenting advice, who do you turn to? Other moms, of course! The internet is full of blogs that provide tips, recommendations, recipes, DIYs, tutorials, etc., to help you get on and stay on a path to healthy living. If you are coming to Mamavation for assistance, we are …
Healthy Cookout Recipes
Heading out for a cookout this weekend and looking for some recipes that will be tasty and healthy at the same time? This past Monday's show with Jasmine (Healthy Jasmine) and Liza (aMusingFoodie) brought us multiple recipes for really tasty yet healthy options. If you're hosting the party and planning the menu, try to keep things simple. Go …
Recipes for the Busy Family
Most of us are so busy during the week (and even the weekends) that we find ourselves struggling to put a decent, healthy dinner on the table for our families. Sometimes, that pushes us to pick something up through a drive-thru or the grocery deli which leads to feeding our families processed junk. During our last Mamavation TV show, Leah was …
Quick, Easy, and Healthy Recipes for the Family
The scene is probably very familiar: you've either just gotten off of work and swooped children from daycare or school, or you've been working all day from home and kids are pouring off the bus or getting picked up from a sitter. You realize what time it is, and you don't have anything planned. So, you're met with a decision: order take-out or make …
2013 Top 50 Healthy Bloggers
It's time again for Mamavation to announce the Top 50 Healthiest Bloggers! Nominations were made taken via the Mamavation Facebook Fanpage, and the Mamavation Healthy Bloggers Committee made final decisions. Thanks for your nominations! Those who made our list are known for writing about a variety of topics related to health and fitness. Some of …
Staying Happy and Healthy During the Holidays
The holidays are coming up and the stress is starting to pick up. You’re looking forward to having a break but you’re equally nervous about the family chaos which always comes with them. You want to stay happy and healthy, especially as you’ve progressed so much in your fitness and eating habits over the last few months. Simply, you don’t want all …
Top 50 Most Inspirational Healthy Tweeps 2012
Once again Mamavation has had the honor to put out the Top 50 Most Influential Healthy Tweeps. This list is different than before. This year all decisions were handled in a panel with Mamavation Leadership members and Diets In Review. Thank you to everyone who nominated their favorites. We split the list in 5 parts: Fitness, Food, Weight Loss, …
Yogurt Garlic Chicken
This is my favorite overnight marinade for chicken. It is spicy, flavorful and the yogurt and lemon do a great job tenderizing the chicken for me. Just serve this over your favorite starch or salad greens. I like to serve ours over quinoa or whole wheat couscous. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" …
Healthy Granola Bar Recipe
Due to popular demand, today's recipe is how we make granola bars in our house. These are amazingly delicious, and my fiance even likes them, and he doesn't like granola bars. Not only are they yummy, they're packed with all sorts of ingredients that are good FOR you! Nutritional yeast is one of those good FOR you ingredients. What's …
Healthy Crispy Smashed Potatoes Recipe
Hi! Happy Healthy Food Friday! It's Alysa here - I'm the official Registered Dietitian for the Mamavation Moms. One of the questions I get from the Mamavation Moms is, "Can I still eat potatoes?". Somewhere along the way, most of you have been told that potatoes are a "bad" food and that you should stay away from them. I'm here to tell you …
