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Grow your Grub!

This summer I and the kids decided to try to start our first garden. I let the kids pick out envelopes of seeds. They choose flowers, melons, pumpkins and snap peas....We started all the flowers in windows outside. The initial intention was to have a pot garden that was confined to the porch. -One of the kids dug up a bunch of grass in the yard...needless to say...that we the start of garden plot.

Suprisingly, the garden has ended up being the source of learning for the kids as well as fresh food. My daughter painted beautiful rocks with faces on them to add interest to the garden. The kids had to plan their garden by laying out where to plant each type of seed as well as carefully read about how each variety should be planted

Not so Processed

23 Ways To Eat Clean Replace processed, fake foods with these healthier natural foods

Your goal: Choose from natural foods as often as possible, go with foods that are somewhat processed in a pinch, and limit your intake of highly processed items. (Sign up to receive the latest news on eating clean and staying healthy.)

Soup 1st choice (natural state): Soup from scratch 2nd choice (somewhat processed): Canned soup Limit (highly processed): Dehydrated soup mix Shopping tip: Homemade soup often has less sodium and more flavor than canned. HTML5 Icon

Carrots 1st choice (natural state): Carrots 2nd choice (somewhat processed): Baby carrots Limit (highly processed): Frozen honey-glazed carrots Shopping tip: Baby carrots are healthy but more expensive than regular-size loose carrots.

Good & Fast

Learn to cook healthier fast food at home that will please your wallet and your family.
by Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
WebMD Feature Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
WebMD Archive
It�s tempting to cruise the dollar menu at McDonald�s or Burger King and choose to feed your family of four with a $10 bill. But most dollar menu fares will run up the calories, grams of fat, and milligrams of sodium at lightning speed.

The Spicy Chick �n Crisp Sandwich from Burger King�s dollar menu will add 450 calories, 30 grams of fat, and 810 milligrams of sodium to your meal total. A dollar will also buy you a McDouble from McDonald�s or a Double Stack Burger from Wendy�s, each of which contributes at least 360 calories, 18 grams of fat, and 800 to 900 milligrams of sodium. And that doesn�t include the side of fries and soda. �If it were up to my son, he would eat fast food every day,� says Ann Marie, a mother of two from Martinez, Calif., who now treats her kids to fast food only on special occasions.