Did your kids put on pandemic pounds?
COVID-19 lockdowns have not been kind to waist lines. Adult obesity rates are up, and alarmingly, obesity rate among kids are also on the rise. In a recent study conducted by researchers at Kaiser Permanente Southern California found that during the pandemic,...
An organization expert shows how to conquer the clutter
Are you ever overwhelmed looking at growing piles of clutter in your house? Does it stress you out? Meet Mallory Shows from Hello Happy Home. Based in North Texas, this mother of three got into the home organization business three years ago and before she realized it,...
Tasty new snacks for the school year
Since we’re all in back-to-school mode, what better time to think about the tastiest, roundup of interesting and delightful snacks, most of them ‘better-for-you," but a few indulgent snacks as well because we couldn’t resist! The Crispy Green Team recently exhibited...
Mental Health Advice to Help Your Kids Get Back to School
It's back-to-school season and many parents are busy shopping and lining up physicals required for athletics. Here's another to-do for the list: mental health checkup. Many students are returning to the classroom for the first time in over a year because of the...
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New and innovative snacks you and your kids will want to try
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5 Summer Salads to Try Today
Make the most of the season’s fresh produce with these easy and delicious recipes
5 Healthy and Easy Chicken Marinades
Up your grilling game with these tasty sauces
Using Food As A Force For Good
5 Summer Salads to Try Today
Make the most of the season’s fresh produce with these easy and delicious recipes
5 Healthy and Easy Chicken Marinades
A good chicken marinade can make or break a grilled entrée. Bottled BBQ sauces, as delicious as many of them taste, are also notoriously high in sugar and sodium. For instance, at 2 tablespoon serving of Sweet Baby Ray's sauce contains 15 grams of sugar and 300 mg. of...
5-Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites Recipe
Are you a chocolate and/or peanut butter lover with a sweet tooth? If so, you are in LUCK! We have a simple, better-for-you recipe that contains only 5 ingredients -- nothing you can't pronounce. This recipe is perfect for any occasion and can be topped with...
Eat the Ugly Food: Learn to Love Cooking With Scraps
Cooking with scraps--food you’d normally pitch because it’s overripe, not ideal or just ugly--is a great way to conserve food. And while our grandparents and professional chefs might be thrifty food connoisseurs, it’s a novel concept for many of us. Some people...
Healthier Apple Recipes You Should Be Making This Fall
Apple picking season is officially underway! When you head to the orchard or local farmers market this season, you're probably going to come home with lots of apples. And the best way to utilize those apples is to make apple desserts! We created simple, healthier...
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Here’s a fitness and nutrition plan to get them back in shape
Mountain biking is now for everyone
From extreme sports enthusiasts to toddlers enjoying the pump track, the sport has something for every rider
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Did your kids put on pandemic pounds?
Here’s a fitness and nutrition plan to get them back in shape
Tasty new snacks for the school year
New and innovative snacks you and your kids will want to try
5 Summer Salads to Try Today
Make the most of the season’s fresh produce with these easy and delicious recipes
5 Healthy and Easy Chicken Marinades
Up your grilling game with these tasty sauces
Lifestyle
An organization expert shows how to conquer the clutter
Hello Happy Home Founder Mallory shares her tips
Back-to-School Teacher Survey Exposes Pitfalls of Online Education
Teachers to parents: ‘Stop helping your kids cheat’
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Mountain biking is now for everyone
From extreme sports enthusiasts to toddlers enjoying the pump track, the sport has something for every rider
Contributor Spotlight
Meet: Diane
Learn more about SLB contributor Diane Lange, who got her start in counseling over twenty years ago, and specializes in positive psychology, positive parenting and positive education. She writes extensively about youth mental health. Her stories include Teaching your kids it’s OK to make mistakes, How to Spot Signs of Teen Anxiety and How to spot depression in your teenager
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer- New York
Come out and participate to support in Making Strides against breast cancer event! Register today at www.makingstrideswalk.org/brooklyn for updates! When: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2021 AT 8 AM – 12 PM Where: Maimonides Park, 1904 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224
Fall Festival at Gro-rite- New Jersey
Come join this annual Fall Festival with Jacks Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Hay Rides, Train Rides, Food, Popcorn, Ice-cream and Lots of Great Fall Flowers! When: Saturday- 10/2/21 at 10AM-3PM Where: Gro-Rite Garden Center- 30 Hillview Rd, Pequannock Township, NJ...
OctoberFest- New Jersey
Don't miss this OctoberFest for a great shopping day held in picturesque Veterans Park. One hundred exhibitors with art & crafts & an antique & collectible corner will be a part of this fun family day. Festival foods will be available as well as home made...