11/23/12

Simple Food For Busy Families - Review

Simple Food For Busy Families 
by Jeannette Bessinger and Tracee Yablon Brenner

Book Description: An easy-to-use guide to nutrition and healthful meal planning for busy parents. Written by nutrition educators Jeannette Bessinger and Tracee Yablon-Brenner, aka "the Real Food Moms," this one-stop shopping resource and cookbook provides convenient cooking solutions based on fresh, healthful ingredients and sound nutritional science. Filled with quick tips for preparing wholesome meals on a workaday schedule, SIMPLE FOOD FOR BUSY FAMILIES helps parents nourish and teach their children balanced eating habits for life. (Amazon)

Reviews:
"Excellent resource for parents! As a busy parent and childcare provider, I found the tips and techniques in this book invaluable. It's filled with great information and lots of easy recipes." Lisa Weidknecht, Planet Weidknecht, November 2012

"Great mix and match charts to help you make seasonal soups and salads, snacks and sandwiches, quiches, marinades and more. Focused on helping you understand the ingredients, their health benefits and how to get the most of of them in your diet...." Cookbook Digest, August 2009

"If you're concerned that your family stays too rushed to eat the most healthful meals, you may benefit from the guidelines found in a new book called Simple Food for Busy Families. It's packed with advice, ideas and good recipes." Fort Worth Star Telegram, 1/29/09
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60 comments:

  1. Anonymous11/23/12, 1:57 PM

    My children's favorite healthy foods are fruit, hummus, rice & beans, and sweet potato bread.

    Thanks for the chance!
    sandralclark at outlook.com

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  2. carole11/23/12, 2:55 PM

    would have to be broccoli

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  3. mtbears81911/23/12, 3:21 PM

    grilled chicken and rice

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  4. Anonymous11/23/12, 8:45 PM

    Tomatoes.

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  5. Unknown11/23/12, 8:54 PM

    Red apples! My kids LOVE apples!

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  6. Felicia11/23/12, 8:57 PM

    mandarin oranges, my girls will eat them up!

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  7. Unknown11/23/12, 8:59 PM

    Red apples! My kids LOVE apples!

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  8. Unknown11/23/12, 8:59 PM

    Red apples! My kids LOVE apples!

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  9. Jackie11/23/12, 9:36 PM

    She likes celery and carrot sticks
    Thanks!

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  10. Chelsea11/23/12, 10:11 PM

    my kids love apples!

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  11. Cyndy11/23/12, 10:45 PM

    Gwenny loves bananas, strawberries and applesauce!

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  12. Nikkie Cossairt11/24/12, 5:10 AM

    My childs favorite healthy food is carrots.

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  13. Kylie Carlson11/24/12, 8:12 AM

    My kiddo loves snap peas!

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  14. Daniel M11/24/12, 2:05 PM

    always liked carrots, still do - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com

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  15. Unknown11/24/12, 7:40 PM

    Green grapes

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  16. Ciara B.11/24/12, 7:51 PM

    carrots

    cb_shorty2003@yahoo.com

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  17. EGP11/24/12, 7:55 PM

    sweet potatoes

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  18. michelle gilliland mcafee11/24/12, 11:18 PM

    strawberries
    ml_mcafee@yahoo.com

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  19. Catie11/25/12, 12:15 AM

    Green beans!

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  20. Paol Trenny11/25/12, 1:22 PM

    broccoli ----- Paul T/Pauline T aka Paul Tran ..... emscout9 at Hotmail dot com

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  21. Denise S.11/25/12, 4:46 PM

    Frozen blueberries

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  22. Rebekah O.11/25/12, 7:06 PM

    My daughter loves cottage cheese and plain yogurt.

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  23. Unknown11/26/12, 3:56 AM

    My daughter loves carrots

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  24. Brittany11/26/12, 10:33 AM

    Asparagus!

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  25. deb c11/27/12, 11:54 AM

    My granddaughter loves watermelon

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  26. Shea =)11/28/12, 10:39 AM

    green beans and grapes!

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  27. Sam Buck11/28/12, 3:37 PM

    My munchkin loves strawberries!

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  28. A Kerr11/28/12, 4:12 PM

    My boys' latest discovery is oranges.

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  29. Francine Anchondo11/29/12, 11:11 AM

    pineapple

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  30. Unknown12/1/12, 6:03 PM

    my daughter likes bananas and believe it or not my son loves broccolie

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  31. Nicole P12/1/12, 9:30 PM

    Banana's

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  32. cman12/2/12, 2:26 PM

    Pomegranates.. can you believe I bought 16 big ones this week and there are only 3 left?

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  33. Carey G.12/2/12, 7:23 PM

    I have 4 kids, they like a verity of things unfortunately not a lot of fruits or veggies, apples and cauliflower/Broccoflower would be a few of them.

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    1. Cindy F.12/2/12, 7:58 PM

      Hi Sis... :-)
      Good luck getting the kids to eat more veggies and fruits!

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  34. Cindy F.12/2/12, 7:57 PM

    I'm a mom of 6 and they all love apples, bananas, grapes and Mandarin oranges along with a variety of veggies.

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  35. christy12/2/12, 9:01 PM

    my mom loves carrots

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  36. Aimee C.12/3/12, 5:33 PM

    I am a very lucky mom because both my kids like veggies and fruits...thanks to my hubbys profession in the produce industry! My lil one loves broccoli and any fruit and my older ones fav is apples

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  37. Danielle12/3/12, 7:59 PM

    It would be grapes

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  38. MizVickik12/4/12, 4:36 AM

    that would be apples
    Miz Vickik

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  39. Nickolay12/4/12, 1:42 PM

    Red Bell Pepper Wedges

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  40. tracy webb12/4/12, 1:48 PM

    grapes,carrots,cheese and broccoli

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  41. Anonymous12/4/12, 4:15 PM

    Hot dogs.

    Diana C
    unachica_latina (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  42. Bella Taul12/4/12, 8:48 PM

    Fruit - Watermelon, Clementines, Apple Slices

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  43. Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Garden12/5/12, 8:10 AM

    green beans but they have to be from my garden
    vickie

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  44. Jenny Q.12/5/12, 10:02 AM

    My son loves oatmeal and fresh blueberries.

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  45. carolasar12/5/12, 10:29 AM

    I would say yogurt

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  46. Unknown12/5/12, 11:25 AM

    My son loves veggies, hummus and fruits.

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  47. Unknown12/5/12, 11:37 AM

    My 2 year old will eat almost anything, but quite frankly I can't think of anything very healthy that the 7 year old will eat. Do peanutbutter sandwiches count?

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  48. Unknown12/5/12, 1:28 PM

    My kids love clementines this time of year. Thanks

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  49. wjchick12/5/12, 1:45 PM

    daughter loves oranges

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  50. Melanie Montgomery12/5/12, 4:14 PM

    I like broccoli.

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  51. Unknown12/5/12, 5:33 PM

    daughter loves apples and oranges

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  52. Kathy P12/5/12, 5:33 PM

    my son loves corn on the cob

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  53. ken ohl12/5/12, 6:04 PM

    peas and carrots

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  54. susansmoaks12/5/12, 6:50 PM

    our son loves to eat spinach
    susansmoaks at gmail dot com

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  55. cassandra m12/5/12, 7:16 PM

    my son loves bananas and strawberries

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  56. Candi12/5/12, 8:13 PM

    Cabbage

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  57. Lisa12/5/12, 8:29 PM

    They love all types of fruit!!

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  58. Sand12/5/12, 10:22 PM

    She loves salads.

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  59. Dorothy12/5/12, 10:42 PM

    All 3 of my kids love Veggie Straws and homemade Hummus

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