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      • 5 Reasons Why You Should Eat Strawberries While Pregnant
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      • 8 Great Almond Recipes–Plus Why You Should Eat Them When You’re Pregnant!
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    • How to Cap the Caffeine during Pregnancy
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    • Glycemic Index 101
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    • Just Say No to Juice for Babies says American Academy of Pediatrics
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    • It’s Soup Season! Try this Easy Creamy Veggie Soup
    • Ho Ho Hold the Carbs!
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    • Make Crepes your New Family Tradition
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    • Fueling Your Immune System during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    • Is Your Diet a Fixer Upper?
    • Peanuts for Everyone! 25 Ways Eat Some Today
    • 5 Sandwich Fillings that Avoid Processed Meats
    • Meal Prep for Quick Family Meals
    • Steelhead Trout with Jicama Slaw–Great Leftover!
    • Quick Avocado Breakfast Tostada
    • 13 Good for the Gut Recipes You Need to Try This Summer!
    • Surprising Nutrition Advice from a Registered Dietitian
    • Go Green with a Registered Dietitian: It’s National Nutrition Month!
    • 12 Healthy Nut Recipes You Can’t Resist!
    • 8 Great Almond Recipes–Plus Why You Should Eat Them When You’re Pregnant!
    • 5 Reasons Why You Should Eat Peanut Butter (Even When You’re Pregnant)
    • Let Us Eat Chocolate!
    • Five Things You Can Do TODAY to Cut Your Heart Disease Risk!
    • Avocado–Slice One Today!
    • Channel Your Cravings into Something Healthy!
    • Healthiest Restaurant Main Dish Salads
    • Vegetarian Shopping– The A to Z Guide
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    • Building a Better Sandwich
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    • Think Outside the Sandwich for Lunch
    • Blueberries for Breakfast!
    • Caffeine Content: a Mom Need-to-Know
    • Alcohol-Free Drinks for National Margarita Day!
    • Got Allergies? Try these foods!
    • Glycemic Index 101
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    • 5 Reasons Why You Should Eat Sunflower Seeds
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    • 5 Heart Health Myths for Women
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    • Choline for Everyone: The Important Nutrient You’ve Never Heard Of
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    • Food Safety Mistakes to Avoid!
    • Just Say No to Juice for Babies says American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Pesticides: A Risk Factor for ADHD?
    • 4 Skin Moisturizers You Can Eat!
    • 3 Ways to Clean Up Your Beauty Routine
    • 3 Healthy Apps Your Kids Will Love!
    • Hurricane Harvey–Safe Cooking from the Pantry
    • March is National Nutrition Month!
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Earth Day–Enlightening Ideas for Kids

April 12, 2022 by Bridget 1 Comment

Brown sea turtle in the ocean next to large coral. Turtles suffer a lot due to plastic pollution. You can help them by limiting your use of plastics on earth day and every day!

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Living Clean, Parenting Advice Tagged With: bee friendly, bee garden, chemicals, Earth Day, Earth Day 2022, environment, kid-friendly ideas, microplastics, plastic, pollinators, pollution, save the bees

Why You Should Try Pasture-Raised Pork

May 27, 2019 by Bridget Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Living Clean Tagged With: bratwurst, Grass-fed meats, healthy living, humanely raised, natural meats, nutrition, pasture-raised pork, pork chops, uncured ham

Alcohol-Free Drinks for National Margarita Day!

February 21, 2019 by Bridget 10 Comments

Celebrate your #pregnancy with these #alcohol-free drinks. Also great for celebrating #nationalmargaritaday.http://bit.ly/2bp5kfk #pregnant #breastfeeding #healthypregnancydiet #nutrition #nonalcoholic

Filed Under: Eating Fresh, Family Nutrition, Living Clean, Pregnancy, Recipes Tagged With: alcohol-free drinks, morning sickness, National Margarita Day, nonalcoholic, nutrition, pregnant, refreshing, staying hydrated, summer, summer drinks

5 Sandwich Fillings that Avoid Processed Meats

November 27, 2017 by Bridget 4 Comments

Egg and avocado toast--a great alternative to processed meats.

Filed Under: Eating Fresh, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Living Clean, Lunch, Uncategorized Tagged With: beans, cancer risk and processed meats, canned salmon, canned tuna, eggs, nut butter, processed meats, sandwich fillings

3 Ways to Clean Up Your Beauty Routine

April 25, 2017 by Bridget Leave a Comment

Find out how to make your smells safer here!

Filed Under: Healthy Living, Healthy Living, Living Clean, Pregnancy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, carcinogens, clean beauty, cosmetics, Environmental Working Group, FDA, fragrance, living clean, phthalates, pregnancy, reproductive health, safe beauty, Skin Deep, toxic cosmetics

4 Skin Moisturizers You Can Eat!

April 8, 2017 by Bridget Leave a Comment

Try these kitchen ingredients on dry hands:

Filed Under: Health News You Can Use, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Healthy Living, Living Clean Tagged With: avocado, beauty care from your kitchen, beauty products without phthalates, Bridget Swinney RD, coconut oil, dry hands, dry skin, edible moisturizer, EVOO, guacamole, hair conditioner, Laura Scudder's natural peanut butter, moisturizer without fragrance, olive oil, peanut butter, peanut oil, steering clear of environmental chemicals, using kitchen ingredients for skin

Go Green with a Registered Dietitian: It’s National Nutrition Month!

March 17, 2017 by Bridget 7 Comments

Eating advice from 10 Registered Dietitians here: bit.ly/2mQNDYi

Filed Under: Health News You Can Use, Healthy Eating, Living Clean Tagged With: Annie B. Kay, Bridget Swinney, Diane Norwood RD, eating advice, Elizabeth Ward RD, Go Green, healthy eating, Healthy Out of Habit, Lauren Pincus-Harris, national nutrition month, Nutrition Starring You, RD, RDN, registered dietitian, registered dietitian nutritionist, Sarah Koszyk, Stacey Mattinson RD, The Salubrious RD, The Wandering RD, Vicki Santa-Retelny RD, www.eatrightmama.com

12 Healthy Nut Recipes You Can’t Resist!

March 5, 2017 by Bridget 17 Comments

This spicy nut sauce from Macrobalanced is perfect for roasted veggies. Find #health benefits of nuts + 12 yummy #RDN developed recipes here: bit.ly/2m9kS8D

Filed Under: Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Living Clean, Recipes Tagged With: almond butter, almonds, Bestie Almond and Cashew Butter, cashew butter, chia seed, chocolate peanut butter cups, cocoa, cranberry, dates, energy bites, flax seed, gluten-free, healthy nut recipes, hemp seed, nuts, orange, peanut butter, pregnancy, vegan

Holiday Cheer without the Alcohol

November 27, 2016 by Bridget 1 Comment

Celebrate the Fourth Day of Christmas! Get your holiday cheer on without the alcohol! Ideas here at eatrightmama.com bit.ly/2gkcsrN

Filed Under: Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Living Clean, Pregnancy, Trying to Conceive Tagged With: alcohol-free, designated driver, holiday cheer, Izze, LaCroix, mocktails, Reed's Ginger Beer, sans alcohol, SIPP Eco beverages, sparkling water, thirst quenching

Food Safety Mistakes to Avoid!

November 22, 2016 by Bridget 2 Comments

Keep your family healthy by avoiding these 5 Food Safety Mistakes! bit.ly/2g2nq48

Filed Under: Food Safety, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living, Living Clean Tagged With: food borne illness, food safety, foodsafety.gov, how to sanitize sponges, keeping food safe, sanitize, using a quik- read thermometer

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