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5-Minute Lentil Tomato Salad

Did you know February is Heart Health Month? Here at EatSmart, we are dedicated to bettering the lives of our customers through encouraging a healthy lifestyle. We encourage our readers to learn ...

Heart Healthy Honey Basil Fruit Salad

Here at EatSmart, we're continuing to celebrate Heart Health Month with another nutritious recipe! This week, we are featuring a Honey Basil Fruit Salad, which blends together 3 healthy fruits with...

Perfect Paleo Crepes (with Orange Sauce)

Ingredients: Equipment: Any blender or hand mixer is helpful but not required. An 8-inch skillet, nonstick if possible. 4 large eggs 4 tablespoons thin unsweetened coconut milk or filtered...

5 Reasons Why Watermelon Is Wonderful

Watermelon. It’s refreshing, sweet, light and low calorie. This juicy fruit is an excellent after dinner sweet treat and great in other ways too! I love it in salads, soups, drinks, smoothies, froz...

Flipping The Switch

Let’s face it, many of us in America need to lose weight. And for that to occur, one thing has to happen: expend more energy than we take in. When this happens, our body turns inward and starts usi...

10 Processed Foods to Avoid Giving Your Kids

We throw around the term “processed food” quite a bit, though many of us don’t actually understand what it means. In simple terms, it refers to raw produce or meat that’s taken and used to produce ...

10 iPhone Apps for Tracking Kids Nutritional Needs

Guest post by journalist and health advocate, Suzanne Cullen. Keeping up with what your child needs, what she doesn’t need, and what she’s actually eating can be difficult, but it’s also essential...

The Ban and the Big Gulp

I found the uproar that followed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s announcement last week very interesting as he proposed a municipal ban on the sale of sodas and other sugary drinks that are larger tha...

5 High Protein Snack Ideas for Kids

According to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the protein needs in children change and increase as they get older. For instance, a child 2 to 3 years old requires 13 to 50g of protein per ...

7 Tips for Eating Healthy While Traveling

Guest post by Abby Phon, certified Holistic Health Coach at feedyourmindbodyspirit.com. I LOVE to travel and do it as often as I can. I also love to feel and look good too. I don't think traveling...