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Made this Thai-inspired slow cooker chicken with v

Made this Thai-inspired slow cooker chicken with veggies 🥕🌶🥬for my family and it was a hit! 💯

Personally, I love using the slow cooker once or twice a week. While we may be home more than usual these days, it’s still nice to not always have to think about cooking dinner come 5 pm! 👌I happened to make this for an evening when I was helping out with ⚽️ practice and knew I wanted to come home to a dinner that was already ready! 🙌

Let me know in the comments if you would you like the recipe. ⤵️

#slowcookerdinner #slowcookerrecipes #familydinner #familymeal #soccerpractice #soccermom #dietitiansofinstagram #instafood #thaichicken #anthropologie #anthropologiebowl #todayfood #intuitiveeating #cashews #healthfulliving #joyfulliving #raisingboys #parentinglife #whatsfordinner #dinnerideas #mealplan #halsanutrition

Need an afternoon pick me up? 🌻How about one of

Need an afternoon pick me up? 🌻How about one of these pumpkin spice balls? 🎃

They are perfect for fika, a pre-soccer practice snack, and preventing the pre-dinner hangry!

You can find the original recipe on my blog. It’s very simple and I will also share my modified and improved version with you here:

Pumpkin Spice Balls 🧡

Ingredients:
10 Medjool dates, pitted (soften for 5-10 min in warm water if hard)
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup almond flour
1/2 cup sliced/chopped almonds or pecans
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1-2 t cinnamon
1 t ginger
1/8 t nutmeg
1/8 t cloves
1/8 t salt

2 ounces dark chocolate, melted

1. Combine all the great ingredients except chocolate in a food processor. Pulse until a ball starts to form. Keep pulsing until desired texture is reached, pausing occasionally to scrape down the sides as needed.

2. Transfer to a parchment lined rimmed baking sheet. Form into 16 to 18 balls with your hands.

3. Melt chocolate in a double boiler or microwave. Drizzle over the balls. Taste one snd then place the rest in the fridge to cool.

✨TIPS:
-These will keep in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week.
-I love the look of this chocolate drizzle but you could also roll them in mini chocolate chips, which is what I did in my original recipe on the blog.
-You could also use pumpkin pie spice mix instead of all the separate spices. (I didn’t have any!)
-Use the leftover pumpkin to make my pumpkin muffins. Trust me your family will thank you.❤️

#pumpkinspice #blissballs #energyballs #pumpkinballs #pumpkinseason #everythingpumpkin #foodtographyschool #foodtography @foodtographyschool #halsanutrition #familysnack #snackidea #nourishingsnack #medjooldates

Working on shifting yourself and your family away

Working on shifting yourself and your family away from diet culture? How we refer to food, think about food, and write about food matters. ⁠🧡
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Rather than referring to foods as healthy vs. unhealthy, good vs. bad, clean, skinny, guilt-free, junk, or empty calories, here are some non-diet ways to describe foods and recipes:⁠
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✨nourishing ⁠
✨energizing⁠
✨satisfying⁠
✨energy-providing⁠
✨nutrient-dense/rich⁠
✨delicious⁠
✨joy-bringing ⁠
✨fun⁠
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Of course, you can also skip the descriptors and just eat! ⁠
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Food is food. And while I love to say that "all food is good food", it is even more accurate to say that food is neither good/healthy nor bad/unhealthy and shouldn't be labeled that way. ⁠
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Sure, food can taste "good" but that is different from saying/thinking that it is "good" because it is "healthy."⁠
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One can have a healthy or healthful diet that is filled with a variety of nutrient-rich foods, satisfaction, joy-bringing foods, and kind eating habits (such as not feeling guilty after eating a certain food), but one food alone is not "healthy" or "unhealthy."⁠
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And don't even get me started on using other words like "clean" or "skinny" to describe a food or recipe. I know the intentions are often good here, whether trying to show that there are no artificial ingredients or that a food has a reduced fat content, but unfortunately, they only promote diet culture.⁠
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What are your thoughts on this? Any favorite or least favorite words to describe food?
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(And if you find that you often use many of the diet-culture words that I mention, no worries. I am still unlearning diet culture myself and some of my older recipes still have the word "healthy" in their title. It's an ever-evolving learning and relearning process!)⁠😊
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#dietculture #goodfoodbadfood #healthyfood #familynutrition #bodypositivity #eatwithoutguilt #unhealthyfood #intuitiveeating #shiftyourmindset #dietlanguage #gratefulforfood #halsanutrition

Happy Friday! ✨Get outside and, as my friend @je

Happy Friday! ✨Get outside and, as my friend @jessies_feed_rd has said, “wander where the wi-fi is weak.” 🌲(Don’t let a little rain stop you! 😉)

Of course, I’m also planning on getting cozy this weekend. It’s all about balance, right? You need one to really appreciate the other.

Ok, time to make some pizza dough for Friday night pizza and then put my super rain gear on for a 🐶 walk. ☔️

How are you relaxing this weekend?

#friyayvibes #wanderwherethewifiisweak #raisingboys #parentinglife #weekendmood #getoutside #halsanutrition

Let’s hear it for autumn salads! 🌱 The recipe

Looking for a cozy fall weather meal? 🎃This veg

Looking for a cozy fall weather meal? 🎃This vegan slow cooker pumpkin coconut curry by @karalydonrd is just the thing. 🌱

We enjoyed it for dinner and then enjoyed the leftovers for lunch even more. (📷Pictured here!) My kids also loved the white rice that I made with it. 🍚That’s right, you don’t always have to make brown rice! ✨

#karalydonrd #thefoodiedietitian #meatlessmonday #slowcookerrecipes #pumpkincurry #gettingcozy #hyggeliving #halsanutrition

New blog post! ⤴️ Swedish cardamom buns. 💫P

New blog post! ⤴️ Swedish cardamom buns. 💫Perfect for an authentic Swedish Fika ☕️or anytime you want to roll up your sleeves and do a little baking.

My recipe is adapted from the cookbook Fika by @johannakindvall & @annabrones. It’s inspired by my mom’s cardamom buns, “kardemummabullar”. One of my favorite childhood memories is coming home from school to find a batch of fresh made “bullar.” I would eat two or three or four. They were always amazing and extra amazing fresh from the oven. ❤️

#kardemummabullar #cardamombuns #cardamomrolls #cardamomlove #swedishbaking #homemade #halsanutrition #recipeontheblog #foodisculture #foodislove #foodisnourishment #intuitiveeating @foodtographyschool #foodtographyschool #foodtography #pearlsugar #cinnamonrolls #weekendmood #weekendmood

How are you practicing self care? Are you caring f

How are you practicing self care? Are you caring for both your physical and mental health? ✨

Today is #worldmentalhealthday and a good reminder to check in with yourself. Mental health is just as important as physical health and in these challenging times perhaps more fragile.

As someone who has lived with anxiety for years, I know that self care doesn’t necessarily prevent it, but it can affect how I handle it.

How do I practice self care? Mostly, it’s about just making time for myself snd checking in to see what I really need. But it’s also about building these actions into my routine.

My recipe for balance includes: Getting enough sleep, nature walks, ocean walks, meditation, yoga, strength training, bike rides, baking, organizing, watering my plants, volunteering, journaling, writing, taking food photos, my dog, reading a good book, taking baths, getting dressed up, putting on make up, eating well, meeting up with friends, enjoying fika with family or friends, movie nights with my husband, game nights with my kids, talking and laughing with my family and friends, hugging my kids (I’m a hugger!), and, of course, being kind and compassionate to myself. ❤️

Edited to include: limiting alcohol and unplugging.

What does your recipe for mental health include?

As we head into a long weekend just a reminder tha

It’s definitely sweater weather here in New Engl

Chances are you have been having more family dinne

It was back to school in person today for my 7th g

It was back to school in person today for my 7th grader. Overall it sounded like a great first day. However, his one complaint was that there was no snack break and so when he came home around 12:30 (they are doing half days) he was HUNGRY!⁠
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It's no secret that growing tweens and teens need snacks to help bridge the gap between meals. ⁠
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Whether your adolescent is "schooling" from home or at school, it's great to be prepared with a variety of nourishing snacks. From energy bars to yogurt to potato chips to grapes. Believe it or not, all foods can fit into a healthful snacking habit. It's all about how you approach it, which can be tricky for us well-meaning parents. ⁠
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Want more info on this topic? Check out my free download on RD2RD.com (direct link in bio). Just search "teen snack" and look for the Hälsa Nutrition free resource. In addition to my free guide for parents, there are also a couple of downloads that you can purchase and post inside the kitchen pantry for your snack-loving tween or teen.⁠
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Check it out and let me know what you think! And thanks for supporting my passion to help families eat well without the diet mindset. ⁠
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#MondayMotivation #HealthySnacking #snacktime #afterschoolsnacks #backtoschoolsnacks #snackguide #TeenSnacks #TweenSnacks #FreeDownload #RD2RD #parentingTIPS #familynourishment #intuitiveeating #nondietapproach #allfoodscanfit #halsanutrition #education #parenting #schooldays #healthysnack #nourish #freebie #freeprintable #dietitiansofinstagram

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