Summer is the season for slowing down, enjoying long evenings, and savoring all your favorite foods. Firing up the grill for a cookout is one way to combine all of these seasonal favorites. We want to help you elevate your grilling game to new creative heights this summer with grilled pizza! GIE’s own Aubrey Phelps likes to fire up the grill for pizza night every Friday. She shared with us her go-to recipe for making this family-favorite food.
When toddlers and older children begin eating, parents often prefer to feed them to ensure they consume more food. However, one key rule in feeding is that "you only get to put food in your own mouth." This can seem counterintuitive in weaning, where parents aim to shift from tube feeding to oral feeding. The true goal of weaning is to help children become independent eaters, not to replace medical feeding with parental feeding. Successful weaning involves parents supporting their children in learning how to self-feed, fostering autonomy and independence in eating.
As our month-long celebration of mom continues, three more members of our GIE team share memorable mom stories and recipes. We hope you enjoy the heartwarming account of how Kaytie’s daughter is overcoming mealtime struggles with more visually appealing foods, while Amanda and Aubrey share stories that highlight the bond between mother and child when baking warm, delicious comfort foods that forever remind us of home.
it is important to remember that goal of tube weaning is not just about getting rid of the tube. It is about growing a lifelong happy, healthy relationship with eating. And healthy relationships grow over time. So when you worry that progress is slow, remind yourself that slow growth is sustainable growth: flowers don’t bloom overnight, just like eating doesn’t open the second you cut tube feeds.
There is so much to celebrate this spring – including Mother’s Day. This month, we want to honor and thank all of our GIE moms. We wouldn’t be able to share our passion and love for tube weaning if it weren’t for all of you opening your hearts and your homes to all of us.
We have asked our wonderful GIE team to reflect on their own Mother’s Day memories and share treasured recipes and stories with all of you. Our first feature this month is from Kirstin Nelson, Registered Dietitian.
Our gut microbiome is influenced by factors such as genetics, age, geographical location, antibiotic use, diet, exercise, and stress level. While not all of these factors are modifiable, we do have the ability to alter our diet to optimize the health of our microbiome. Foods that help the gut thrive are those that contain prebiotics and probiotics.
Asparagus makes a tasty and healthful addition to the diet. In addition to being delicious, asparagus spears are packed with dietary fiber, vitamins A, C, E, K, and B6, and minerals like folate, iron, copper, and calcium.
Take advantage of the nutrition and health benefits these tender spears offer with this comforting creamy soup.
This month we are featuring asparagus, just in time for Easter, so let’s talk stalks!
Asparagus can be prepared many ways including grilled, roasted, steamed, stir-fried, or boiled. Tossing asparagus with a creamy Hollandaise sauce is a quick and easy side dish for any weeknight meal and fancy enough to feature on your table for Easter brunch.
Spring is the season of new beginnings. As greener, warmer days arrive so will your garden veggies.
This spring, awaken your tastebuds to the season’s flavors by incorporating your garden harvest into soups, salads, sides, and entrees for a great taste that will get you off to a promising start to spring.
Join us as we renew, refresh, and reinvent one of our favorite spring recipes. This chunky veggie dip is so good scooped up on a cracker, or just eaten off a spoon.
Explore your child's growth metrics with percentiles and z-scores. While percentiles gauge standing among peers, z-scores offer nuanced deviations from the mean, aiding in diagnoses. Assess your child's well-being holistically by examining development, mental health, learning ability, and social interactions.
If you’re looking to make an indulgent treat this Valentine’s Day, sure to feed your soul and taste buds, try Aubrey’s truffle recipe. The transformation of chocolate and cream into chocolate truffles offer a delicious rich and smooth taste that will satisfy even the biggest sweet tooth’s chocolate craving.
Clementines are the smallest variety of mandarin orange but offer big taste. This naturally sweet and juicy citrus fruit is great for kids to eat by themselves because they are seedless, easy to peel, and has a soft flesh that is easy to chew. Mandarin oranges are also delicious in desserts and complement sweet flavors like in this yummy clementine dip we’ve got for you this month!
