It can be challenging to fix meals for kids with food allergies. Here to help are Children’s Executive Chefs Chris Hensel and Latoya Crommedy, and Registered Dietitian April Clark. Enjoy watching as our experts demonstrate how to cook five recipes that are free of the top eight allergens: milk, egg, wheat, soy, peanut, tree nut, [...]

You’ve grown the vegetables, now harvest them for this delicious soup recipe from the Clinical Nutrition department at Children’s Medical Center. Ingredients: 4 cups fat-free chicken broth 2 cups water 2 8-ounce cans of diced or crushed tomatoes 2 cups fresh or frozen carrots 1 pound of cubed potatoes 1 cup diced cauliflower 1 cup [...]

If you haven’t noticed a national push to lower childhood obesity rates, then you’re not paying attention. Major cities and school districts are trying new approaches in their lunchrooms, and programs like First Lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign, Let’s Move, are encouraging parents to get their kids fit. Some areas of the country already are [...]

Like most, your Thanksgiving meal probably means a feast of many different sides in addition to the turkey and desserts. But there’s no reason why you couldn’t prepare healthy versions of those sides to help make the meal a bit more nutritious. Lindsey Mazanec, M.S., R.D./L.D., a clinical dietitian at Children’s, has whipped up a [...]