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(Video) D.W.’s Unicorn Adventure App Review

D.W. Unicorn adventure app

Healthy eating is essential, and contrary to television kids do like to eat vegetables.  Rock for one, is a huge fan of vegetables.  Honestly, he loves them so much I could imagine him becoming a vegetarian when he gets older.  Coming from a family of meat eaters the concept is just crazy.  Even if your little one(s) are not as avid vegetable eaters as Rock, it still never hurts to start building healthy eating habits early.  The key  is  making it fun! One way to do this is by incorporating games which focus on helping kids recognize healthy foods.  We had the fortunate opportunity to try out one of PBS kids latest apps: D.W.’s Unicorn Adventure.  For those of you not familiar with D.W., she is the little sister to the most famous aardvark I know Arthur. Developed especially for kids aged 4-6, Children must help D.W. save a unicorn by using the power of health food, more specifically Rainbow foods (vegetables of various colors like strawberries, plums, egg plant, … [Read more...]

LATISM Healthy Living Campaign Project and Twitter Party 1/11/12

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By Eddy Being healthier seems to be everyone number one New Year’s resolution.  Yet, as you get older the more important the goal becomes, especially when you have kids.  As far as D is concerned, I am required to live at least until I am 94. With that said I have not been as stead fast on that goal as I should be.  There is always the standard excuse of “I’m too tired after work” or “I just want to spend time with my boys” but in the end it comes down to having the will and determination to keep things going. I recently heard on the radio that losing weight is impossible, once the body gets rid of the “fat” weight the body will always try to get back to being “fat” again (so it is a uphill battle).  The advice given by the Radio Host is don’t get fat, gee thanks for that! I guess any one over weight should just wait for the cold grip of death then.   But, rather than just give up and start stuffing myself with chocolate, I decided to change how I … [Read more...]

Chicken Loaf – Sabroso Saturday

Healthy Chicken Loaf

By Divina This is a favorite at the Dancing Hotdogs Household and when I got contacted by Maggi to try out a basket full of goodies. I just had to pass this on to you.  I substitute ground beef for a combination of ground chicken and ground turkey for great flavor but a lot less calories. Ingredients: Chicken loaf 2lb ground chicken or ground turkey (or go half and half like we do it) ½ cup of fine breadcrumbs 1 large egg 1 medium onion diced ¼ cup of ketchup 1 teaspoon of Maggi Caldo Sabor a Pollo seasoning 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 hard boiled eggs … [Read more...]