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Salmon Chowder
Kathleen Terracina, MA, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Size Inclusive Fitness Specialist at Current Wellness in Raleigh, NC shared her favorite holiday recipe with us. This salmon chowder ...
Rosemary Sourdough Mushroom Stuffing
Wendy Sterling, Registered Dietitian, Author of How to Nourish Your Child Through An Eating Disorder; No Weigh! A Teen’s Guide to Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom; and Raising Body Positive ...
The Best Roast Potatoes
Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast Co-host, Anna Macaky's favorite holiday dish. This is the one dish that we will always, always have at family holiday celebrations. ...
Tips for Navigating the Holidays and Favorite Recipes from 12 Anti-Diet Experts
Do you enjoy the holidays, but not the diet talk that is often a part of holiday celebrations? We have compiled tips and recipes to help your holidays be free of diet culture! Or at least, help you ...
Gift Guide: Anti-Diet and Pro-Body Books for Adults
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Diet-Free Language: Language of Trust
Diet culture has seeped into the way we talk and the way we parent. What is diet culture? Diet culture is the idea that certain bodies and ways of eating are morally superior to others. Diet culture ...
Our Favorite Lunch Packing Supplies
*To support and grow Sunny Side Up Nutrition we sometimes earn a commission on affiliate links. Hi! Elizabeth here. It's that time of year again. I love seeing everyone's first day of school ...
Diet-Free Back-to-School Resources!
It’s that time of year again, children are heading back to school. As you and your child transition back to school, we've pulled together diet-free back-to-school resources to support you and your ...
Nutrition Education for Kids
It's Summertime! In North Carolina, Summer means an abundance of amazing tomatoes, berries, and peaches and a great time to teach children nutrition education! Instead of teaching kids about nutrients ...
Camp Should Be Diet-Free! A Camp Staff Training
We first posted our Diet-Free Camp Culture Staff Training in May 2019. Then we posted it again in 2021, because many summer camps opened back up after being closed in 2020 due to the pandemic. We ...
10 Truths We Wish All Parents Knew About Food and Bodies
Our 50th podcast episode! We typically interview experts in a variety of fields. For our 50th podcast episode (click here to listen), we decided to honor the way our podcast started - with the 3 of ...
5 Letters for Parents and Caregivers
Have you ever spotted diet culture at your child’s school? We have! It may have been an assignment about “good” and “bad” foods. It may have been a well-meaning staff member commenting on your ...
Easy, Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
I have 3 children who love macaroni and cheese in any form. Boxed? Love it. Homemade? Love it. School cafeteria? Love it. Microwave? Love it. I didn’t grow up eating macaroni and cheese, but I’ll ...
Resources for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Anna and I have each worked in the field of eating disorders for almost 20 years. In our work, we’ve seen firsthand the devastating impact eating disorders can have on individuals and their families. ...
Is Love "Healthy?"
Valentine’s Day is the day of love! I think of red roses, chocolate and conversation hearts. Valentine’s Day reminds me of card exchanges in elementary school or feeling hopeful for a special, ...
Pasta with Bacon and Brussels Sprouts
Who doesn’t love bacon and Brussels together? Added bonuses, this pasta with bacon and Brussels sprouts is relatively quick to make and it reheats well for Thermos lunches! What else do you need in ...
Tips for #dietfreeholidays
It's that time of year again! The holidays can bring joy and excitement and wonderful holiday food traditions! Unfortunately, often the holidays are also greatly influenced by diet culture. We are ...
Holiday Gift Guide 2021
The holidays are upon us! There seems to be a little more excitement in the air compared to a year ago. Although things may not be “back to normal” for many, we hope there will be more family and ...
Our Holiday Recipes Plus Tips to Navigate the Holidays
Family Holiday Recipes We’ve entered the holiday season and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Maybe you’re headed to celebrate with family or friends. What dish do you like to contribute? ...
The Spooky Language of Halloween
Halloween is just around the corner! We get so many questions about how to navigate Halloween candy (and food at other holidays) that we thought it made sense to reshare this post from last year. We ...
Molasses Spice Cookies
It’s fall y’all! I love making these molasses spice cookies as the weather starts to cool off and the leaves start to turn. Of course, you don’t have to wait for fall! They taste great any time of the ...
An Alarming Eating Disorders Epidemic
We are experiencing an epidemic of eating disorders in our country. Eating disorder rates have significantly increased during the pandemic. Hospitals are full and there are long waiting times for ...
5 Tips That Will Leave You Feeling Confident About Feeding Your Kids
Confidence means you believe in your abilities. Feeding confidence means you’re able to trust yourself to offer your children a variety of foods in a structured, supportive, nurturing, diet-free ...
Spinach Lasagna: An Easy Meal for a Return to Busy Nights
The quarantines of the pandemic have led to many people appreciating more simplified schedules. For me, it's seemed to have the opposite affect. I’ve come to appreciate more the activities that my ...
Dreading School Lunch Packing? Tips for Getting the Job Done!
August is here. Which means it’s back to school time in my house. This is a big year of transition for us! I have a child starting high school, one starting middle school, and one starting elementary ...
Summer Tomato Basil Pie
The combination of tomato and basil is quintessential summer. Add a store bought pie crust, some garlic, grated cheeses and mayo and you’ve got yourself a summer tomato basil pie. I make this recipe ...
Teaching Children Nutrition: What's In Season?
Summertime in North Carolina means an abundance of amazing tomatoes, berries and peaches. I always look forward to the July 4th weekend in Raleigh, when we can forage and pick blackberries and if we ...
"Go-to" Summertime Meals
Summer is here! And it’s hot out! Which means I’m in the mood to cook and eat different foods than during the rest of the year. There's also an abundance of fruits and veggies in season during the ...
5 Snack Tips for Kids (and Adults, too!)
This post was first published in June 2018, and updated June 2021. Want to keep snacks simple and structured? Download our resource, 20 Simple Snack Ideas + 5 Tips, and have this information on ...
The Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast
My Facebook memories recently reminded me of our 1 year podcast anniversary! Yes, we started a podcast during the pandemic. Our podcast came to life thanks to soon-to-be registered dietitian, Anna ...
Diet-Free Well Child Visits
I took my children to each of their well child visits over the last several weeks. It was the first time we had been to the pediatrician’s office in over a year. During the pandemic, there has been so ...
15-Minute Lentil Ragout
When was the last time you packed lunch for your kids? For me, the date was March 15, 2020. Then, last week, when my 13-year-old started back to school in-person/hybrid, I went back to packing lunch. ...
5 Tips to Nurture Body Confidence & Trust in Teens
Teens are watching and learning from adults all the time. While they are figuring out who they are and becoming more independent, they very much need the adults in their lives. They are watching ...
7 Tips for When Your Teen Says They're Going Vegetarian
What's the concern with teens going vegetarian or vegan? When a teen wants to go vegetarian or vegan, that can be a red flag. Anytime a teen wants to make a change in they way they're eating, it's ...
Let's Talk About Sugar
by: Le'Vena Tan, Nutrition Masters Student & Guest Post Writer From sugar taxes, listing added sugar on nutrition labels, to words like ‘’toxic”, ''poison”, ''evil” constantly being used to ...
Garlic Shrimp with Feta - A New "Go-To" Meal
A couple of years ago, I wrote about my annual tradition of taking stock of my family's dinner meals on our long drive back from Ohio over the holidays. I’m not someone who makes New Year’s ...
Gift Guide: 7 Favorite Food-Related Gifts
By: Elizabeth and Anna This year, we decided we’d do a new Gift Guide with our 7 favorite food-related gifts. They’re a mix of gifts we like to give and gifts we like to receive - from homemade ...
#dietfreeholidays
I love holiday picture books. I have memories from when I was a child of special holiday books being brought out of storage in December, along with the Christmas decorations. The books felt rare, ...
Spiced Pumpkin Bread - One More Pumpkin Bread Recipe Can't Hurt!
Why would I share a pumpkin bread recipe when there are already millions out there? I’ve made many of those recipes and this one from The Foster's Market Cookbook that I’ve adapted over the years is ...