Family Food Experts

Tired of the same ol', same ol' holiday menus and recipes?  Want to make your favorite holiday recipes healthier and still stir rave reviews?  Lucky for you we have the perfect guest to make these possibilities a reality.  Both my co-host, Kathy Siegel, RD, co-founder of the Nutrition Babes, and I look forward to welcoming our guest, Registered Dietitian Liz Weiss.  Liz is the co-founder of Meal Makeover Moms and a cookbook author (No Whine with Dinner)!  If anyone knows how to do it right, it is Liz! From Cheesy Spinach Bites to Apple Butterscotch Squares. Or how about Avocado Deviled Eggs or Golden Vanilla and Fruit Cake? Both Kathy and Liz will fill your minds with new mouth-watering, and yes, healthier recipes for the holidays!  Get ready to write a new holiday menu! Please, join us in our Family Food Experts Kitchen. live each week, www.W4WN.com. Call in with your questions or share your recipe ideas.  Or, chat in our Chat Room.  Listen in while you all are busy preparing or already enjoying your dinner. See you then! #famfoodexperts. … for the health of your family, ellen (host) Ellen Briggs KidKritics.com

Make your kids feel special during your holiday preparations.  Give them a job in the kitchen!  They will love helping out and will learn so much in the process.  We have loads of healthy recipes and ideas for how to get your kids involved. My co-host, Stacey Antine is Registered Dietitian, mom, and founder of Health Barn USA.  Together we will talk with our guest, Amy Roskelly, mom of 3 and founder of Super Healthy Kids.  You won't want to miss out on this show! Please, join us in our Family Food Experts Kitchen, www.W4WN.com. … for the health of your family, ellen (host) KidKritics.com

Confused about what you should and should not to eat to manage your cholesterol and heart health?  Dr. Jonny Bowden just wrote the book, The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will, which gives you the straight facts about Cholesterol and the real culprits of heart disease. Co-Host and naturopathic physician, Dr. Heather Manley (Author of the children's series: Human Body Detectives), will join me in our Family Food Experts Kitchen to explore The Great Cholesterol Myth with Dr. Jonny, also known as the Rogue Nutritionist.  Get the truth with cholesterol facts and heart disease prevention tips. Be healthy with Dr. Jonny.  Please, join us in our Family Food Experts Kitchen - recipes too! Tune in live each week, www.W4WN.com.  Call in with your questions or share your recipe ideas. Listen in while you all are busy preparing or already enjoying your dinner. See you then!   … for the health of your family, ellen (host) KidKritics.com

Gluten intolerance and celiac disease have become household words. If no one in your immediate family has been diagnosed with either, odds are this epidemic has impacted someone in your extended family or one of your friends.  The good news is there are now delicious Gluten-free products and recipes that everyone will enjoy.  We will be sharing our favorites with you so you can entertain with ease during the holidays and year-round. Co-Host, Tracee Yablon-Brenner, Registered Dietitian and co-author of Simple Food for Busy Moms and Best Food for Your Baby and Toddler,  will join me in our Family Food Experts Kitchen.  Our guest expert on gluten and celiac disease is Alice Blast, Founder of “The National Awareness for Celiac Foundation." Join us in our Family Food Experts Kitchen for some gluten-free delish fun!   www.W4WN.com.  Listen in while you all are busy preparing or already enjoying your dinner. See you then! … for the health of your family, ellen (host) KidKritics.com

Want to spruce up your traditional Thanksgiving Dinner?  You won’t want to miss this show.  Co-Host Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RD (Nutrition Babes) will join me in welcoming turkey expert, Barbara Quijano from Plainville Farms.  Lauren and Barbara are not only food experts, they are also busy moms who know how to create delicious kid-friendly meals. Be ready to take some recipe notes and get excited about serving an updated Thanksgiving meal to your family and friends.  Tune in on, W4WN radio. Listen while you all are preparing or already enjoying your dinner. See you there! … for the health of your family, ellen (host) KidKritics.com

Train Your Kids to be “Sous Chefs” in Time for Thanksgiving Co-Host Stacey Antine, MS, RD (Founder of Health Barn USA, author of Appetite for Life) will join me in welcoming Melinda Hinson Nealy, Everyday Wellness Expert and author of Eat In, Not Out and Finding Life’s Secret Sauce. All of us work with food and kids. We’ll inspire you to hand over some kitchen tasks and tools to your children so they can become your “sous chefs.”  As they say, many hands make for light work!  Why not train them now so they can help you prepare your Thanksgiving Dinner?  Our goal: to turn your kids on to being helping hands in your kitchen all year.  And they will learn so much in the process!  Tune in on W4WN radio. Listen while you all are preparing or already enjoying your dinner. See you then!   … for the health of your family, ellen (host) KidKritics.com

Meet Super Hero, Larry Boy (Larry the Cucumber), star of Veggie Tales “The League of Incredible Vegetables.”   Veggie Tales’ Larry the Cucumber will talk with us about what makes vegetables Super Heroes.  Why they save the day!  Join Larry and Registered Dietitian, Jaimie Proctor, to learn why you should be eating your veggies - they have super powers, you know!   And, if you are afraid of the dark, snakes or anything else, Super Hero Larry Boy (Larry the Cucumber's alter ego) will help you overcome your fears.  Even super heroes are afraid sometimes!    Moms and Dads, be sure to have you kids listen.  You all are going to be amazed by Mike Nawrocki, Executive Vice President of Big Idea Entertainment, Co-Creator of Veggie Tales, and voice of Larry the Cucumber.  He is remarkable, wise and hilarious!!!     Listen while you all are preparing or already enjoying your dinner. Yes, have dinner with Larry the Cucumber! See you then! … for the health of your family, ellen (host) KidKritics.com

“Which Sweeteners are Best – especially for Baking” Sugar, Sugar-Free, Artificial Sweeteners, Stevia, Sucanat, Honey, Maple Syrup … so many choices.  Which ones are best, and which are an absolute no?  If you don’t use sugar, how do you use other sweeteners when making muffins, cookies or even ice cream?  Here in our Family Food Experts Kitchen to give us straight sweet facts along with delicious recipes will be co-host and naturopathic physician, Dr. Heather Manley, author of The Human Body Detectives education series for kids.  Our guest the Sugar-Free Mom, Brenda Bennett has 3 children and has a passion for cooking, entertaining, and creating healthy recipes without white refined sugar and white flour. Tune in to find out which are the safest sweeteners for your family! … for the health of your family, ellen (host) KidKritics.com

Real foods can be real fun on Halloween.  Co-host, Tracee Yablon-Brenner, RD, of Real Food Moms, is a dietitian, chef and author.  She is full of simple, yet super delicious Halloween treats you can make for or with your kids and their friends.  Be a hit without filling them with junk on this holiday.  Joining us will be Monica Clem from Wholesome Sweeteners.  She collects recipes that you can make and not feel guilty about when serving them.  Hope you have a delicious, creepy, crawly healthier halloween! (Really, it is possible!) … for the health of your family, ellen (Host) Kid Kritics Approved

Looking for ways to afford healthier foods your family will love this Fall without breaking the bank?  Facing the holidays wondering how you are going to pay for traditional feasts and throw parties for family and friends with delicious fresh foods?  Co-hosts, Kathy Siegel and Lauren Harris-Pincus (The Nutrition Babes) will join me to give you budget friendly buying and cooking tips for this season.  Plus, Valerie Berkowitz, RD and author (The Stubborn Fat Fix), will throw in her two-cents.  She has four kids, lots of family, and we call her the “Budget Queen.”  If there is a way to cut corners without cutting nutrition, she knows them it – she knows them all.  Putting it mildly, this show is a budget saver you can’t afford to miss. … inspiring families to be healthy with every bite! ellen

Stews, soups, salads, meatballs, burgers and even healthier fries – the Family Food Experts will share kid-friendly ways to use root vegetables such as carrots, beets and even parsnips and cassava when serving your family delicious meals.  Get lots of nutrients with low-cost, mouth watering Fall root vegetables! Join me along with my co-host, Registered Dietitian Stacey Antine, MS, RD (Health Barn USA) and our special guest, Chef Mary Papoulias-Platis (California Greek Girl).  … inspiring families to be healthy with every bite! ellen Host (Kid Kritics Approved)

The truth about GMO Food with Dr. Heather Manley, Naturopathic Physician and author of the Human Body Detectives book series, along with food expert, Kimberly Stewart, author of Eating Between the Lines.  Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in the food supply are a reality.  When you eat GMO food, will it affect your health?  What does the research say?  Do you have a right to know whether or not your food contains GMO ingredients?  How do you know which foods or ingredients are genetically modified?  Why does it matter?  You won’t want to miss this show.  Your health may depend on it!

Short on time?  Short on quick healthy dinner ideas for your family?  Host Ellen Briggs of the Kid Kritics Approved program, along with co-host, Tracee Yablon Brenner, a Registered Dietitian from Real Food Moms have a library of yummy easy to make dinners for families.    Tracee is the author of Simple Food for Busy Families.  We'll give you quick, healthy dinner ideas that taste good and your kids will love!  Tune into the Family Food Experts Kitchen live each week W4WN.com.  Look forward to chatting with you! … for the health of your family, ellen Ellen Briggs

If you struggle with school lunches because you have no time to make them, or, you have just plain run out of ideas,  The Nutrition Babes will save your day!  Kathy Siegel, RD, CDN and Lauren Harris-Pincus, MS, RD are both are Registered Dietitians and working moms.  And boy, do they know how to cook healthy delicious food for kids.  Tune in for their answers on how to pack a healthy lunch box that your kids are sure to love!  Meet the Nutrition Babes on our new Family Food Experts internet radio talk show (W4WN.com). … for the health of your family, ellen Ellen Briggs (Kid Kritics Approved)

We are going LIVE with a NEW Talk Radio Show.  The Family Food Experts is now a composite of food and nutrition experts.  One will co-host with me every week.  There will be prized promotions, too. Listen to find our more!