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Pumpkin Hummus Recipe
You know it’s fall once the pumpkin-flavored treats hit the shelves. While the hype around pumpkin spiced lattes and pumpkin pies are completely warranted, savory pumpkin dishes are few and far between. This hummus recipe is a great way to diversify your autumn palette. It’s earthy, delicious, and chock-full of fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin…
Mini Beet Burger Recipe
Beets. Black Beans. Quinoa. Onion. Spices. This grown-up version of Yumi’s Beet Burger blend can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Super Power Muffins Recipe
It’s difficult to find options that are both healthy and convenient for little ones. Most convenient options aren’t healthy, and healthy options can be way too time-consuming. Your little one is rapidly growing, and the tummy grumbles make round-the-clock appearances. Once the hangry sets in, you are looking at an epic mini meltdown. These muffins…
Instant Pot Veggie Stew Recipe
No matter the weather, a good veggie stew is always in season. If it’s been a long day and you need something comforting, or if you’re just looking for an excuse to use your Instant Pot, this recipe is quick, easy, and healthy.
Vegan Coconut Yogurt Drops Recipe
With summer fast approaching, it is the perfect time to drop this refreshing recipe! These drops melt quickly in a baby’s mouth. Made with unsweetened yogurt, and a fruit or vegetable puree, it’s a great way to use up any extra Yumi you have lying around. The best part? It takes less than 5 minutes…
Oat, Pecan, & Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Finding a balance between eating healthy and indulging occasionally is a real art. We want to give our bodies the best, most nutritious foods possible – and we want to teach our children how to do the same. However, sometimes we just want a damn cookie.
Healthy Chocolate Pancakes Recipe
Pancakes have a pretty great reputation in the eyes of kids–you can make them into fun shapes and add endless toppings. Pancakes always hit the spot, and even the pickiest half-pint will gobble up these secretly super healthy ones. To make life easier, you can prepare the batter in a blender–that means no whisking or…
Cauliflower Tots Recipe
With summer fast approaching, it is the perfect time to drop this refreshing recipe! These drops melt quickly in a baby’s mouth. Made with unsweetened yogurt, and a fruit or vegetable puree, it’s a great way to use up any extra Yumi you have lying around. The best part? It takes less than 5 minutes…
Crispy Beet Chips Recipe
We hate throwing away rotten vegetables; food waste guilt is real. An easy way to never let your veggies go to waste is to turn them into chips.
Healthy Holiday Cookie Recipes
We’re not here to be cookie monsters, we’re just trying to keep your babe from becoming one.
Lactation Pro Rebecca Agi Answers The 4 Questions She’s Always Asked
Rebecca Agi guides mothers through one of the most exciting (and challenging) periods: breastfeeding. For many first time moms, breastfeeding is daunting and anxiety-inducing. No matter how much you prep for motherhood, sometimes, it just doesn’t come easy. Thankfully, people like Rebecca exist.
The Food Therapist by Shira Lenchewski, MS, RD
A book that makes you feel more sane– instead of less– is worth its weight in gold. Shira Lenchewski, MS, RD, an L.A.-based dietitians and a national expert on nutrition, delivers that and a side of cauliflower popcorn with her new book, The Food Therapist. In a nutshell, it’s a guide to repairing your relationship…
Kabocha Squash Pie Recipe
Crunchy Cashew Crust. Smooth and Creamy Kabocha Squash Filling. Sweet and Salty Pepita & Pistachio Topping. All the textures you want from a pie – without the sugar overload.
Why This Doula Tells Her Clients to Eat 4,000 Calories
Nicole Rice is one of the most sought after birth and postpartum doulas in Los Angeles and is the founder of Countertop, an upcoming food startup.
Let’s Talk Finger Foods
Your newborn’s diet is fairly simple. Your babe will drink milk or formula for the first few months. Around 6 months, they will begin their introduction to solid foods.
What You Can Do About Paid Family Leave
In 2020, we found the 95% of the Yumi audience remain women. Perhaps this stagnant statistic does not surprise you. Such extreme lopsidedness reflects a reality virtually every mom knows to be true — women are overwhelmingly expected to make the bulk of household decisions. Nevermind that 70 percent of moms are also part of…
A Nutritionist’s 4 Tips for Avoiding Overly Sugary Holidays
Oh the holidays. Treats and sweets, pies and potatoes; over the next few weeks, we’re set to carbo-load and slink into food comas. But, considering sugar addiction is real and begins early, keeping the sugary foods out of baby’s grasp is important, even over the holiday months. Still, the holidays are a time of great…
Why This Venture Capitalist Has Zero Tolerance for Mom-Shaming
Elizabeth Weil is an ultra-marathon runner, a venture capitalist, and a mother. She has 1-year-old twins and a toddler. Her husband Kevin is also a competitive ultra-marathoner and The Head of Product at Instagram. Below, Elizabeth answers the question, “How does she do it?” Apparently, it takes ruthless time management, a healthy dose of parenting…
These Ingredients Are Known to Counteract Heavy Metals
Heavy metals are all around us, which means they have a tendency to seep into our foods. A 2021 report found that, “commercial baby foods are tainted with significant levels of toxic heavy metals”. This can be an alarming statistic for parents. Thankfully, there are foods that counteract and/or “bind” toxins.
