Healthy Eating

Welcome to our Healthy Eating category, where nutritious meets delicious! Embrace a world of vibrant, whole foods that fuel the body and nourish the soul. Our carefully curated selection of recipes is packed with fresh vegetables, lean proteins, whole grains, and heart-healthy fats, all designed to support a balanced and wholesome lifestyle. Whether you’re looking for a light lunch, a hearty dinner, or something in between, our dishes are created to not only taste great but also make you feel great.

Explore our collection and find your next favorite meal that’s as good for you as it is delightful to eat.

Cooking Basics | Culture of Food | Dinner | Family Dinner | Feeding Kids | Healthy Eating | Life Balance | Lunch Box Food | Picky Eaters | Tips and Tricks | Uncategorized

2016 Round-Up: Best Recipes and Posts to Inspire and Feed You
ByJessica Braider

The end of year is often a great time to take stock of what we have learned and how we have grown and changed. This year has been a big one for The Balanced Kitchen and I am so grateful to all of you for joining me on this journey to make cooking simple and delicious! In an effort…

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Culture of Food | Healthy Eating

How I Survived Stress Eating And How You Can Too
ByJessica Braider

I don’t know about any of you but on Tuesday night, in the midst of my anxiety about the unknown, I resorted to stress eating. Crackers, chocolate chips, and dried mango were my foods of choice. And here’s the thing: in the past I would have hated myself for doing it. I would have negotiated…

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Culture of Food | Dessert | Feeding Kids | Healthy Eating | Life Balance

Managing Treat Season for Ourselves and Our Kids
ByJessica Braider

As much as we may want to live in denial, we are about to enter what I like to call treat season, that time of year from Halloween through New Years when there are seemingly endless supplies of sweet treats. This is a time of year that used to stress me out both because of…

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Culture of Food | Healthy Eating | Life Balance

3 Ways I Let Go of Hating My Body and Learned to Love It (at least a little bit)
ByJessica Braider

On Tuesday night I went to see the new movie Embrace which is an incredibly powerful documentary about the struggles that so many of us face around body image. It discussed the ways in which women are sent messages that their bodies are not good enough and the cycles of self-loathing and shame that build…

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Culture of Food | Dinner | Family Dinner | Healthy Eating | Sides

Baked Egg Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce
ByJessica Braider

This week I have something new to share with you! I was recently accepted into a really special community of food bloggers called Recipe Redux. Each month we are assigned a theme or challenge around which we have to create a new recipe. I am so excited to be a part of this community and…

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Cooking Basics | Family Dinner | Healthy Eating | Life Balance | Quick Dinners | Tips and Tricks

Bare Minimum Cooking: 3 Tricks for Easy Meals During Busy Times
ByJessica Braider

Over the past few days I have been having a lot of conversations with people about how overwhelmed they are feeling. I have come to think that for many of us September is a month of unexpected overwhelm. Here’s my best guess as to why September can be so brutal: for many of us September…

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Dinner | Freezer Cooking | Healthy Eating | Sides | Uncategorized

Roasted Summer Vegetable Dip
ByJessica Braider

We came home this week from our extended trip to Colorado to an overwhelming amount of produce to take care of. So in addition to getting the kids back into the swing of things at school and getting back into my normal rhythms, I have been trying to preserve lots of summer fruits and vegetables. To…

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Dessert | Feeding Kids | Freezer Cooking | Healthy Eating | Lunch Box Food | Sides | Snacks

Homemade Applesauce
ByJessica Braider

The boys and I are out in Colorado for a few weeks, which means lots and lots of time outside on fun adventures from hiking to visiting farms to riding horses. One of the activities that the boys have been most excited about this trip is apple picking in the horse pasture. And can you…

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Baked Goods | Dessert | Healthy Eating

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookies
ByJessica Braider

There are few things I love more than a warm cookie right out of the oven. Even in the middle of summer. There is something so comforting about the warmth, the chewiness, and, of course, the sweetness. When I was a kid the first thing I learned to make on my own was cookies. There…

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Feeding Kids | Healthy Eating | Lunch Box Food | Picky Eaters | Sides | Snacks | Uncategorized

Vegetable Chips
ByJessica Braider

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ebbs and flows of appetite that come with the seasons. For me, during the summer I tend to not be as hungry as I am in the winter. I also tend to crave more fruits, salads, and finger foods. I have also noticed that my boys tend…

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Healthy Eating

2016 Round-Up: Best Recipes and Posts to Inspire and Feed You

How I Survived Stress Eating And How You Can Too

Managing Treat Season for Ourselves and Our Kids

3 Ways I Let Go of Hating My Body and Learned to Love It (at least a little bit)

Baked Egg Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce

Bare Minimum Cooking: 3 Tricks for Easy Meals During Busy Times

Roasted Summer Vegetable Dip

Homemade Applesauce

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookies

Vegetable Chips

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