Sparkle Stories Blog

In the story, Martin and his friends make beautiful, natural art projects for Mother Earth. For this week's recipe, we're keeping those ideas of beautiful and natural, but switching back to doing something for our own mothers — a lovely Mother's Day breakfast tart. We've provided an easy-to-follow, kid-friendly recipe.

Nutrition expert Margaret Connor shares some suggestions from her own home, where her kids eat a spectacularly broad range of foods.

One of the best cold remedies I know of, for children and adults, is elderberry syrup. Use this fun and easy tutorial to learn to make your own!

Wild edibles are nature’s gift of free food. The original super foods packed with vitamins and minerals and that little bit of extra wild energy.

There are many reasons to make a steaming cup of evergreen tea. The warmth alone can be the reason on a rainy day to give comfort to cold fingers and chilly bodies.

Staying fueled when you’re working hard is key to motivation and success.

Inspired by the bright orange color of Ty's Monarch butterflies, the following smoothie uses citrus-y clementines as a fruit base, but feel free to sub in whatever fruit will tempt your children long enough to sit at the table.

Beyond keeping everyone's blood glucose on an even keel, a well put together airplane snack box can also be a great way to pass some time as you're soaring through the air.

This week's recipe is risgrøt, a Norwegian rice porridge that is often served at breakfast on Christmas Eve. As with most traditional recipes, there are as many ways to make it as there are stars in the winter sky. On the first truly cold day of fall, I tested a few and discovered three things.

Here are a few ideas for snack combinations that are delicious and satisfying after a day of heavy play. They're all three vegetarian, and (with the substitution of a gluten-free tortilla, which is easy enough to find these days), the first two are gluten-free.