Tara
Tara is mom to two energetic daughters Bianca and Iyla. Passionate about inspiring others to cook healthy, delicious and allergy-friendly food, she owns Yummy Sprout, which provides healthy culinary adventures through classes and more. Check out yummysprout.com. Tara has been featured in the Wisconsin State Journal and on Channel 3 WISC-TV on topics including “making your own baby food”, “cooking with kids” and “packing healthy school lunches”. She adores living in Madison and all it has to offer family life. Her favorite ways to spend time include messing up her kitchen while recipe testing, running, yoga, writing, painting, traveling and reading books with her girls.
Springtime Suppers
When I was growing up our evening meal was always called supper. I'm not sure when I started calling it dinner, likely when I started...
15 Life Lessons I Learned From My Three Year Old
Be willing to improvise: Shoes = erasers for sidewalk chalk.
Don’t pigeonhole yourself: It’s perfectly acceptable to change your favorite color daily (or even hourly).
Never...
Kitchen Art Projects
Food can be great inspiration for art project fun! It's spring here in Wisconsin, which means lots of time at the park and riding bikes...
Interview With A Mom – Karin Swanson
We are starting a new series - INTERVIEW WITH A MOM... interviewing local moms about themselves. With a goal of connecting us even more as...
Sandwich Sushi
The Sandwich...an important part of American cuisine. So many possibilities and yet they can get a little mundane and repetitive. How about sprucing that...
Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins
This recipe is so easy it's almost unfair how delicious it tastes. Carrot cake that has only a few ingredients, is crazy-healthy and makes...
Vacation Style 101
It's here, it's here, it's here! Spring is finally here! Our frozen Wisconsin tundra is beginning to thaw, the sun is shining and spring...
Minimize Me
Hello, my name is Tara and I am a "Self Minimizer". No, I don't have a shrink ray or a time machine. I am guilty...
Five Ways to Teach Healthy Eating Outside the Kitchen
Teaching our children about healthy food and how it nourishes them is important to their development. Obviously having our children help us in the kitchen is...
Snack Attack {25 Baby and Toddler Snacks}
Babies and toddlers are just beginning their adventures with food. Starting them out with real, healthy food can help pave the way for a...
Sweetheart Meals – Date Night In
Ah, Valentine's Day...the most romantic day of the year, oh wait I'm a mom. But seriously as parents we don't exactly get a ton of...
Curing the Lunchbox Blues
February is that time of year in our house that we start to get the blues. Winter blues, school blues, lunchbox blues...you name it and...