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.
Questions My Six Year Old Asks Me
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Kids are curious. About everything. After I came up with the idea of writing a post about all of the questions my six year old asks me in the car she suggested we make...
Postpartum-Friendly Fashion
When I was pregnant with my first child, I must admit I gave little to no thought about my postpartum body and wardrobe. Sure it would take a little time but I should go straight back...
Cozy Comfort Foods
What is it about winter that makes you want to cuddle up in a snuggly, wear pjs all day and eat leftovers straight from storage containers? Maybe it's the human form of hibernation. What...
Resolution Worthy Recipes
Happy New Year! Most of us have some resolutions for 2015, whether written down, typed on our phones or in our heads we all have goals and ways we want the new year to...
Six Breast Milk Boosting Recipes for Nursing Moms
One of the most important issues to parents (and moms in particular) focuses on...yep, you guessed it - boobs! Once you have a a baby there will be much focus around those babies. From making...
The Perfection of Imperfection
When I was pregnant with my first child I had plans. I had an image in my head of what life would look like, feel like...be. Before me lay a clean, white, crisp paper....
More Healthy Holiday Snacks
It's a fun and festive time of year and the perfect chance to get your kiddos in the kitchen. Last year I shared some fun holiday snack recipes and this year I have even more...
Pistachio Chocolate Bark
Tuesday evening we had a wonderful time with many moms from the community at our Mom's Night Out event. It was a great night of fun and my business Yummy Sprout was able to cater some...
Caramel Pumpkin Granola
It's mid-November (although it feels like January here in Wisconsin) and Pumpkins are still in style and living it up in the limelight! Here is one of my favorite recipes using pumpkin. It's a great...
Harvest Cranberry Dip
If your family is anything like mine than your plan of enjoying Thanksgiving dinner around noon turns into three or four pm. Somehow no matter who is hosting; my parents, siblings or my husband and...
Healthy Fish Sticks
Kids LOVE dipping things. Sometimes by simply changing the shape of a food you can get them to try and even like a food. My girls have always been a bit unsure when it came...
9 Easy Meals for Parents Who “Hate to Cook”
I often get asked for easy meal ideas by parents who preface this request with the statement: "I hate to cook". The truth is it's easy to "hate to cook". Making food can be...