Food

We have a lot of family and social gatherings during the warmer months and my Watermelon Salad Bowl Recipe is always a great hit with kids and adults alike. It's also easy to make and perfect for hot summer days! When having a family gathering, or party with friends, I try to be creative. I like [...]

FreshDirect + Foodily Make Meals Pop Right into Your Cart with their newest online recipe tool called PopCart. Work, school, and everyday responsibilities can sometimes sap our spirit, especially when the to-do list seems longer than the day. Finding a way to take some of that time back so that you stress less, and enjoy [...]

My youngest son is 13, a teenager going through a growth spurt. He enjoys playing sports, particularly football - the American football, not soccer. It's hard on his body. He's already had a few injuries but that doesn't stop him. No siree bob. He'll get back up and run back out! He may not know [...]

The author received sample products to facilitate this giveaway. However, this in no way influenced the author’s opinions. Her love of Hispanic cuisine, and the products needed to create those scrumptious meals, was established years ago. Food was a huge part of my life growing up. Although my Mom did not like to cook (and [...]

This post is part of the National School Lunch Week with Healthy Food! A MomsRising Blog Carnival. Take a moment to read and comment on this and other thoughtful blogs, then tell MomsRising your story. Our stories, yours and mine, are powerful and are what led administrators to set these rules in place. His morning [...]

The author received sample products to facilitate this review/giveaway. Other than enhancing the author's meals, no other compensation was received. With the school year gearing up, and more time on my hands, I cook more often. It feels more enjoyable when the kids are not belting out demands for their favorite meals and I get [...]

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a sponsored The Breakfast Project with Katie Couric, the award-winning journalist, best-selling author, talk show host, and Daytime Emmy nominee. Yup, THAT Katie Couric. I had a fabulous time chatting with Katie over an intimate breakfast. It was comprised of 3 bloggers, myself included, and [...]

After attending the MomsRising Food Power conference in New York conference, I was inspired to create my very first infographic! While researching numbers, I was shocked to find out that Hispanics have the highest childhood and adolescent obesity rate. I'm sure this is caused by our connection with food. Growing up my familia had an [...]

GIVEAWAY ENDED Recently, we shared Latina On a Mission's latest collaboration, a sponsored partnership with ConAgra Foods, on an initiative called Child Hunger Ends Here. Joining with celebrities, like Cody Simpson and Amber Riley,  we've worked to end child hunger, by entering ConAgra Foods product codes into the widget found on my right-hand sidebar and asked [...]