Hidden Treasures: Sneaking Love and Health into Every Bite

By Gina D. Diamond M.Ed.

Do you have a picky eater in your household? Do you stay awake at night wondering if your children are getting the nutrition they need to be healthy now and in the future? Are you worried that the nutrition you do get in them isn't being absorbed properly? Do you think your kids are getting sick too often? Are you stressed out and spending too much time trying to get your kids to eat well? Are you fed up with being the "bad guy" because you care that your loved ones aren't consuming maximum nutrition?

You are not alone! I know this can be downright frustrating, exhausting, and even scary. However, there is a solution!

Based on her own experience as a mother and her passion for wellness, Gina Diamond offers strategies and recipes to get your kids to thrive emotionally and physically by sneaking love and health into every bite.

This book is full of nutritional nuggets and tasty gems offering you and your family:

The Hidden Treasures method: Recipes that show you how to put nutrient-rich ingredients into kid's favorite meals that will tantalize the taste buds and are simple to make.

Strategies that even busy budget conscious parents can implement that will enhance the overall health of your family.

Joyful meal gatherings full of super charged yummy food, fun and family connections.

The seeds to planting a foundation of long-term healthy lifestyle choices.

Access to an online community that will provide support, tips, and additional recipes.

Ideas to begin expanding your shopping repertoire to include superfoods.

A list of where to purchase the most nutrient dense foods for the least expensive price.

Inspired by Cooking for the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair and with her main solution confirmed by the best aspects of Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious, this book will prove an invaluable tool to addressing the root cause of your family's health challenges while creating peaceful mealtimes that are chocked full of hidden treasures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Apr 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9781504373890

Gina D. Diamond M.Ed.

As a mother, life coach and Nutrition Strategist, Gina is dedicated to helping people live a more delicious life. She adores real food and strives to find simple ways to prepare meals that promote well-being and will be enjoyed by her whole family. She grew up being forced to eat healthy food and later developed an eating disorder. This put her on a personal healing path which eventually lead her to pay it forward and help others on a similar journey. When she read that we are a nation of overfed and undernourished people she decided to do something about it. Hidden Treasures is one solution to this challenge by supporting parents who want to do the right thing but are often left feeling exhausted. Aside from being a wellness coach for decades, she is the former Student Advisor, Senior for the University of Washingtons Program on the Environment. She holds a Master of Education with a focus on food and nutrition. Her work has been featured in the Seattle Times, Natural Solutions Magazine, Urban Page City Guide, and on several radio stations, including a weekly spot on Soul of Seattle. Former clients include the Port of Seattle, Google, CoolMoms, and One Sky Wellness. This is her first book. When she is not at work you can find her playing. She loves preparing food, gardening, dancing, volunteering, reading, traveling, biking, swimming in natural bodies of water and boxing. To learn more about her work go to www.consciousnutritionstrategist.com. She lives with her lovely daughter on a beautiful Island near Seattle, Washington.

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