{"id":735311,"date":"2024-08-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.cafemom.com\/parenting\/work-it-mama-stephanie-middleberg"},"modified":"2024-09-16T01:52:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T05:52:09","slug":"work-it-mama-stephanie-middleberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/work-it-mama-stephanie-middleberg","title":{"rendered":"Dietitian &#038; Mom of 2 Stephanie Middleberg on Minimizing the Mental Load of Meal\u00a0Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#39;re home from work. The kids are whining for more snacks. You&#39;re deciding between cooking something relatively quick, easy, nutritious, and delicious or ordering pizza. You hear a random scream and you grab your phone. We hear you, mama! Dinnertime is hard. So how does a dietitian mom of two do it?<\/p>\n<p>For over a decade, Stephanie Middleberg, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middlebergnutrition.com\/\">Middleberg Nutrition<\/a>, has helped thousands of expectant mothers. Her philosophy is based on the understanding that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to nutrition, so she focuses on the individual to build confidence that food can be healthy and fun.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie&#39;s two prior best-selling books, <a href=\"https:\/\/middlebergnutrition.com\/books\"><em>The Big Book of Organic Baby Food<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Big-Book-Organic-Toddler-Food\/dp\/1641521139\"><em>The Big Book of Organic Toddler Food<\/em><\/a> have helped countless families feel at ease with the stresses of feeding their little ones. <\/p>\n<p>Her third book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/721965\/the-big-book-of-pregnancy-nutrition-by-stephanie-middleberg-ms-rd-cdn\/\"><em>The Big Book of Pregnancy Nutrition<\/em><\/a>, provides an in-depth guide to nourishing yourself and your baby from the first through fourth trimesters. 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You&#39;re deciding between cooking something relatively quick, easy, nutritious, and delicious or ordering pizza. You hear a random scream and you grab your phone. We hear you, mama! Dinnertime is hard. So how does a dietitian mom of two do it? 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