In the year 2005, over 4.1 million babies were born in the United States. The goal for Mom-a-licious is to reach sixty percent of these moms each year (about 2....5 million each year) who are (or who strive to be) ???mom-a-licious??? and who are ready to make healthy changes in their families! The leader of this mom-a-licious movement is chef to celebrities and author, Domenica Catelli of Houston, Texas. She helps thousands of mothers throughout the U.S. make healthy food for their families and to triumphantly succeed in getting their kids to eat vegetables! Chef Domenica Catelli is beautiful, funny, and authentic ??" her energy, intelligence and humor shine through on television and in cooking demonstrations, and she is a trusted source of information, referrals, and products for mothers everywhere. She encourages mothers to make delicious food in simple steps and to use fresh, local and organic produce as much as possible. She cooks for many celebrities and is the feature chef on Houston???s Fox morning news, "The Fox Grill." She is the executive chef for Lucini Italia (premium olive oils and vinegars) and serves on two non-profit chef advisory boards that strive to create healthy communities through nutritional education (CommonThreads, Chicago, and Recipe for Success, Houston).Mom-a-licious targets mothers with kids the age of 12 and under who need help cooking and serving healthy delicious food to their families. Unlike the standard advice some pediatricians and cookbook authors have been giving moms for years, ???hide the zucchini in the muffins!??? chef Catelli teaches moms to be authentic??"introduce vegetables at a young age, engage them by selecting the vegetables at the grocery store, and make their food irresistible. These simple tips and recipes amaze moms and empower them to make a positive healthy change in their family???s eating habits ??" without lying about it! Mom-a-licious offers more than most cookbooks: pantry makeovers that clear the shelves of preservatives and dyes and restock with whole grains, fresh foods and spices, and grocery 101 tips for the mom who is overwhelmed by mixed marketing messages. There is a ???babylicious??? section with tips on homemade baby food, and a mom-alicious pet recipe for dogs. Finally, with the help of moms all over the country, Domenica wrote the ???mom-a-licious manifesto,??? a list of 16 virtues that all mom-a-licious moms live by, including: Eat Organic And Local As Much As Possible (#2 On The Manifesto), Style Is Personal Expression--Use It! (#5), Tell Someone They Inspire You (# 12), Go Out With Your Friends Regularly (#8), And Live With Gratitude (#16). Detailed info »« Brief info