This is a loaded question that many parents feel strongly about. My answer, based on working with many picky eaters, is: yes and no. Please allow me to explain why it is both yes and no. 1.If you have an extreme picky eater (they eat maximum 10 foods all together), then your best bet is to hide vegetables in your [...]
Hm, you might wonder, how is it possible to bake a split pea soup? I did not believe it’s possible either until I actually did it. I decided I want to make a meal with split peas as I had some in my pantry. What’s not to like about split peas loaded with fiber, minerals, and protein? Even more, if cooked right, [...]
When my husband was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, I looked to the Internet and library books to teach me about healthy nutrition and lifestyle. Dreena’s site was one of the first sites I discovered and loved reading (and still do) regularly. Although she does not talk about cancer prevention and treatment on her site, I wanted to learn how [...]
My son began grade 1 on September 1st. Packing lunches for him became more complex as I have to pack more food than in kindergarten since he is at school the whole day. Here is how I survived the first 5 days of my son in grade 1. Last year in kindergarten, my son ate one snack most days. Very [...]
My friend Karen and I are organizing a Nutritional Workshop for parents and grand-parents. If you would like to know how this workshop came to be, this is when I first mentioned the workshop on my site. The workshop begins on Wednesday October 7 and includes a total of 8 weekly sessions. The sessions are 2 hours each. You can read [...]
I mentioned before that I love adding grapes to my smoothies. To prove it, I am sharing with you one of our favourite grape smoothie recipes. My whole family loves it. I hope your family will love it too! Summer is almost ending. School is almost starting. My son is starting grade 1 in September. He lost his first tooth [...]
If you are planning a trip and need a few ideas on what healthy snacks to pack, you came to the right place. We like to travel quite a bit. Since our second child was born (3 years ago), we travelled less, but we still travelled. The longest journey with both kids we went on was to Mexico when my daughter was 1 [...]
As my summer break continues, I thought it would be fun to gather a few smoothie recipes from some of my favourite bloggers for you. It’s summer, it’s hot, and a cold smoothie is not only needed, but essential! Here they are, 5 delicious smoothies in alphabetical order! I could not list them in deliciousness order because they are ALL [...]
This is a meal plan that I recently used for my own family. The week I used it, I could not make all the planned meals and snacks (as life got in the way), but I was able to make most of them. This happens with most of my weekly meal plans as I prefer to overschedule meals and snacks [...]
Although I had decided to take a break from blogging for the months of July and August while my son is on summer break, I have not been here too much in June either. I guess I started my summer break early. The weather has been gorgeous in Calgary and my whole family has been enjoying outside time at the [...]