3 Tips For a Healthy Back to School Lunch Routine
Aug 15, 2022
Back-to-school time offers the perfect opportunity to start a new routine and create new healthy habits! My kids have been in school full time now for a few years
Family Meals
Feeding Picky Eaters
Dec 1, 2021
When my kids were toddlers, I did at times dread dinnertime. I would prepare a variety of meals composed of what I felt to be healthy, appealing foods. As toddlers most of those meals ended up everywhere but in their tummies, walls, floor, evenly distributed all over the high-chair.
7 Simple Ways to Start Eating Healthier
Nov 23, 2021
Learning healthy eating habits is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your family. Understanding that healthy food matters and healthy choices do taste good is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle for our children as they get grow.
Farmers Markets & Pick Your Own
Jun 1, 2021
Guide to local farms in York Region and Durham. Find country markets selling fresh fruit and vegetables, sweet corn, organic produce, pick your own strawberries, berries, apples and family fun farms, petting zoos and hayrides!
The Rise of Cooking at Home
Nov 10, 2020
Talk to anyone and you know that cooking at home has become commonplace again! Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a tremendous surge in
Family Meal Time
May 18, 2020
I love the idea of family meal time and think its important to “break bread” together. But forcing children to stay at the table will not achieve that “happy family” time you aspire to create. Instead you’ll get whining moaning and other misbehaviors that sabotage your efforts.
Checklist for Healthy Back to School Litterless Lunches
Aug 10, 2019
There seems to be two camps on school lunches– on the one side we have those that take great pride in creating amazing works of art that are beautiful to look at and also healthy to eat.
Spring Clean Your Grocery List – 20 Healthy Buys
Feb 22, 2019
There is an interesting correlation between what we buy at the grocery store and what we eat. It turns out if we buy bags of cookies and bottles of fruit punch, that is what we will ultimately find to eat and drink when hunger and thirst hits.
Preparing Healthy Foods with your Family
Jan 26, 2019
Learning about food is a very important step in helping kids make healthy choices. Balanced, nutritious meals will enable them to feel fit, strong and ready to take on their daily activities – both at school and at play! It is ideal to teach your children about good eating habits from an early age…
Food for Thought
May 25, 2018
You wouldn’t feed your children pesticides, would you? Unless you’re taking steps to limit pesticides in family meals, you may be doing just that, according to an American watchdog organization, the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Their scientists took common fruits and vegetables, prepared as they would be in a typical home, and tested them for pesticide residues.
The Unhealthy Side of Healthy Food
Apr 17, 2015
Healthy eating is something many of us strive for but the truth is there are times where our efforts to make healthy choices actually end up being on the unhealthy side of healthy food!
10 Fall Foods Your Family Should Try
Nov 13, 2014
Fall is a great time to explore the fruits and vegetable aisles at the grocery store or farmers market; so many varieties of squashes and colourful root vegetables await discovery.
Dinner time Debates: How to Take the Stress out of Supper
Aug 26, 2014
People often ask what it is like to feed half dozen kids. Feeding families can be a “thing” and many parents report that dinner time can be the most stressful time of the day.
3 Tips For a Healthy Back to School Lunch Routine
Aug 15, 2022
Back-to-school time offers the perfect opportunity to start a new routine and create new healthy habits! My kids have been in school full time now for a few years and
Feeding Picky Eaters
Dec 1, 2021
When my kids were toddlers, I did at times dread dinnertime. I would prepare a variety of meals composed of what I felt to be healthy, appealing foods. As toddlers most of those meals ended up everywhere but in their tummies, walls, floor, evenly distributed all over the high-chair.
7 Simple Ways to Start Eating Healthier
Nov 23, 2021
Learning healthy eating habits is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your family. Understanding that healthy food matters and healthy choices do taste good is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle for our children as they get grow.
Farmers Markets & Pick Your Own
Jun 1, 2021
Guide to local farms in York Region and Durham. Find country markets selling fresh fruit and vegetables, sweet corn, organic produce, pick your own strawberries, berries, apples and family fun farms, petting zoos and hayrides!
The Rise of Cooking at Home
Nov 10, 2020
Talk to anyone and you know that cooking at home has become commonplace again! Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a tremendous surge in home
Family Meal Time
May 18, 2020
I love the idea of family meal time and think its important to “break bread” together. But forcing children to stay at the table will not achieve that “happy family” time you aspire to create. Instead you’ll get whining moaning and other misbehaviors that sabotage your efforts.
Checklist for Healthy Back to School Litterless Lunches
Aug 10, 2019
There seems to be two camps on school lunches– on the one side we have those that take great pride in creating amazing works of art that are beautiful to look at and also healthy to eat.
Spring Clean Your Grocery List – 20 Healthy Buys
Feb 22, 2019
There is an interesting correlation between what we buy at the grocery store and what we eat. It turns out if we buy bags of cookies and bottles of fruit punch, that is what we will ultimately find to eat and drink when hunger and thirst hits.
Preparing Healthy Foods with your Family
Jan 26, 2019
Learning about food is a very important step in helping kids make healthy choices. Balanced, nutritious meals will enable them to feel fit, strong and ready to take on their daily activities – both at school and at play! It is ideal to teach your children about good eating habits from an early age…
Food for Thought
May 25, 2018
You wouldn’t feed your children pesticides, would you? Unless you’re taking steps to limit pesticides in family meals, you may be doing just that, according to an American watchdog organization, the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Their scientists took common fruits and vegetables, prepared as they would be in a typical home, and tested them for pesticide residues.
The Unhealthy Side of Healthy Food
Apr 17, 2015
Healthy eating is something many of us strive for but the truth is there are times where our efforts to make healthy choices actually end up being on the unhealthy side of healthy food!
10 Fall Foods Your Family Should Try
Nov 13, 2014
Fall is a great time to explore the fruits and vegetable aisles at the grocery store or farmers market; so many varieties of squashes and colourful root vegetables await discovery.
Dinner time Debates: How to Take the Stress out of Supper
Aug 26, 2014
People often ask what it is like to feed half dozen kids. Feeding families can be a “thing” and many parents report that dinner time can be the most stressful time of the day.
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