Growing up, my daily veggie intake looked like this: three reluctant bites of iceberg lettuce, drenched in ranch dressing. On a good day.I am determined to pump our kids full of fruits and veggies, knowing that it will be much…

Note: The following giveaway is open to Canadians only. Avid readers of my blog will know that I am *slightly* paranoid about my toddlers getting proper nutrition. Remember my recent post about their breakfast #fail? Just one of the 124 things that keep me up at night – wondering what I can do to ensure [...]

Humour me for a moment. Reach over and grab a food item – one that has the nutritional information printed on the package. Now tell me – what do you look at first? The calories? Fat? Serving Size? Sugar? What interests you most – or, by force of habit, what are you drawn to? I’m [...]

Next weekend is Passover as well as Easter so many of us will be sitting down to large celebratory meals with loved ones.Unfortunately for Ashkenazi Jews, Passover can be a challenging time of year from a dietary perspective.  I have never been a …

Green tea is made from Camellia Sinensis leaves and is one of the most beneficial drinks for our health. It doesn’t involve a hard oxidation procedure and therefore retains its healthy properties. It has multiple benefits like protecting our heart against malfunctioning, eliminates the risk of few types of cancer and raising the metabolic rate [...]

As absurd as this sounds, I am not kidding you when I say I am suffering from a very painful cracker injury today.  Yes, a cracker injury.  Yesterday I badly cut my tongue while eating some Ryvita Sunflower Seed & Oat flatbreads.  Ne…

I was contacted by the one and only Greta Podleski, co-author (with her sister, Janet) of the Looneyspoons Cookbooks, and she asked if I would be interested in reviewing a copy of their latest cookbook, "The Looneyspoons Collection."Yes, please!With the…

I took my kid to the dentist and she had a cavity. (Not my child’s mouth, but wow, hey?)I felt like such a bad parent, like the dentist and hygienist mentally tossed me into the Slacker Mom category and there was…

No I am not posting about the dating world…after almost 12 years with Adam, I am definitely not current with living the single life.  Today I’m posting about actual fish in the actual sea.  The kind you eat, if you are aren’t vegetarian or …

Last night we took the kids out for dinner. The two older girls were well-behaved and kept themselves occupied with quiet colouring while they waited for their food to arrive. Brinley, on the other hand, reached her quota for sitting…

One of my best friends in the world has a sister-in-law who is fighting a very aggressive form of breast cancer.She is in her 30s and has three young kids and has chosen not to undergo traditional treatment. Instead she…

Konjac is the plant used to make Shiratake noodles. These are the noodles I’ve mentioned many times before, that contain no calories, carbohydrates or nutritional value, and make a great substitute for rice noodles, glass noodles or bean thread noodles…

Tip of the YEAR: Don’t fry bacon in a pan and have the grease splatter all over your stove-top and apron…bake it in the oven. Line a deep pan with foil or parchment paper, then bake the strips at 375…

Over the past 2 weeks I have been taking part in the MapMyFitness Quaker Challenge. The benefits of taking part in this program are the accountability I have from being part of a larger group of people who are on the same journey as I am. I know that b…

I grew up in the prairies eating Shake ‘n’ Bake and Kraft Dinner for supper, downing penicillin for my ails, and intravenously injecting Diet Coke into my veins when the urge hit. When I moved out west my family joked that…

Whenever I write nutrition articles I try to make it real simple because at the end of the day no one seems to really care. BUT, I know how important it is the fuel yourself up though so I contiue to write them anyway. You can’t be a Ferrari running on some cheap 99 cent [...]

Recent research studies have found that if vegetable and fruit purees are added to various foods, it lowers the overall calorie content and leads people to consume significantly fewer calories without knowing it.I thought this would be a good trick to …

I know I have an unusual affection for vegetables that not everyone shares. I guess it isn’t necessarily “normal” to get giddy over kale or to inhale a whole bunch of broccoli in one sitting. But hey, I never claimed to be normal!I always tease Adam …

Dear Readers; With the rising cost of food over the past few years, every Canadian needs to watch and think about this video! It’s not only about rising costs, it’s about keeping our money in our farmers hands and not some multinational food processor like Archer, Daniels , Midland! The 100 mile rule is a [...]

One of my favorite things to do when I am in the United States is go grocery shopping. Yep, forget about clothes, electronics, etc. I want to check out the grocery stores. I love finding new, healthy products that aren’t available in Canada…and th…