I’ve been witness to a lot of food stress this week. I get it, the holiday season is hard. There are just so many delicious and readily available foods everywhere. And sometimes foods are packaged in beautiful shiny paper with ribbons and sparkles so you’re fooled into thinking it has to be something delicious. But then it isn’t. Not…
Snack Healthy
How To: Kitchen Tip – Healthy Afternoon Snacks
If there is one thing that has surprised me about motherhood it’s how absolutely ravenous I get oh, about every hour. I thought pregnancy was bad with the need for a night time snack of peanut butter popcorn or an afternoon yogurt bowl. But let me tell you, feeding another human being sure makes you…
Baked Apples – a perfect seasonal treat
We’ve got apples folks. After an early frost devastated the 2012 Ontario apple crop in which some orchards lost up to 90% of their harvest, 2013 is back…with a bumper crop! So get out there and get pickin’. Either that or look for a ‘product of Ontario/ Canada’ when you’re shopping ‘k? Then, rush home…
How to: Recipe Makeover – Coconut Lime Fruit Dip
How’s the first week back at school going folks? Still motivated and putting together healthy lunches? Kids eating their fruit? And you? Here’s a little something to sweeten the deal. I mean, who doesn’t like to dip stuff in other delicious stuff? I sure do. I don’t have kids of my own just yet, but…
How To: Homemade Granola Bars – Banana and Cranberry Granola Bars
We are big granola bar eaters in this household. They really are the perfect grab and go snack. And prior to our first homemade batch, I would scout out the grocery stores for when our favourite brands were on sale. But after seeing just how easy it was to make my own, no sales are…
How To: Snack Healthy – Vanilla Cinnamon Peanut Butter Popcorn
Popcorn – the perfect movie-watching-baseball-enjoying snack. I think my husband could live on popcorn alone. And it seems I have also become somewhat of a popcorn addict. At 33 weeks pregnant, I seem to be having a pregnancy “craving” of sorts. Or, just an excuse to eat this crunchy addictive snack every night of the…
How To: Make Your Own Granola – Pumpkin Granola
Sorry if I confused you – no, it is not Thanksgiving. Yes, it still is the month of July. And yet, I’m talking pumpkin today. Don’t get me wrong, I so look forward to the first spotting of summer corn and biting into a juicy red tomato – there really is nothing like summer produce!…