Health and Wellness
Gluten Free at the Market
Gluten is a complex of two proteins, prolamines and glutenin. Gluten gives dough elasticity, allowing it to rise and hold shape. As yeast ferments sugar gluten traps carbon dioxide, giving… Read more »
Chocolate Green Smoothie
After school is a demanding time. My boys get home and there are excited to execute their plans they made on the bus ride home with their neighbourhood friends. We… Read more »
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Should I do a spring cleanse?
What is a cleanse? Firstly, it is important to define ‘detox’ and ‘cleanse’. The terms are used interchangeably. Detox programs tend to follow extreme and often dangerous protocols, such as… Read more »
Pressure Cooking (Infographic)
I love cooking with a pressure cooker, for all the reasons outlined in this infographic. I use a pressure cooker 2, 3, sometimes 4 times a week. Source: Hip Pressure… Read more »
Valentine’s Day Quickies
Now that I have your attention! Let’s talk about Valentines’ Day. Historically a day to celebrate love (often forbidden) and fertility. Then, in the late 1800s, Richard Cadbury took this… Read more »
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Trick or “Treat” & Halloween Nutrition Education
For those you know me, or have read some of my thoughts in sugar, it is no secret that I am not Halloween’s biggest fan. I question how Halloween has… Read more »
Unprocessed October: I took the Pledge
I took the pledge! For the month of October I will avoid processed foods. Join myself, Andrew Wilder, the man behind the movement, and more than 4000 others; it’s not… Read more »
Reading Food Labels with your Children
I had a great conversation with JWS (6 years old) the other day. You know one of those conversations where you walk away thinking to yourself, they do listen and… Read more »
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Kindergarten School Snack Menu
After I made my oldest son a school lunch menu, my youngest wanted a school snack menu, following the same format. He will start half day kindergarten next week, so… Read more »
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School Lunch Mix n’ Match Menu
Our school lunch and snack menu has been finalized! Has yours? Sorry, no cute bento character faces. As much as I admire those who do it, lunch art is not… Read more »
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