Eating & Mealtime

  • Healthy lunch ideas that work

    Healthy lunch ideas that work

    Whether your kids eat at home or school, making nutritious lunches that your kids will eat is a challenge. Below are some tips, to help make preparing and packing lunches more rewarding. Provide a variety Try...

  • Campfire Cooking

    Campfire Cooking

    Whether you are heading out to the cottage or planning a family camping trip, there is one thing you can't leave home without out. Food! Why not make your trip exciting and memorable with these tasty campfire...

  • Start Growing Healthy Children Before Getting Pregnant

    Start Growing Healthy Children Before Getting Pregnant

    When I was in my early 20’s, I read Adele Davis’s book, “Let’s Eat Right To Keep fit.” I learned from her that...

  • Whining and Dining - Restaurant Eating with Toddlers

    Whining and Dining - Restaurant Eating with Toddlers

    Mother Wisdom: "I usually bring a sippy cup full of milk to restaurants. It's cheaper to bring your own milk than to order a glass of...

  • Green Grocery Shopping

    Green Grocery Shopping

    Turn your shopping list 'green' (NC)-What better place to start saving the environment than at your local grocery store? Making smart choices in the grocery aisles can help reduce your family's environmental...

  • Packed Lunches with Pizzazz

    Packed Lunches with Pizzazz

    Packed Lunches with Pizzazz (NC)- To liven up lunches for either work or school, a good rule of thumb is to include three to four of the food groups from Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide. The following...

  • March is Family Nutrition Month

    March is Family Nutrition Month

    The after school activities and sports programs help keep kids busy but they often run through the supper hour and keep parents driving every which way except to the dinner table. We know that families who...

  • It's Pancake Month!

    It's Pancake Month!

    February has always been considered "Pancake Month" in our home – specifically Shrove Tuesday – but pancakes are great anytime and February is a great excuse to eat them everyway you can. ...

  • Slowing it Down

    Slowing it Down

    Fall and winter are the perfect times to embrace the slow food movement. The fall harvest brings many crops that are well suited to cooking over long periods of time. How comforting to come in from a cold winter...

  • Picky Eaters

    Picky Eaters

    Let's face it; lots of little kids are picky eaters. Most of them outgrow this in time, but meanwhile it can be very frustrating if the picky eater is one of your own children. Questions are always in the back of...

  • 15 Breakfast Ideas For Baby

    15 Breakfast Ideas For Baby

    Experts agree that breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day... and, as your baby begins to rely more on solid foods and less on milk to meet his needs (generally towards the end of his first...

  • What's on your menu for Christmas morning?

    What's on your menu for Christmas morning?

    Christmas morning is a great time to build on your family holiday traditions. If you haven't already established a tradition of sitting down to...

  • The Dinner Fix Community Challenge

    The Dinner Fix Community Challenge

    Are You Up For a Challenge? If you find yourself hanging off the fridge door at 5pm wondering what you are going to make for dinner, don't worry, help is on the way. Sandi Richard, Canada's very own...

  • To Plan or Not To Plan…This Is The Question

    To Plan or Not To Plan…This Is The Question

    As I travel the country and talk about the importance of meal planning, I often get that dazed look from a parent. “Please. . . not one more...

  • Pack a Healthy School Snack

    Pack a Healthy School Snack

    School snacks provide children with the energy they need to move through the day.  Packing tasty food that will keep them going is important.  CPO Nutrition Expert, Heidi Boyd shares advice on packing...





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