Another Meatless Monday: Mel’s Cashew Mac N’ Cheese
My family and I have been enjoying a Meatless Monday every week. We sit once a week, critique a new recipe, and keep an open mind as we talk about the benefits of consuming more plants. This week, my kids…
Meal Prep Series: Chia Pudding, Three Ways
It’s ok for me to admit this, I’m over the top obsessed with chia pudding, for real, I can’t get enough of it! Chia pudding for breakfast, for a snack, in place of a lunch that I forgot to prep,…
Meal Prep Series: Meatball Mania
I love a meatball…so much. So does my entire family. The whole family seriously jumps for joy when I make meatballs for dinner. I rarely have time to make a meatball dinner on a Tuesday before soccer practice. I do,…
Simple Summer Chicken Pasta
Maybe it’s just me but Summertime makes me crave simple ingredients and lots of veggies! Grocery stores and markets are absolutely stocked with delicious, fresh fruits and vegetables at this time of the year. Summer also makes me feel like…
Kid Food: Homemade Gluten Free Chicken Fingers
I am a firm believer in the fact that kids are more receptive to foods and flavours when they are presented in a friendly and non-challenging manner. Enter the classic chicken finger! I make these chicken fingers a lot! I…
Keeping Kids Busy: A Lesson in Sprouting.
So, this week has brought more than I bargained for, COVID-19. We’re all social isolating, a word I had never heard until a little over one week ago. A concept I would never sign up for, and now its all…
Kids Cooking Series: Belgian Waffles
Sometimes the world goes crazy and you get trapped in house social isolating, no school, no hang outs, no schedule. We’ve been left with so many questions as parents related to a world pandemic, COVID-19. We’ve also been forced into…
Meatless Monday: Kid Style
Butternut Squash Mac N’ Cheese Let me preface this article with the fact that I only use White Cheddar…white cheddar, you say? Why, that Mac N’ Cheese is Orange…well, yes it is!! I refuse to purchase cheese that has been…
The Art/Rules of Making Soup
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I make soup like a “Little Ol’ Nova Scotian Grandma.” I’m really more of a “Rule Follower,” than a “Recipe Follower.” Total Aside, I secretly love following the Rules, although I…
Picky Eaters or Picky Tastebuds? Eight Strategies to Create Positive Feelings Around Food.
The average human has approximately 10,000 Tastebuds. That’s ten thousand microscopic Tastebuds that live in clusters around Papillae, which are the little bumps on our tongues. We replace our Tastebuds about every two weeks, which explains how we can burn…
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