Ah chocolate…you’ve probably heard that eating chocolate can be beneficial to your health but scoffed at the idea, as life can’t be that good, but it is! February is heart health month so love your heart by treating it to some dark chocolate or by enjoying the last two weeks of Vancouver’s 6th annual Hot Chocolate Festival on Family Day.
Read MoreHolidays are a wonderful time to bring people together, and food often takes centre stage. However, all of the gatherings that fill the calendar between Halloween and New Year’s Day can make following healthy eating habits a challenge. Although we try to hold out as long as we can, willpower often loses out. We tend to over-indulge on seemingly endless supplies of treats that are readily available everywhere we go. To make matters worse, unhealthy eating habits develop quickly and are hard to break once the season of holiday gatherings has ended. But don’t despair! Here are a few quick and easy changes to make this holiday season to help keep you on track with your healthy living goals.
Read MoreFor the love of squash! Why do we call winter squash ‘winter’ when it’s available a good portion of the year, from August to January? I guess it’s like calling a sweet potato a yam, which is a whole other story. But good news to all you locavores out there – a large variety of winter squash is grown locally across BC, including butternut, banana, acorn, spaghetti and kabocha
Read MoreAutumn’s cool weather and beautiful foliage is a call from nature to get outside, enjoy the scenery, and get physically active. One great event for fun family fitness is visiting the Apple Festival at UBC’s Botanical Garden in October. Bonus: children under 12 are free! Here’s what you need to know about apples so you can act like a sophisticated farmer at the festival.
Read MoreCheck out my interview with Rebecca Coleman from Vancity Buzz as we discussed helping kids and parents create a positive relationship with food and some healthy eating tips for busy families!
Read MoreThis time of year, gardens are in full bloom, and during these beautiful summer months the best part of the day is the chance to play outside and get dirty—especially after a stressful day at work. The whole process of planting seeds and consuming fresh fruits and vegetables from your garden has many benefits, some of which you are probably very familiar with and others which may surprise you...
Read MoreVery rarely will you see me doing something trendy. It’s actually so bad that I’ll purposefully avoid something if it gets too popular. An embarrassing example of this behaviour is not reading a Harry Potter book until about a year ago. But I’m breaking my own habits and fully embracing fermented foods and I hope you will too!
Read MoreEating 9 to 5 is this year’s theme for nutrition month and what an important topic as most people spend the majority of their day at work, so we might as well eat our best while we’re there! Despite how well you’re doing that 3:00pm slump can still hit hard and our heads think an extra cup of coffee will get us through the afternoon but coffee doesn’t have to be the answer.
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Chinese New Year is one of the biggest traditional Chinese holidays. It is an opportunity to honor family and friends and enjoy some culinary traditions. 2015 is the year of the goat, which means goat dishes will be popular, but check out these other traditional Chinese dishes and why they should not be overlooked this New Year.
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