January 31, 2013 | Posted in: Vegetables and Fruit, Heathy Eating | Tags: roasting, Healthy Eating, recipes
Scanning the lists of anticipated food trends for 2013, one thing has become clear. This year is the year of the vegetable.
Whether it’s making vegetables the main ingredient in your meal, new and inventive ways of cooking vegetables or offering them as interesting snacks, veggies are in.
I don’t know about you, but this is one bandwagon I’m happy to jump on.
+ MOREJanuary 29, 2013 | Posted in: Heathy Eating | Tags: recipes, home made, do it yourself
Up until recently, mustard was just that magical spicy vinegary spread that seemed to make everything taste better. I never considered how it was made.
That is, until a co-worker gave me a beautiful jar of handmade hot maple mustard. “How did you make that?!” I squealed in delight. She smiled. It turns out homemade mustard is ridiculously easy. I couldn’t get home fast enough to look at recipes.
Why bother cooking from scratch?
+ MOREJanuary 28, 2013 | Posted in: Physical Activity | Tags: fitness indoors, healthy choices, superbowl
Super Bowl is a great time to get the gang together to enjoy each other’s company, a few tasty treats, and watch one of the most sought after TV programs in North America.
Unfortunately, most Super Bowl gatherings mean excessive sitting, high calorie and deep fried foods, as well as lots of unneeded sweetened and alcoholic beverages.
+ MOREJanuary 24, 2013 | Posted in: Heathy Eating, Kids Corner | Tags: eating healthy, children, food
I’ve mentioned it before: my four year old son has some very definite ideas about what he likes (and doesn’t like) to eat. But a few weeks ago he caught me by surprise. He started asking for water to drink at mealtimes instead of milk. I complied with his request for a couple of days, but once it started to become a regular thing, I needed to get more information from him. While water is the preferred beverage to satisfy thirst, I wanted to be sure my son didn’t exclude milk. So, I asked him why he didn’t want to drink milk.
“Milk is for babies,” he told me.
+ MOREJanuary 23, 2013 | Posted in: General Information | Tags: smoking, tobacco, smoking cessation
Shelley Canitz is the director for the BC Ministry of Health’s Tobacco Control Program.
She hears about the changes people want around tobacco and how tobacco use affects their goals for healthy living. She’s fascinated by tobacco issues and she shares her thoughts with this blog.
Thanks for blogging with us again Shelley!
