September 27, 2012 | Posted in: Heathy Eating | Tags: virtural grocery store, Healthy Eating, new online tool
Melodie Yong is the dietitian with Global BC’s Morning News. Here she is introducing us to the Virtual Grocery Store where she’s the host to the online videos. Thanks for contributing as a guest blogger Melodie!
This past week Healthy Families BC launched an innovative tool – Shopping Sense and the Virtual Grocery Store.
As the personality you’ll meet through videos and interactive features in this virtual experience, you’ll discover my passion for food and eating.
+ MORESeptember 25, 2012 | Posted in: Heathy Eating | Tags: heart health, Healthy Eating
When my grandfather was 92 years old he suffered a heart attack that ultimately ended his life. He had, by all accounts, been very healthy his entire life until that point. When he was first admitted to hospital after the heart attack, the attending physician tried to get some medical history from him.
Physician: “Have you ever had any heart problems before?”
Grandpa: “Oh, yes. I used to have them a lot when I was younger.”
+ MORESeptember 18, 2012 | Posted in: Heathy Eating | Tags: portion size, food choices
At our house, Friday night is “movie night.”
It’s a nice, relaxing way to start the weekend and the kids absolutely love how special they feel when we make a bowl of popcorn and pick out the movie we’re going to watch together.
Last Friday they chose ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,’ an animated film about an inventor, Flint Lockwood, who wanted to create something to make life better in his home town. The town had been built on sardine fishing, an industry that was now suffering because people everywhere decided that sardines are “super gross.”
+ MORESeptember 13, 2012 | Posted in: Heathy Eating | Tags: food perspectives, eating healthy, life lessons
The summer after I graduated from high school, I spent five weeks with a host family in central France. It was an attempt by monolingual me to learn some French and my parents were generous enough to give me the opportunity before I started university that fall.
My host family co-owned and ran a small hotel and restaurant with another family. Everyone lived and ate on site all summer while the kids were out of school.
+ MORESeptember 6, 2012 | Posted in: Heathy Eating, Kids Corner | Tags: pizza, kids, better together
I always look forward to my niece and nephews coming over and having a chance to cook with them.
Unfortunately, at a recent visit, we were stuck being short on time together. Instead of bailing and ordering in food, my wife and I decided to stick to the plan and make pizza at home. To save time, we prepped the dough and got all the fixings ready before they arrived so that as soon as they got there, we were in business. It was probably faster than delivery.
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