Food
Choosing great food on a budget and turning that into meals the entire family loves! That's the goal for many households. It's not always easy, or affordable so here are a few ideas and recipes that make sense for our family. Hoping you find some new favourites for your family meal rotation here too. A love of food is something we all nurture from the start with our family, and as parents it's a constant challenge to commit to healthy living while also sticking to the budget. Here are a few tips and tricks that can help you eat healthy food and also try a few new recipe ideas that won't break the bank. Don't Miss my Cooking with Kids series and my Pinterest board by the same name. There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of amazing and fun recipes for families there. We cook it first and sometimes make the mistakes so that we can deliver great recipes and food content to you.
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Eliminate Fast Food this Year #health
How To Eliminate Fast Food From Your Diet Many are bringing in the New Year with resolutions to eliminate fast food from their diets, and while it might seem hard, it’s definitely possible. With a few tips and a little bit of willpower, you can eliminate fast food and start the journey to a healthier life! Just follow these tips to help you eliminate fast food and you’ll find yourself having an easier time! Meal planning is key! In order to avoid the convenience of fast food and keep yourself from falling back on it, it’s important to meal plan. Planning your meals out takes the question out of what…
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Food Makeover Free Printable
I am not a fan of the word diet. I rarely use it in the context that means weight loss and this post is not about that. This blog and this post is about considering what you need to be your healthiest version of you. Sometimes the New Year provides the perfect window to ask yourself what don’t I like about what I am doing right now? What do I need to change? Sometimes the answer is I need a better fitness routine and I need a diet makeover. This past year, in the month of September I added high blood pressure to my list of health concerns. I live…
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25 Best New Year’s Eve Recipes
New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and whether you are a naturally gifted entertainer or not (yes there is such a thing) there’s a recipe for pretty much everyone here in this list of 25 best New Year’s Eve recipes. The key, I think, is to have a variety of options and not to stress out over entertaining. The food may be one of the biggest parts of your evening and your entertaining, but don’t forget guests are really there to visit with you. Years from now they will remember spending the night enjoying the company of good friends. They probably won’t remember what they ate. If you’re…
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Promise: Best Gluten Free Baked Goods #Giveaway
This remarkable basket full of Promise Gluten Free foods arrived here this past week. It was stuffed with Promise Gluten Free breads, of which there are numerous varieties, buns, and baked treats. The Lemon Muffins and the Double Chocolate Muffins caught my eye. Sadly they also didn’t escape the kid’s eyes. But luckily they shared. Or I might have been extremely perturbed because the muffins are the best gluten free baked goods I have ever had. What do I know about gluten free? Am I gluten free? Not right now. But in my twenties I was gluten free for a very long time due to the Crohn’s Disease which was…
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Gluten Free Holiday Treats
Gluten free eating can be tough as it is, but trying to stay away from gluten during the holidays can seem impossible! With all of the sweet treats everywhere you turn, you might be tempted to just give in and eat them. The good news is that you don’t have to! These gluten free holiday treats are fantastic and will keep you feeling just as good as you normally would. Do you have any favourite gluten free treats? Do you eat gluten free? I would try this paleo banana bread any time. By the way I have several other great gluten free recipes shared in this post. Twenty Amazing Gluten…
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Soft Pumpkin Sugar Cookies
These are inspired. I wanted to make sugar cookies one day this past week and I was on a baking kick. And my favourite cookies ever are the soft ones that you buy at the grocery store, but I wondered if I could make something similar and add pumpkin. I was also on a pumpkin kick last week because who doesn’t love pumpkin flavour? There’s something so wonderfully fresh and comforting about pumpkin spice foods and baked goods. So I decided to try to create some awesome pumpkin sugar cookies and let me tell you these turned out so good!! I started with a basic sugar cookie recipe and then…
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Hamilton Beach Just Right Programmable Slow Cooker #TMMGG2014
This is one of my favourite gifts this year. The Hamilton Beach Programmable Right Size Slow Cooker is amazing. It’s the only crockpot you will ever need. Pair it with The Healthy Slow Cooker: 135 Gluten-Free Recipes for Health and Wellness for magical winter meals and it becomes a gorgeous Christmas present for any busy Mom, friend, sister-in-law, or aunt. I love this slow cooker. It is without a doubt the best slow cooker I have ever owned. The Hamilton Beach Just Right Programmable Slow Cooker has three sizes for food of various portions. You can cook a meal for three different levels – 2, 4 and 6 quarts. Enough to feed…
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New Year’s Roundup: Crafts, Food and Party Ideas
Hard to believe another year is almost over and the holidays are fast approaching. Once Christmas has come and gone there’s still New Year’s Eve to look forward to and, for entertainers, who love to host parties or help throw parties it can be the perfect chance to show off, or showcase your skills. I am not so naturally talented as an entertainer and I tend to require a bit of help. Pinterest and other bloggers can be great resources for party and craft ideas. I find all my new recipes on line actually. Whether you are naturally gifted at throwing a party, or you need help like…
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Breakfast Mini Coffee Cakes #GayleaMom #Giveaways
So you are the happy hostess again this year for Christmas! You’ve got the turkey and the trimmings and the big dinner meal all mapped out. You’ve got dessert ingredients ready to go and lunches are in the bag because everyone will want turkey sandwiches after the big day itself. But what about breakfast? And the breaks in between, like the one you want to take when you get home from Boxing Day shopping. What’s a busy host or hostess to do? Well, I have an idea you can prep right now and have ready to go – Mini Coffee Cakes made with a hint of Gay Lea sour cream makes…
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15 Scrumptious Christmas Cookies
Cookies, cookies cookies! Do you have a little cookie monster in your house? Maybe you are one yourself! True story – I was a total cookie monster in university. I fuelled up with cookies, rice krispie squares and coffee. Now I try to eat healthier and sometimes I win that battle but I still have a weakness for cookies. This year I will purposefully take a pass on anything high in sodium, but my new low sodium diet and health eating process doesn’t mean I skip all the treats. I think there’s something about cookies that brings out the kid in all of us. And it’s Christmas, who doesn’t love Christmas cookies? This…