Bence helped me make zucchini spaghetti today. In fact his whole class helped. They are learning about professions and parents were asked to come in and talk to them about their jobs. I think there are about twenty 5 to 6 year olds out there who want to be raw food chefs after today’s encounter.
For [...]
Merry Christmas! Boldog Karácsonyt! Joyeux Noël! Felice Navidad!
With the memories of summer still fresh in our minds Halloween is creeping up on us. Kristof and Bence are getting ready. How about you, are you ready for Halloween? What is your strategy for handling the candy and chocolate overload that is to be expected? If you are like me you do not want [...]
As a nutritionist and a mother of a 6 and a 4 year old I was thrilled to find out about Real Food for Real Kids, a catering company providing healthy meals to daycare centres and schools in the GTA. Pizza days are a constant issue for me. How do I make sure my kids [...]
I conquered technology, and voilà the video of the boys making raw walnut raisin cookies. For our first ever video I think it is fabulous!
And here are a few tips if you want to try this recipe:
Make sure you do not over-process the mixture, otherwise it will be too oily from the nuts.
If you/your partner/kids/friends [...]
Kristof and Bence made these super delicious, super easy raw walnut raisin cookies for Mother’s Day. I had to help them of course. It was a lot of fun, and we made a video too. (They were so sweet, trying to do everything right for the video! But when I turned it off at the [...]
So here I am trying to come up with a way of celebrating Earth Day (the 22nd of April) with the boys. Evergreen, a non-profit organization with a mission to make cities more liveable, and the City of Mississauga are partnering this Earth Day (well, more accurately, this Saturday, which is the 24th of April) [...]
Having to pack a nut-free snack for school often limits our healthy snack options. Try these flax crackers for a change. This is by far the best recipe I have found. It comes form my friend Evelyn Dekleine, with whom we studied together at IHN. Ideally you should have a dehydrator to make these crackers, [...]