School lunches bring a whole lot of stress to parents. Never mind healthy school snacks in addition to hand sanitizer and masks. If you are looking for a healthy snack that will have you on the best parent club, look no further my friends. We…
Hello friends! Are you spending a lot of time in the kithcen these days? We are trying to bake something new every week. It’s rhubarb season and I always try to incorporate seasonally ingredients whenever I can. My neighbour dropped off a ton of rhubarb…
Happy Halloween! This weekend the girls and I rolled up our sleeves to bring you 3 fun, delicious and healthy halloween snacks. Halloween is a fast approaching and leading up to halloween I wanted to make healthier halloween snacks. Why? Because I am a dietitian. While I allow my girls to take part and enjoy all the Halloween craziness, I still serve an abundance of healthy food throughout the day. I am pretty liberal when it comes to all the Halloween craziness; I believe we should eat healthy 80% of the time and 20% of the time indulge without guilt. Trust me, there is going to be an abundance of candy, I may even sneak a couple mini chocolate bars when the girls are sleeping.
I saw these Boo-nana’s on Fraiche Nutrition’s instagram stories and had to make them. You can find the recipe here. Let’s just say my girls were super excited to create their own by shredded coconut to make some hairy ghosts. I didn’t have enough white chocolate and used vanilla yogurt mixed with plain yogurt instead.
We made apples chips and added a little festive twist by shaping the chips into pumpkins with a cookie cuter. They were so good and easy to make and make a great snack for school lunches.
Like other days, my girls get a variety of fruit in their lunch. How festive to have a tangerine filled with fruit. Miss E helped by making pumpkin faces before filling them with fresh fruit. You can fill them with your favorite fruit.
Wishing you a fun and safe Halloween!
Fall always feels like a fresh start to me. I feel the need to reorganize my kitchen pantry, get back to meal planning. and get a little creative. Now with a new school year in full swing, I have been a busy bee in the kitchen coming…
If there is one thing that I learned as a mom of two, it is to never leave the house without a snack. I am always trying to make healthy kid friendly snacks that satisfy everyone’s taste preferences. I am sure many of you can…
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