It’s mid-March and Dietitians of Canada’s National Nutrition Month continues. This year’s theme, Best Food Forward: Plan Shop Cook Enjoy is essentially a plan on grocery shopping. After all, it is the first step in preparing enlightened eats at home. But with life in the fast lane- for example, long work hours or juggling various […]
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Speedy, Delicious and Nutritious: Swiss Chard with Raisins and Pine Nuts
Here’s something green for St. Patrick’s Day! Just kidding. This Mediterranean dish, from my book, The Enlightened Eater’s Whole Foods Guide, is great for anytime of the year. This combination of North African and Italian flavours works well with other dark leafy greens such as spinach. Enjoy it as an appetizer atop toasted slices of […]
Health Canada’s stance on the Daily Values boggles the mind
Last week I reported that Health Canada was MIA. I had asked specific questions of them as they would not give me a general comment about my op-ed. It called them out for their using 30 year old information as the Daily Values (DV) found on food packages and as part of a current educational […]
What’s the best cooking oil to use?
It’s definitely time to clear up the confusion. In spite of what coconut oil fans say, virgin versus virgin, coconut oil does not beat out olive oil when it comes to smoke point. An oil’s smoke point is that temperature where a heated oil will begin to smoke and degrade. The result can be the […]
A savoury treat: Roasted Garlic and White Bean Dip
With school holidays on next week’s calendar for many families, it’s another ideal time to get the picky eaters into the kitchen. There’s nothing like getting them involved in food preparation to help them expand their food horizons. Hands-on experiences not only teach kids about how to fend for themselves in the kitchen when they’re […]
Bringing the Mediterranean home
Over the years, the word diet has come to mean an eating pattern that will likely leave you feeling deprived. But in fact, it really refers to whatever it is that you eat. The Mediterranean diet is a perfect example. It signifies the eating regime identified back in the 1950s when American scientist Ancel Keys […]
The Mediterranean Diet: the ultimate anti-aging regime
Doesn’t it seem as though, on a regular basis, one food or another is given star status as THE one that’s the key to longevity? Well forget it folks. No one food can provide a complete arsenal of weaponry to defend against illness and death. A dietary pattern, though, is a different story. And none […]
Affairs of the heart: a recipe for Butternut Squash and Barley Risotto
The Mediterranean is hot, hot, hot. No I’m not referring to the weather but to the eating pattern. The Med Diet has been making headlines around the world all week. No doubt you have heard about the major study published this week in the new England Journal of Medicine which showed that subjects at high […]
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