Do Your Kids Eat MacDonalds as an Occasional Treat? Do you consider McDonalds is OK as an occasional treat? Here’s a question for you: would you feed your kids with chemicals giving off vapour and overflowing from a beaker? I would assume you answered NO. Why? Because not everything that tastes good, or served at a restaurant, is ok …
It’s been almost five years since we’ve transformed our lifestyle following our daughter’s health issues. This journey has been bumpy, challenging and exciting at the same time. It is one thing to do something you believe in for yourself, but it is a completely other thing to inspire your family members to follow your lead …
Hi sweet moms, Today we are going to talk about the most popular breakfast in most homes – breakfast cereals. Meeting with new families on a daily basis I now realize that in Canada cereal with milk is the go-to breakfast, and it is very hard to change. In this post I will not attempt to convince …
Do you have a “picky eater” or an underweight child? Are you concerned that your kid is not eating enough good quality food that supplies him/her with adequate nutrition on a daily basis? Or maybe you have an underweight child and you’ve got a recommendation from your pediatrician that you should start supplementing with meal …
Hi Mommies, I am Katerina Bylen, I am a wife to a wonderful man and a mother to a beautiful eight month old baby girl. Being a parent is fun (most times) but can also be extremely challenging – depending how you look at it… I’ve been drawn to the world of nutrition and holistic …
Yes? Welcome to the club sister! We all do that! It’s so annoying when kids don’t do what we say, ask, command, plead or beg! So while yelling at kids is one way to cope, it is not the healthy road (both for you and them) and there are actually many techniques to get them to do …
Before meeting with a new client (most times it would be the mom), I always ask this question: “What is your #1 challenge around your family’s nutrition?” They might say something like this: “The time it takes to get organized for a good meal… From creating a weekly menu to then breaking down the weekly …
This week I received a lot of questions about nutrition from mothers, and wanted to share them with you. Recently I noticed a lot of activity on Facebook ‘mommy groups’, moms are reaching to one another for help in an attempt to learn from each other, which is great! Keep the questions coming, I love …
Hi lovely, It’s been a while since we talked. I usually try to stay in touch with you at least once a week, but the last two weeks were pretty exhausting and I needed some serious down time. Kids were home for two weeks during winter break and only after they went back to school/daycare I …
Food for the Soul The Jewish festival of lights is a beautiful holiday which celebrates the miracle of oil that lasted eight days instead of one day. We usually celebrate it by lighting candles, singing songs, playing games and sharing family memories. Food is a big component of this holiday, especially latkes, sufganiyot (doughnuts) and anything …