The Real Benefits of Reducing Refined Flours and Sugars from your Diet
Michael Shaw, from No Flour, No Sugar Diet, has graciously offered to write a post for my site describing some of the health benefits you can expect by reducing, or even eliminating, refined flours and sugars from your diet. I very much enjoy his writing, and hope that you all find this article useful. Thank you, Michael! Siobhan * * * Over the last couple years, I’ve initiated a campaign to decrease refined flours and refined sugars from my diet. Prior to that, over the last decade and a half, I have gone from giving up red meat to giving up chicken (and other fowl) to, most...
Read MoreCold morning? Start the day with a hearty bowl of porridge!
Where I live, we’ve had a few weeks of beautiful weather the past while – after the long, cool, and frequently rainy summer, it was pretty wonderful. I enjoyed cycling to work in shorts and a tank top. Enjoyed going for walks in the sunshine after supper… This morning, the weather shifted back to cold and rainy. My kids were clamouring for a nice, hot, home-made breakfast – so I made a delicious pot of porridge. I’ve actually never been a porridge-person – I don’t tend to like the texture much – but I worked with what I had, and ended up...
Read MoreWhat’s For Breakfast? Try a Delicious Bowl of Nectarine Pudding
A nutritious, balanced breakfast is a great way to start your day – it gives you the energy you need to be energetic and productive through the morning. Strangely, almost 40% of adults regularly skip breakfast. Trying to lose weight, too busy to prepare anything, nothing in the house… – these are just some of the reasons people give for not eating breakfast. Breakfast doesn’t have to take long to prepare – leave time-consuming menus like steak & eggs with oven-fried potatoes for the weekend. On busy weekdays, opt for a breakfast that can be prepared quickly...
Read MoreBack to School – A Collection of School Lunch Ideas
In the inaugural edition of this blog carnival, we will discuss that oh-so-important issue of what on earth to send our kids to school with for lunch. With that old standby – peanut butter and jam sandwiches – outlawed in many schools due to the incredible rise in life-threatening nut-allergies, parents have to give lunch a little more thought. What will YOU be sending your kids for lunch? Hopefully it’ll be something delicious, nutritious, and well-balanced, containing fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals, and including fruits and vegetables. _ _ _ _ _ Mommy Minded has...
Read MoreIt’s Friday Night – Try a Curried Vegetable and Feta Cheese Tart
It’s Friday night, the fridge is looking kind of bare, and you’ve already used up this week’s motivation to serve healthy meals for your family. Option 1: call the delivery guy and order a few pizzas Option 2: dig out one of those frozen dinners from the deep freeze; plan to supplement with some popcorn in front of the tv later Option 3: clear out all of the vegetables sitting in the crisper-section of your fridge, and make this delicious, and nutritious, curried vegetable tart! I used to make this all the time! And then I had kids. And for a while they seemed like pretty...
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