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Top Healthy Eating Blogs from our Dietitian Team
- July 25, 2020
Arugula Salad with Cherries and Goat Cheese
Summer Cherry Salad Recipe! This beautifully colored arugula salad with cherries and goat cheese offers rich bold flavors and is a lovely side dish recipe to serve for your next summer BBQ. Recipe courtesy of Martha Rose Shulman on cooking.nytimes.com Makes 4 servings Ingredients: 1 6-ounce bag baby arugula 16 cherries, halved…READ MORE - July 22, 2020
Vegetarian Iron Sources
Plant-Based Diet: Best Sources of Iron for Vegetarians This article on vegetarian iron sources was previously posted on my blog Thinky Bites I hope you find this helpful! Kate Chury RD How much do you know about vegetarian iron sources? When discussing a plant-based diet, iron is often brought up as a nutrient of…READ MORE - July 20, 2020
Working From Home? 3 Ways to Boost Productivity and Energy
Healthy eating at work and other good habits for remote work As recently as 6 months ago the debate raged on about whether remote workers are as productive as on-site employees. As the global pandemic changed all our lives and many employers overnight transitioned to a business staffed by work from home (WFH) employees,…READ MORE - July 18, 2020
Almond Blueberry French Toast Casserole
Enjoy this for breakfast or as a weekday supper meal This is a tasty make ahead recipe you can serve for brunch or a ‘breakfast for supper’ theme. You can also cook this recipe on the upper rack of your BBQ on hot summer days or bring this along to heat up on…READ MORE - July 15, 2020
Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Summer
What to eat for a healthy breakfast Looking for some new healthy breakfast ideas this summer? Read on as we’ve got some tasty variations for healthy breakfast choices you are going to love. But first, lets review some of the most asked breakfast questions before we dive into the ideas. How soon should I eat…READ MORE - July 11, 2020
Grilled Mango and Spinach Pork Salad Recipe
Try this simple summer salad recipe Enjoy this tasty summer pork salad recipe full of good nutrition, color and flavor. If you don’t have fresh mangos on hand you can also substitute thawed cubes of frozen mango. Recipe from https://putporkonyourfork.com Makes 4 servings Ingredients: lb (500 g) Canadian Pork Loin or…READ MORE - July 8, 2020
Athlete Diet Concern: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)
Sports nutrition advice: Are you eating enough calories? Have you heard of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)? Chances are you likely have not. Our culture leads us to believe that many of us are eating too much and should work towards eating less and exercising more to fit our bodies into a cookie…READ MORE - July 6, 2020
Healthy Grill Recipes and Ideas
Healthy BBQ side dishes and meal planning Looking for healthy grill recipes and ideas for healthy barbecue side dishes? This article can help! With everything else going on in the world we can be thankful that for those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer is a wonderful season to fire up the grill…READ MORE - June 29, 2020
Is There a Recommended Daily Sugar Intake?
A Sample Menu and Review of the New Food Label for Sugars This blog post is sponsored by my client, the Canadian Sugar Institute, a non-profit association that provides science based nutrition information services who compensated me for my consulting time and expertise to provide the following information on food label reading and…READ MORE - June 27, 2020
Chili Lime Shrimp Tacos Recipe
Speedy weekday meal for your next Taco Tuesday! This recipe courtesy of recipe developer Meghan at Fox and Briar was suggested to us from one of our Virtual Assistants Janice Dixon and we’ve been raving about it ever since! Give it a try and feel free to add more or less jalapeño to…READ MORE Next page
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