At the weekend I got to go through yet another round with stomach flu…eurgh. Anyone who has young children knows the perils winter brings. Flu, colds, sickness, norovirus. From November through to February can feel like a string of illnesses that spread through the house like wildfire. Sadly, when this hits, the classic remedies tend…
Next to Christmas and Easter, Halloween is possibly a low sugar parent’s most dreaded time of year for the sugar content it inevitably carries with it! It can be daunting, and feel overwhelming to try and figure out how to cope with a holiday centred around candy when you are trying to keep your family…
Studies have shown us that children who are involved in meal preparation and cooking of healthy meals are more likely to choose to eat healthy foods. One even found a 10% increase in choice of vegetables for children who helped cook versus those who didn’t. It stands to reason, therefore, that if we want our…
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get the hang of meal planning? Like you’ve tried every trick in the book and it still takes you far too much time, comes to far too much money, or ends up getting thrown out halfway through the week or month when a curveball gets thrown at you?…
Money and time. Those are the arguments I hear over and over about why parents and families (and singles!) simply cannot eat more healthily. Why giving up sugar is just a pipe dream unless you have the luxury of a large salary. There is a tiny grain of truth in the idea that healthy eating can…
This week is Sugar Awareness Week! Woop woop! Ok, so probably not something particularly big or exciting on many people’s radars, but still a very important event, especially as we all start to become more “sugar aware” these days. Still, I feel like “sugar awareness” is something that is really difficult and often not important…
