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Jill and Tenille’s Healthy Test Kitchen Smoothie Experiment

EAT, snacks By Jill Amery August 18, 2011 Tags: chef, chef dan, fruit, mcdonalds, smoothie, snacks, Tenile Lafontaine No Comments

When in Chicago at McDonald’s head office, we met with Chef Dan and were given quite a lesson in how menu items are developed. Remember that TV show ‘Just Like Mom’ (damn sexist title) where kids made different foods with a variety of crazy ingredients? Same goes here. Tenille (from Feisty, Frugal and Fabulous) and I had bunches of fresh fruits, veggies, yoghurt, juices and grains and were charged with creating a smoothie. Being the health-consious gourmands that we are, we decided to camoflauge beets and spinach with yummy dark purple fruit. Move over Jessica Seinfeld. Here’s the lowdown:

½ cup frozen peaches
½ cup blueberries
½ cup blackberries
½ cup cooked and peeled beets
handful of spinach
handful of fresh mint
3 T. wheat bran
pinch cinnamon
1 cup ice cubes
1 cup plain yoghurt

Blend until smooth and brush your teeth afterwards, as there will be a dark purple tinge.

The Best Kids Cookbooks

books, eat, GEAR, LIVE By Guest July 17, 2011 Tags: cookbooks for children, cooking with children, cooking with kids, kids cookbooks, snacks No Comments

Kids love to create, and so by extension they love to cook. Cooking is both science and magic, producing edible wonders. Cooking for kids should be age-appropriate and easy to do. Here are some of the best kid’s cookbooks for sharing fun time in the kitchen with your brood.

Best All-Purpose Cookbooks

The Everything Kid’s Cookbook: From Mac’n Cheese to Double Chocolate Chip Cookies-All You Need to Have Some Finger Lickin’ Fun, by Sandra K. Nissenberg. This cookbook is packed with easy recipes of every kind, from snack and appetizers to main courses and desserts, as well as fun activities like puzzles, cooking tips, and even trivia. The language is very simple and direct, and is ideal for younger children. The recipes are generally healthy and low-fat, with nutrition facts and calorie counts for each one.

Glucose-Fructose and Your Kids ‘Healthy Snacks’ That are Filled With It

EAT, snacks By Jill Amery May 15, 2011 Tags: corn syrup, diet, fructose, glucose, healthy, snacks, sugar No Comments

If feeding your children healthy snacks is high on your priority list, it’s time to start reading those labels – and if you haven’t been introduced to glucose, fructose, and the mixture of the two, you’ll definitely want to familiarize yourself. Glucose and fructose are both carbohydrates and simple sugars, AKA monosaccharides, which are found in most foods. They also happen to be the chief source of energy for the human body.

Muriel's Famous Brown Bread

EAT, snacks By Jill Amery December 20, 2010 Tags: bake break, bread, brown bread, church sale, grandmother, homemade, molasses, nova scotia, nova scotia bread, snacks, whole wheat 4 Comments

Muriel Swetnam used to bake this unbelievable bread the old-fashioned, Nova Scotian way: using huge recycled coffee cans for the actual baking. She would sell it at church bake sales and I remember one day, she popped over to the house with a few loaves which we devoured in one evening. Eat it warm with real butter. Here’s Muriel’s Famous Brown Bread recipe.

Sweet Pea Organic Cookies

EAT, snacks By Jill Amery August 3, 2010 Tags: organic, snacks, sweet pea baby, sweet pea cookies 3 Comments

Cookie Sweet Apple image MMMMM. Banana Pear. Sweet Apple. Pumpkin Spice. And they’re organic. And super-yummy. Don’t you love a snack that pleases your kids and eliminates your guilt? They have no salt, dairy, additives or preservatives, and are made with 100% wholewheat flour. From Sweet Pea – the company that brought us frozen baby food cubes when you don’t have time to make it yourself. We like healthy innovations. Merci!

www.sweetpeababyfood.com

Getting Kids to Eat More Fruit

eat, LIVE By Jill Amery May 10, 2010 Tags: diet, fruit, kids, recipes, snacks No Comments

According to a new Ipsos Reid poll, our kids are still not getting enough fruit. Diet and nutrition are so crucial for our children. As Jessica Seinfeld promotes, if they don’t like it.. well, then hide it. Or at least get creative. Mott’s Fruitsations and Korey Kealey, food specialist and mom-of-three, have teamed up to provide five easy tips for Canadian families to eat more fruit that are fun, simple and exciting. Here are some tips to get your kids to eat more fruit.

How do I Prevent Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy?

FAM, pregnancy By Jill Amery September 1, 2007 Tags: blood glucose leves, gestational diabetes, Naturopath, snacks, trimesters No Comments

Q. How do I prevent gestational diabetes in pregnancy?

BC Grilled Peaches

EAT, family meals By Jill Amery August 1, 2007 Tags: Grilled peaches, peaches, snacks No Comments

This is a perfect light dessert for a hot summer day or night! Grilled peaches are filled with nutrition and flavour, and go very well with vanilla ice cream or homemade granola.

Serves 2 people

You need:
2 whole peaches
8 tbsp balsamic vinegar
4 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 pinch of pepper

If you have a grill

Clean your peaches. Cut them in half, around the pit and twist so that it becomes two halves. Now remove the pit (If you are having difficulty removing the pit, try twisting in with your fingers or using a spoon to pry it out).
Rub a little lemon juice over the peach halves so that they don’t dry out or brown.
Preheat your grill to medium heat.
While grill is heating up, put balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, the rest of your lemon juice and pepper into a small pot. Bring to a boil and stir until the brown sugar has dissolved.
Take your peaches and your balsamic glaze out to the grill.
Place peaches on grill, the cut half facing down for about 2 minutes, just to mark them.
Now turn the peaches over, pour glaze over them and into the “pit hole” and grill for 5-6 more minutes, until mostly soft. Serve!

PS. This recipe is great with frozen yogurt or a nice vanilla ice cream!

If you don’t have a grill:

Preheat oven to 400.
Clean your peaches. Cut them in half, around the pit and twist so that it becomes two halves. Now remove the pit (If you are having difficulty removing the pit, try twisting in with your fingers or using a spoon to pry it out).
Take a small frying pan and preheat to medium. Place the peaches, cut side down on the pan (no oil necessary) and let them sizzle there for about 2 minutes, so that the bottom browns just a little. Now put the peaches on a tray lined with foil with the cut side up.
Put balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, lemon juice and pepper into the same pan. Bring to a boil and stir until the brown sugar has dissolved.
Pour the balsamic glaze over the peaches and into the “pit hole” and put in oven for 7-8 minutes, until they are somewhat soft. (Your glaze may burn a little, in the pan, but it should not burn on the peaches).
Take the peaches out and serve for a lovely dessert.

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