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A little while back I posted about a fantastic program hosted by Hellmann’s called the 2011 Real Food Grant Program. They were giving away $110,000 in funding for local projects that share Hellmann’s vision of helping Canadian families learn about and experience real food.
They received over 400 applications, which shows that communities are really [...]

This fantastically healthy recipe for granola comes from a new cookbook by vegan cook Ann Gentry called Vegan Family Meals: Real Food for Everyone
The best granola has just the right amount of sweetness and crunchiness and has been baked to a golden brown.
This recipe is delicious.
Ann says this about her granola recipe:
“Granola has long [...]

I just received a new book to review called Canada’s Diabetes Meals for Good Health: Includes Meal Planning Ideas and 100 Recipes.
It was written by Karen Graham, a registered dietician and certified diabetes educator.
Diabetes is a disease that is running rampant in North America. Most health practitioners attribute this to the high amounts [...]

Are you, like me, becoming increasingly concerned about the fact that many of our children eat very little “real” food? There is more and more processed and ready to eat out of the package food available today, so much that some kids, and more than we want to believe I think, have little contact with [...]

Nourishing Traditions The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats

A full-spectrum nutritional cookbook with a startling message–animal fats and cholesterol are vital factors in the human diet, necessary for reproduction and normal growth, proper function of the brain and nervous system, protection from disease and optimum energy levels. Includes [...]

FIX IT and FORGET IT LIGHTLY Healthy Low Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker

Yes, [...]

Toddler Cafe Fast Healthy and Fun Ways to Feed Even the Pickiest Eater

Every toddler [...]