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Quick Healthy Snacks

Here are some more ideas for healthier snacks:

unsalted nuts (buy in the bulk section of the grocery store)
Wasa rye crisp crackers with sundried tomato hummus
Carrot sticks, celery, cucumber, red pepper, cauliflower; with dip or hummus
hard-boiled (organic) egg with dash of sea salt
pre-cut cantaloupe or pineapple
unsweetened applesauce (available in a jar or in small cups; berry [...]

Bean Quesadillas for Kids and Adults

When my older daughter was on an anti-Candida diet several years ago to clear up some health problems, I needed to get creative to find foods she could take to school to eat and that she was willing to eat. To improve her health she was temporarily avoiding wheat, corn, dairy, ham, beef, white sugar, [...]

Surrey Weight Loss Support Group

Would you like to lose weight and get healthier at the same time? Would you like to have more energy and better sleep? I find it easier to make healthy changes when I have someone else I can talk to who is also making the same changes. This will be a small group of women [...]

Frozen Bananas

An easy, healthy and creamy frozen treat that we like is a frozen banana.

Peel bananas that are yellow but not yet spotted
Break or cut the bananas in half
Stick a popsicle stick or chopstick into the broken half and push it into the banana
Wrap the bananas with plastic wrap
Put several bananas in plastic bags with the [...]

Grapefruit as a healthy snack

red grapefruit slices

I love to have a grapefruit when I’m in the mood for something juicy and filling. I usually buy the red or pink grapefruit varieties because I want it to be a bit sweet without adding anything to it. I either peel it like an orange and eat the sections or I cut it in [...]

Energy Bars

I often keep an energy bar in my purse in case I am out longer than I expect to be. Yesterday my appointment went an hour longer than I thought it would and I was very hungry when I left. I saw fast food restaurants but nowhere that I wanted to stop and get a [...]

Amount of protein to keep blood sugar steady

I have blood sugar “issues”, and that means that for me, getting protein throughout the day is very important. Health Canada recommends a daily protein intake of 0.8g x your body weight in kg. Since most of us still weigh ourselves in pounds, the translation is 0.36g x your body weight in lbs. Another website suggests [...]

Blackberry banana shake

My kids and I love fruit shakes. They are cold and yummy. This shake has lots of vitamin C, anti-oxidants and good bacteria (from yogurt).

1 cup blackberries
1 banana, peeled
1 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup berry juice

Add the above to blender and whirr until completely mixed. If you don’t like the seeds from the blackberries, use blueberries [...]

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