• Two Delicious Oatmeal Recipes To Make in Less Than 10 Minutes

    29/05/2018 - By 

    I love oatmeal lately: it’s easy, filling and has infinite flavour possibilities. My love affair with it was reignited after we got back from vacation. I got sick and needed something easy on the stomach so I made some plain oatmeal. It hit the spot and I became hooked. For the past two weeks, I’ve had it every morning! I have played with flavour combos and have found some I really love.     Here are two of my go-to recipes: Ginger Spice Oatmeal: The first recipe is oatmeal with a bit of ginger in it. Ginger is famous for…

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    My Best Healthy Breakfast Finds From Pinterest

    26/04/2018 - By 

    My kids are so picky at breakfast time! They don’t even seem hungry when they wake up. I always find them playing or reading! Often, I have to find them and drag them to the table. It’s really annoying because I love breakfast and it is the most important meal of the day. I really want my kids to be full and happy for the first part of the school day. But it’s been hard to convince them to eat more than sugary cereal every morning. I never say die! I am very stubborn and tried several recipes until I…

  • Brainwave: How I Saved My Mornings.

    22/01/2018 - By 

    I am not a morning person. I’ve tried. I’ve read countless articles saying that you just had to switch your schedule to adapt to it: don’t drink coffee after 2 p.m., go to bed early and at the same time, don’t drink water before bed so you’re not up peeing all night, eat a banana before you go to sleep, turn off screens hours before sleep….you name it, I’ve read it and tried it. I am still not a morning person. I am foggy and crabby in the morning. Sometimes I pack the kids a sandwich and a spoon and…

  • Why I Am Suddenly So Concerned with Giving My Kids Healthy Breakfasts.

    25/09/2017 - By 

    I had an epiphany this weekend. My kids came up twenty minutes after finishing breakfast and they were hungry already….and crabby.  I asked Isabella what she had eaten and she said, ‘an apple sauce and some cereal without milk’. I realized that what she had eaten was basically a sugar bomb and it was no wonder she was hungry! Now that we aren’t moving anymore, and that I’m mostly unpacked, it is time to get on top of things again. I decided we would have more filling breakfasts full of real food. I also decided I would carve out time to…