Organic Awesomeness
Love Child Organics
First published 2013.05.16 | Vancouver | Food & Drink
From the moment they’re born, we’re overcome with love, then an overwhelming need to protect and feed our child. That need to feed is a primal response that never goes away. But could we make...read more

9 Simple Ways to Improve Your Family’s Diet
Healthy Foods
First published 2013.03.26 | Canada | Health & Wellness
Go a Little (Coco)Nuts Coconut oil is full of some of the best kinds of saturated fat and metabolism-boosting medium chain triglycerides (MCTs). It can withstand the heat of cooking, so it’s known...read more

Asian Organization
Sum-m! Fine Choice Foods
First published 2012.09.20 | Vancouver | Food & Drink
Wouldn’t it be nice to be the one asking ‘What’s for dinner?’ at the end of a long day?  You can do just that as you browse the aisles of your grocery store in search of Sum-m! Fine Choice...read more

The List: 15 Food Allergy Savers
Food Allergies
First published 2012.09.11 | Canada | The List
Genius by Glutino Breads We’ve fallen for our share of product promises (frizz-free shampoo, anyone?), so it doesn’t take a genius to admit to skepticism over a gluten-free bread line claiming...read more

10 Back-to-School Snacks and Lunches
Lunch & Snack Recipes
First published 2012.08.21 | Canada | Food & Drink
Sunflower Seed Butter, Honey and Banana Pinwheels Kids are accustomed to playing with pinwheels, so they’ll be spinning for joy when they unpack these at the lunch table. (Make It!) Mini Turkey...read more

Keep It Simple
Smucker’s®
First published 2012.08.20 | Vancouver | Food & Drink
Moms want only the best for their kids. That’s why moms like Smucker’s®. The trusted brand we grew up with has a line of fruit spreads called Simple Blends® Fruit Spreads, made with natural...read more

Keep It Simple
Smucker’s®
First published 2012.08.17 | Calgary | Food & Drink
Moms want only the best for their kids. That’s why moms like Smucker’s®. The trusted brand we grew up with has a line of fruit spreads called Simple Blends® Fruit Spreads, made with natural...read more

Keep It Simple
Smucker’s®
First published 2012.08.06 | Canada | Food & Drink
Moms want only the best for their kids. That’s why moms like Smucker’s®. The trusted brand we grew up with has a line of fruit spreads called Simple Blends® Fruit Spreads, made with natural...read more

Cream of the Crop
Village Ice Cream
First published 2012.07.26 | Calgary | Food & Drink
They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, the kids are definitely going to love this artisan ‘village’ as they enjoy a treat to beat the heat (and so will Mom). Newly opened Village...read more

Fresh Frozen Goodness
Gurts Frozen Yogurt & Bakery
First published 2012.07.19 | Toronto | Food & Drink
Modifying our expectations is an effective parenting technique. Modifying our foods, on the other hand (as in ‘modified milk ingredients’), might not be a recipe for success.  Thank goodness...read more

Frozen Gold
The Merry Dairy
First published 2012.06.14 | Ottawa | Food & Drink
Nothing says summer like a sweet frozen treat, and that’s why we’re thrilled to have discovered The Merry Dairy.  It’s a travelling frozen custard truck—and frozen custard is the closest...read more

Snacks Exposed
The Truth Behind Healthy Snacks
First published 2012.03.27 | Canada | Food & Drink
Having an arsenal of snacks in your back pocket is essential for busy, on-the-go families. We checked in with our ‘Friend in Food’, nutrition expert Theresa Albert (DHN & RNCP), to tell us what...read more

A New Snack to Pack
Quinoa Snack Crisps
First published 2012.01.12 | Ottawa | Food & Drink
You might not be one to make New Year’s resolutions, but this is the time of year most of us are looking a bit differently at all that candy and chocolate we’ve been accumulating since Halloween....read more

Carnival Food 101
Fast Food Tips
First published 2011.07.26 | Canada | Food & Drink
Does it feel like all we’re ever digesting is bad news? We’re becoming wary of almost everything our kids touch, from plastic containers to the pears we pack them for snacks. With summer comes...read more

Don’t Be Nutty
Nut-free Snack Options
First published 2010.10.26 | Canada | Food & Drink
Accepting the fact that kids can’t eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at school anymore is a sad reality of modern day motherhood. Our kids can’t bring anything with nuts in it to school—or...read more

The New Cupcake
Macarons
First published 2010.09.09 | Calgary | Food & Drink
We could all learn a thing or two from the Cookie Monster. Keep it simple, don’t worry too much about your appearance and indulge your inner child’s craving for cooookiiiees (insert gravelly voice...read more

Frozen Fruit Fiesta
Healthy Frozen Fruit Snacks
First published 2010.09.09 | Vancouver | Food & Drink
Enjoying frozen treats like popsicles and freezies used to be a rite of passage for kids. But many health-conscious parents are now saying ‘No way!’ So what’s a kid to do? Let your little ones try...read more

Pop Science
New Popsicle Makers
First published 2010.05.18 | Canada | Food & Drink
Ice—we’re either skating on it, or eating it. Call us Canadian, but it’s true. We know frozen pops are probably one of your kids’ favourite snacks now that the weather’s warming up, and we can’t...read more

The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Sweetpea Organic Cookies
First published 2010.05.01 | Canada | Food & Drink
Remember the good ol’ days of the cookie monster? They were simpler times indeed, but when you look at the evolution of the cookie, things aren’t so bad today. Back then you couldn’t find delicious...read more

Smart Cookies
Healthy Cookies
First published 2009.07.16 | Toronto | Food & Drink
‘Smart cookie’…what does that mean anyway? Savvy moms know what it means because we think about cookies a lot. We think about store bought, homemade, peanut free, gluten free and trans fat free…and...read more