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Simple Haddock Quesadillas

November 24, 2020 by April Saunders 2 Comments

Simple Haddock Quesadillas on a white plate with lime wedges and cilantro on the sideEnter these Simple Haddock Quesadillas🐠  Your next favourite weeknight meal. My friend, quesadillas are a great option when you need a healthy meal quickly, plus you've got the customizable factor in your favour. You can pack these babies with whatever your heart desiresā£ļø And then when it's all done, with the cheese melted and the...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Make It Tonight, Most Popular, Supper Tagged With: easy supper, fish, fish quesadillas, haddock, haddock quesadillas, Quesadillas

Easy Winter Soup with Beans

November 15, 2020 by April Saunders Leave a Comment

Easy Winter Soup with Beans in a white bowl with a gold spoonSuper Easy Soup Season is upon us! Also known as: cold weather time🄶 And this recipe for Easy Winter Soup with Beans will quickly become one of your family favourites if you too love soups in the wintertime. I remember a few years ago I was soooo sick at Christmas. I literally couldn't even leave...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Meatless Mondays, Soup, Vegetarian Tagged With: easy recipe, healthy soup, quinoa, soup, tomato, winter recipes, winter soup

Easy Chicken Soup with Tomatoes and White Beans

May 10, 2020 by April Saunders 4 Comments

Overhead shot of Easy Chicken Soup with Tomatoes and White Beans on a red napkinThis Easy Chicken Soup with Tomatoes and White Beans is a life-saver kinda recipe, friends. You know when you need an all-in-one meal on a weeknight that's healthy and the kids will actually eat it? I've got youšŸ™‹ā€ā™€ļø And because this easy chicken soup hits all the points, it's on regular rotation in our house...

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Filed Under: Dinner, Kid-Friendly, Lunch, Make It Tonight, One Dish Dinners Tagged With: beans, chicken, chicken soup, easy recipe, fibre, soup, supper, white beans

Gluten-Free Oatmeal Breakfast Bars with Chocolate

February 22, 2020 by April Saunders 6 Comments

Two square of gluten-Free Oatmeal Breakfast Bars with Chocolate on a wood cutting boardThese Gluten-Free Oatmeal Breakfast Bars with Chocolate are a perfect healthy bite in the morning, filled with healthy carbs, a hit of protein and a taste of chocolate to bootšŸ’Æ When you find a breakfast bar that isn't shellacked in sugar like so many other granola bars out there, it's truly a cause for celebration🄳...

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Gluten Free, Quick and Easy Breakfast, Snacks Tagged With: breakfast, breakfast bars, gluten free, gluten-free snack, healthy snack, quick and easy

Spinach and Citrus Salad with Sweet and Spicy Almonds

November 25, 2019 by April Saunders 4 Comments

Spinach and Citrus Salad with Sweet and Spicy Almonds with nuts and jar of dressing in the background.What to do with aĀ massive contain of spinach? Make Spinach and Citrus Salad with Sweet and Spicy Almonds of course :) Well, and add it everywhere else I can! Spinach in my smoothies (really - you gotta try it), spinach in mason jar salads, like these: [mk_image src="https://aprilsaunders.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_9588-1.jpg" group="_general" crop="false"] And let's not forget the...

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Filed Under: Meatless Mondays, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: antioxidants, folate, healthy salads, salad, shrimp, spinach, vitamin C

Kid Friendly Pumpkin Scones

November 3, 2019 by April Saunders 2 Comments

Stack of kid friendly pumpkin scones on parchment paperI feel like sometimes my toddler truly lives on air. Well, maybe not air but he certainly has his food, ahem, preferences. I don’t want to label him ā€œpickyā€. I think he’s just acting like a toddler. However, it can be quite unnerving as a dietitian when your 3 year old eats only the CUCUMBER...

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Kid-Friendly, Snacks Tagged With: cottage cheese, easy recipe, fall recipe, healthy snack, kid-friendly, pumpkin, scone

Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?

June 24, 2019 by April Saunders Leave a Comment

Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?If you've ever started and stopped a diet (and started and stopped another one), this blog post is for you. You know how when you start going keto and you're super on the program? You're skipping buns at the BBQ and you have avocado and bacon with every meal and you even start losing some...

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Filed Under: Diet Tagged With: all or nothing thinking, mindset, strategy, weight loss, weight loss tips

Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

June 7, 2019 by April Saunders 2 Comments

peanut butter banana smoothieIt's finally, finally, finally spring! And slapping the sunblock on the kids and making lemonade on the weekends is a welcome change to winter we just had. (Someone who does not agree with me? Our dog. Poor Bruce Wayne, he would much rather summer was a quick flash of maybe a day or so. He...

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Gluten Free, Kid-Friendly, Smoothies, Snacks Tagged With: banana, healthy snacks, peanut butter, smoothie

Quinoa Chocolate Cupcakes with Avocado Icing

October 25, 2018 by April Saunders 3 Comments

quinoa chocolate cupcakes with avocado icingQuinoa Chocolate Cupcakes with Avocado Icing sounds like an oxymoron. Wrapped in an enigma. Hidden in a labyrinth. Ok, I digress but seriously, who puts quinoa in cupcakes and then puts avocado on top?! Or so I thought... Quinoa is a great substitute for ingredients like white rice, pasta, etc. Kicking these foods to the...

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Filed Under: Entertaining, Gluten Free Tagged With: avocado icing, chocolate, cupcakes, entertaining, gluten free, quinoa, treats

Should I Buy Sugar Free Products? Probably Not.

July 16, 2018 by April Saunders Leave a Comment

should i buy sugar free productsShould I buy sugar free products? is something I hear a lot from people when they're first diagnosed with prediabetes (and diabetes.) The grocery store shelves are really filling up with all sorts of products that claim to be ā€œsugar freeā€ on the label. But it makes you wonder if these products actually are ā€œbetterā€ in...

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Filed Under: Diet Tagged With: prediabetes, products, sugar, sugar-free, sugar-free products

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