Food

6 tips to encourage your picky eater to actually eat

6 tips to encourage your picky eater to actually eat

Emily Rivas

RECALL: Loblaws pre-packaged cooked shrimp

RECALL: Loblaws pre-packaged cooked shrimp

Loblaw Companies Limited is recalling pre-packaged cooked shrimp after discovering the potential presence of harmful bacteria.

Today's Parent

Your kids are surrounded by junk food. So what's a parent to do?

Your kids are surrounded by junk food. So what's a parent to do?

Feel like there are unhealthy options everywhere you turn? Our food environments are changing for the worse, and hurting kids’ health.

Sarah Elton

Should I be worried that my preschooler only wants to eat carbs?

Should I be worried that my preschooler only wants to eat carbs?

Preschoolers gravitate toward starchy foods. The good news is it's just a phase, but here’s how to make sure they get the balanced meals they need.

Sarah Remmer

Doritos, are you telling my daughter to shut up?

Doritos, are you telling my daughter to shut up?

The cheesy chip company is developing a “women-friendly chip” that’s quieter and tidier. Let’s not mistake it for anything other than fast food trying to profit on the societally-imposed insecurities of girls and women.

Ceri Marsh

What To Eat While Pregnant: Food Guide And Cheat Sheet

What To Eat While Pregnant: Food Guide And Cheat Sheet

From tuna and soft cheeses to caffeine and deli meats, here’s exactly what’s safe to eat and what you need to eat while you’re pregnant.

Cara Smusiak

The healthiest yogurts that kids will actually eat

The healthiest yogurts that kids will actually eat

Greek yogurt, lactose-free yogurt and more: Reviews of the healthiest yogurt cups that are kid-friendly, tested in our lab with a dietician and by parents.

Today's Parent

I made my kids eat crickets

I made my kids eat crickets

Crickets are a nutritious, environmentally friendly and sustainable food option. Are they yummy? One mom serves up bug crackers, energy bars and smoothies.

Sheri Segal Glick

Attention: Registration for the $25 Loblaw gift card is now open

Attention: Registration for the $25 Loblaw gift card is now open

Loblaw is offering customers a gift card after a price-fix admission. Here’s how to get yours.

Aleksandra Sagan, The Canadian Press

Emergency: Chocolate might be extinct by 2050!

Emergency: Chocolate might be extinct by 2050!

A world without chocolate is not a world we want to live in. No more chocolate cake, no more chocolate ice cream, no more brownies?! Say it ain't so!

Kevin John Siazon

How to get your $25 gift card from Loblaws after the company overcharged for bread

How to get your $25 gift card from Loblaws after the company overcharged for bread

The gift cards are a goodwill gesture after admitting the company participated in a bread price-fixing arrangement. Here's how you can redeem yours.

The Canadian Press

How much money should you really be spending on groceries?

How much money should you really be spending on groceries?

How much money should you really be spending on groceries? And how can you shave that weekly bill down? Here are some simple solutions.

Caroline Cakebread

These schools have found an awesome way to feed hungry kids

These schools have found an awesome way to feed hungry kids

School share tables are popping up in cafeterias all over America as a way to combat mass food waste and ensure students aren't going hungry.

Christine Chua

Fast Recipes: 14 Easy Dinners In Under 20 Minutes

Fast Recipes: 14 Easy Dinners In Under 20 Minutes

Don’t fear the busy weeknight, conquer it with one of these in-a-flash, super fast recipes. You got this.

Amy Valm

The definitive ranking of the best Timbits—but would your kid agree?

The definitive ranking of the best Timbits—but would your kid agree?

Chocolate glazed? Honey cruller? Or maybe birthday cake? Chatelaine staffers ate a whole bunch of Timbits to crown the best one.

Amy Grief, Chatelaine

12 Dairy-Free Snacks for Kids to Try Now

12 Dairy-Free Snacks for Kids to Try Now

So, your kid can't have dairy, huh? Hold up cheese strings and yogurt tubes—you're not the only snack game on the playground.

Amy Valm

7 healthy packaged snacks for school

7 healthy packaged snacks for school

Yeah, you’ve got to pack lunch and snacks too. Here are some of the best, protein-filled picks on store shelves to keep your kid going all day.

Cara Rosenbloom

10 ways to stop wasting food

10 ways to stop wasting food

These clever strategies can help you stop wasting food and save more than a thousand bucks a year.

Cara Rosenbloom

10 things your doctor told you about kids' nutrition that are wrong

10 things your doctor told you about kids' nutrition that are wrong

Everyone likes to give advice about kids' nutrition. But you need to take it with a grain of salt. Here are 10 nutrition myths you've probably heard.

Cara Rosenbloom

I never meant to become a bento-box mom

I never meant to become a bento-box mom

“It started small with reusable snack bags—BPA-free velcro and vinyl pouches in an adorable monster-patterned fabric—to replace the warped leftover sour-cream tubs that used to hold Isaac’s crackers.”

Jennifer Pinarski