Food

9 things parents should know about food dyes

9 things parents should know about food dyes

An update on artificial food dye and its impact on kids' health and behaviour—and tips for spotting it in common foods.

Joelene Huber

Create Your Own Tea Party!

Create Your Own Tea Party!

Pinkies up! Host an elegant garden-inspired tea party to celebrate the ladies in your life.

Sadiya Dendar and Kate Stewart

How to catch kids’ melting ice cream

How to catch kids’ melting ice cream

Ice cream and frozen pops are perfect summer treats, but their messy ones, too.

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15 easy cookie recipes

15 easy cookie recipes

These easy cookie recipes will disappear faster than you can make them.

Corinne Guirgis

New hope for kids with serious food allergies

New hope for kids with serious food allergies

Peanut butter for babies and a pill to block anaphylactic reactions—the latest research on serious food allergies is good news for families.

Wendy Haaf

Food recall: Heinz recalls another batch of baby food (Update)

Food recall: Heinz recalls another batch of baby food (Update)

The latest food recall. Heinz Canada is recalling another one of its baby foods due to risk of spoilage.

TP staff

How to peel a kiwi

How to peel a kiwi

Kiwis are one of the more difficult fruits to slice and dice. Here's a simple way to peel one in three easy steps.

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6 recipes you didn't know you could grill

6 recipes you didn't know you could grill

Fish and chips is just one of the surprising recipes you can throw on the grill.

Amy Valm

So Good Soy Beverage

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So Good Soy Beverage

Tammi Roy

Think packaged foods for kids are healthy? Think again

Think packaged foods for kids are healthy? Think again

Some parents assume packaged foods prepared for kids are healthy options. But a new study shows that more than seven out of 10 toddler meals contain too much sodium.

Karen Robock

Makeover meals: 5 comforting classics with a nutritious boost

Makeover meals: 5 comforting classics with a nutritious boost

We’ve taken ﬁve comforting classics that kids love to see on the table and given them a nutritious boost.

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How to make a simple gravy

How to make a simple gravy

With the holidays right around the corner, this simple gravy recipe will help you in a pinch.

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Loblaws removes artificial additives in President's Choice products

Loblaws removes artificial additives in President's Choice products

Due to consumer concerns, Loblaws announces the elimination of artificial additives from all President's Choice products.

Emma Waverman

10 fun facts about pumpkins

10 fun facts about pumpkins

So you think you’ve got pumpkins all figured out, huh? In the spirit of Halloween, we've rounded up 10 facts about pumpkins that you might not have known!

Emily Rivas

Don't hate me because my daughter's not a picky eater

Don't hate me because my daughter's not a picky eater

It seems like everyone and their neighbour has a picky eater in the family, but there are those rare exceptions.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Mom hates making dinner for her kids? Too bad!

Mom hates making dinner for her kids? Too bad!

One mom responds to Virginia Heffernan’s New York Times piece about her disdain for making dinner for her kids.

Ceri Marsh

7 energizing recipes

7 energizing recipes

It may sometimes seem like they have energy to spare, but active kids still need well-balanced meals before heading to practice. These quick, energizing recipes will set them (and you) up for peak performance.

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When did school lunches become a political statement?

When did school lunches become a political statement?

With all the food restrictions and nutritional requirements, some parents are fed up with making school lunches.

Jennifer Pinarski

The facts on recent sugar recommendations

The facts on recent sugar recommendations

The Heart and Stroke Foundation made new sugar recommendations this week, urging consumers to watch what they drink and limit daily calories from added sugars.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Study: Family dinners aren't dead... yet

Study: Family dinners aren't dead... yet

Between picky eaters and hectic schedules, are family dinners dead? A recent study out of the US believes the answer is yes.

Jennifer Pinarski