Choosing Yogurt with Heart Health in Mind
Raise your hand if you get a little overwhelmed in the yogurt aisle. There are so. many. choices! Searching for yogurt on the Superstore website…
Review: Save-On-Foods Online Shopping
I’m a regular user of Superstore’s PC Express service, but I also use Save-On-Foods delivery occasionally to help us get through a busy week. Here’s…
Review: PC Express (Formerly Click & Collect)
(Originally written March 2016, most recently updated July 8, 2020.) If you’re near a Superstore, No Frills, Wholesale Club, “Your Independent Grocer,” or Loblaws, and…
5 Great Alternatives to Typical Fast Food
In the ideal world, your freezer is packed with homemade meals and your fridge brimming with healthy grab-and-go snacks. In the real world though, sometimes…
Costco Snacks, Part Two
Last week I shared my thoughts on Costco crackers, but I scope-creeped my way into also talking about some of the chips and other crispy…
Costco Review: Whole-Grain Crackers and Other Crunchy Crispy Snacks
You’ve heard it before: Whole grains are good for us! Eating more whole grains has been tied to lowered incidence of heart disease, diabetes, constipation,…
Heart Healthy at Tim Hortons? A Few Options.
Last week I wrote about Tim Hortons’ new Beyond Meat breakfast sandwiches and said we could do better, even at Tim’s. So this week, I…
Heart-Healthy(ier) Stampede Breakfasts
Note: I originally wrote this post in 2016 but it’s been updated for 2019. Are you psyched for Stampede breakfasts? As a born and raised…
Is There Any Heart-Healthy(ish) Food at Starbucks?
When I mentioned doing this (unsponsored) review on social media a few days ago, a few Starbucks skeptics said that there wouldn’t be much beyond…
Calgary Stampede Food: Enjoy Breakfast to Midway, Skip the Detox
The nice people at CBC’s Eyeopener morning show had me on yesterday to talk about healthy Stampede eating. That was fun! If you didn’t happen to…
