Archive for August, 2016

Total Wellness Summit

There is so much information available to improve our health and a lot of is for free! Taking advantage of what people are offering is one way to shift your perspective and improve your total well-being.

The Total Wellness Summit put on through the Food Network is just one of them. I’m learning so much from their free videos and it puts me in the right frame of mind to open up to healthier ways of living.

So many people say it’s too expensive to eat or be healthy – gym memberships cost too much, vegetable prices are unreasonable and junk is just so cheap but at what cost? Long term wise, it’s easy to understand why more and more people are starting to invest in themselves and their family to improve their total outlook in life. FoodMatters, the website which hosts this summit, offers a lot of advice and information that will motivate you to make a healthier meal everyday of the week!

It’s easy to feel better and still be able to afford an occasional treat. I challenge you to research how to make your favourite meal even healthier today!

Thanks for reading and trying,

Sarah Butland


Eat Like a Blue Jay?

Promotions are everywhere in Canada showing food sponsored by the Toronto Blue Jays and, though I’m a fan of the Jays, I am not a fan of the message.

My six year old son is addicted to baseball in the summer, primarily watching the Blue Jays win their way to the top of the league. When he goes grocery shopping with me and sees their well recognized logo on hot dogs, chips and even beer now (though he’s not in that store I know he would love the cans) he immediately wants the product. A lot of the times he’s trying to sneak it into the cart without even knowing what’s in the package, for him it’s all about that logo on the package.

Once I remove it from the cart and explain what it is he’s ok with leaving it behind because he has been raised to understand health from illness.

Together we watched a documentary titled Kids Menu so that another educator could reiterate what we’ve been teaching him with more lessons and in a way he was eager to learn from.

With all of the new connections I was just introduced to 80 Twenty Nutrition and was delighted to find a recipe our whole family will enjoy called PBJ (Peanut Butter Blue Jays) Rally Shake. I invite you to try the recipe as well as read the entire article posted on the page and support the Toronto Blue Jays this season!

Thanks for reading,

Sarah Butland

author of Sending You Sammy

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It Has Been Awhile But I’m Back!

I’ve been busy watching lots of food documentaries and connecting with so many wonderful people who are passionate about healthy food! The latest one I’ve watched is Fed Up and it’s obvious, people are determined to make a change.

See a clip of it here:

Like many of the others movies available, it had a tremendous impact on me as I’m once again appreciating salads and vegetables a whole lot more. Fruit smoothies, always delicious, are now even more scrumptious knowing how they are rewarding my body with nutrients.

And with going back to school on the horizon for most of us, the dreaded conversation of lunches comes up but there’s no need to panic. Quite the opposite of panic, in fact, as we can enjoy the challenge of embracing our imagination and good health. Filling lunch bags with healthy versions of our kids favourites and introducing them to new ones!

With Super Healthy Kids you can find loads of resources, recipes and so much more! Check out some new snack ideas like No-Bake Carrot Cake Bites by visiting their site and let me know what you, and your kids, think when you make them!

Thanks for reading and eating healthy foods!

Sarah
author of Sending You Sammy

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