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Practical Beginner Plant-Based Diet Tips for a Healthier You
Starting a plant-based diet doesn’t have to be complicated or intimidating. With these practical tips, you can make the transition in a way that feels natural and sustainable

Sandra Venneri
4 days ago4 min read


The Freezer Is a Food Savings Tool: How to Make Food Last Longer, Reduce Waste, and Save Money on Groceries
Freezing food is a simple strategy to manage food cost inflation at home. Think of your freezer as a savings bank for your grocery budget — a pause point for food use that helps reduce food waste and stretch groceries further.

Sandra Venneri
Apr 214 min read


Root Recipe Remodel
I was on a mission to remodel a root veggie recipe into two distinct ones. You can make them separately, or use one in another recipe!

Sandra Venneri
Nov 12, 20225 min read


Fall Flavour with Fibre: Apple Cinnamon Zucchini Muffins
A fall-flavour recipe of Apple Cinnamon Zucchini Muffins that focuses on fibre while keeping it fluffy!

Sandra Venneri
Aug 19, 20223 min read


What's a Nutritionist?
"Health is wealth" and as my dear father said once at the dinner table to my sister and I, "If you don't have your health, you have...

Sandra Venneri
Mar 28, 20223 min read


5 Tips to Building Healthy Habits in Stressful Times
It's been quite the year and many of us have been forced to go into hibernation. With stressful times comes the need for survival...

Sandra Venneri
May 29, 20215 min read


Harvest Moon Reflection
Tonight in Ontario is the Harvest Moon – a signal to past generations that the crop was ready. I thought it was fitting to reflect...

Sandra Venneri
Sep 16, 20163 min read


Product Review: Starfrit Cherry Pitter
Cherries are in full season, but my “season” started months ago. I undertook a project with 20 Valley Harvest Farms. I have been...

Sandra Venneri
Jul 13, 20164 min read


Service Review: Loblaws Click & Collect Grocery Service
NOTE: New blog post coming soon on my second attempt at using Click & Collect. Here’s a hint…. Use this code to receive $10 off your...

Sandra Venneri
Jun 23, 20164 min read


Cherry Pitting: Home Hacks on Trial
Being a Niagara native and having met many people while working as a crop scout, I was fortunate enough to keep some as lifelong friends....

Sandra Venneri
May 29, 20163 min read


“Handy” Guide to Serving Sizes
There’s a reason Nutrition Bites tag line is “helping you get healthier in little bites” 🤓 Well many actually but here’s one: Many...

Sandra Venneri
May 12, 20161 min read


A Crusty Idea for your Clumpy Brown Sugar
We baked carrot muffins (from scratch of course) tonight since my little one wants to be cooking as well as her big sister. I love having...

Sandra Venneri
Apr 11, 20161 min read


Playing with your food
In the popular Pinterest era, most people post amazing creations of culinary arts for kid lunches and snacks in bento boxes and other...

Sandra Venneri
Mar 18, 20162 min read


Meal Preps aren’t just for Gym Junkies
So I think everyone talks about how there is “no time” to eat healthy, home cooked meals. Really? (Ok, no guilt trip here about time...

Sandra Venneri
Jan 17, 20163 min read


Couponing: Kids Can!
So as the fire finally burns bright at the year end, literally… … And a new fresh start is about to begin…. My mind went to coupons...

Sandra Venneri
Dec 28, 20152 min read


Sometimes being a real mom means dry chicken nuggets
So I’m all about the honest to goodness truth. Want to see the inside of my phone texts? Want to see I’m not perfect, nor claim to be?...

Sandra Venneri
Dec 11, 20152 min read


My debut “bites” on the radio
I was asked by a local radio station reporter, KD Grainger, to talk about Nutrition Bites. She caught wind of my Kids Cooking Classes and...

Sandra Venneri
Nov 9, 20152 min read


Time Management: In the kitchen?
Transferable skills taught at home? Do you think that it’s only in school and jobs that teach them? Time management in the kitchen can...

Sandra Venneri
Oct 28, 20152 min read


Let’s get nuts and get crackin’: Tips to eat more mindfully but less in “weight”
(This article was inspired by my very spicy chili recipe.) It is true that it takes up to 30 minutes sometimes for an adult, to feel full after eating. We have stomach sensors as well as all those brain signals that try sending messages for us to interpret and decide on how to handle each situation – including when to eat and stop eating. This depends on what it is (food, drink, mixed), how much they ate, how quickly they ate it as well as age and personal differences like s

Sandra Venneri
Sep 2, 20155 min read


I went to a Food Fight and won!
I was invited to participate in the Arts & Cookery Bank’s Food Fight this summer when I poked my head into their amazing heritage and...

Sandra Venneri
Aug 19, 20156 min read
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