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]]>“It doesn’t matter if you are cooking for your friends, spouse, or children, this course is designed to help you prepare a meal that will be delicious and adaptable to satisfy everyone you are serving in order to free up time to spend together around the table – not in the kitchen,” says Sharon McCormick, CEO of Poppy Innovations.
Cooking a decent healthy meal takes time and energy, mix in fussy eaters and different taste preferences and it’s no wonder family meal time is being ditched for “grab whatever you want” dinners. But with obesity rates in adults doubling over the past 25 years and tripling in children, it has never been more important to develop healthy eating habits. The key to reversing this trend is through improved food literacy, which is the skills, behaviour and knowledge to choose and prepare nutritious food.
One meal, one family is a great example of how Poppy Innovations is dedicated to improving the food literacy of Calgarians through hands-on education programs. “Participants will learn new recipes to adapt one meal for household members at various stages of eating (babies, toddlers, teenagers and adults with different food tastes and requirements) to ensure all family members consume their nutritional requirements in a tasty meal, regain time to spend connecting with their family and reduce costs associated with preparing multiple meals for one dinner” says McCormick.
For the full media release, click on the link One Meal One Family media release FINAL Jan 2016
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- 2 tsp soaked chia (soak for 10-15 min in water)
- 1 cup fruit
- 2 cups almond milk
- Ice (optional - if using frozen fruit, ice is not needed)
- Place all the ingredients into blender and blend until desired consistency. If too thick, add water to thin.
- Optional: soak your seeds in the milk instead of water
- Be careful about not adding to many seeds to your blender because chia, when soaked in water, becomes gelatinous and will make a very very thick smoothie.
- Try substituting coconut milk for almond milk for a different flavour. When eaten raw, chia seeds are excellent sources of omega 3 and dietary fiber.
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