Posts Tagged ‘ANGELA WALLACE’

The sum of your habits is your lifestyle. As fitness professionals, we often encourage healthy lifestyles, yet behaviour change and creating a healthy lifestyle can be challenging. If we break down what a healthy lifestyle looks like, it will be different from person to person, however it is essentially a sum of their habits. Healthy…

Seasonal eating means to consume foods around the same time they are naturally grown and harvested. In Canada, the types of foods in season will vary monthly, but you might be surprised to know that we have quite the abundance of produce available over the fall months and even into the winter.  Below are three…

It seems like everywhere I look on social media there has been some discussion or meme about the ‘quarantine 15,’ which is essentially referring to gaining weight while practicing physical distancing. This new way of living creates a variety of challenges, including easy access to your fridge and pantry all day long while working from…

By Angela Wallace, MSc, RD, PTS Are you busy? Do you sometimes feel like there aren’t enough hours in your day? If you answered yes, you NEED to start meal prepping! It might seem like another chore, but it will save you time, energy, and money (and once you get into the swing of it,…

By Angela Wallace, MSc, RD, PTS I love nothing more than fresh local tomatoes during the spring and summer months, and a meal that can turn into two! Since prepping your meals ahead of time can make all the difference in a busy week, why not try creating some two in one meals that help…

This is the perfect on-the-go smoothie to fuel up after your workouts. It will sit well for a few hours so all you need to do is give it a good shake and drink up! Not only is the smoothie loaded with protein, it is also loaded with antioxidants including vitamin C and E, making…

By Angela Wallace, MSc, RD Do you ever buy veggies with great intentions and recipes in mind? Do these veggies ever sit in your fridge for way too long and start to go bad? Before wasting your veggies, give this recipe a taste. Empty all your veggies into the slow cooker and let the magic…

By Angela Wallace, MSc, RD Do you ever buy berries with great intentions of eating them, but they sit too long in your fridge and start to look unappetizing? Before you throw those berries out, I encourage you to try this delicious and simple chia seed jam. Chia seed jam is a healthy spin on…

By Angela Wallace, MSc, RD We have a food waste problem in Canada, and it’s a huge one. So huge that it’s referred to as a $31-billion-dollar problem. Across Canada, we are wasting $31 billion dollars of food, which is 40% of food purchased yearly…..almost half! In addition, research has suggested that we are wasting…