Bridget's Green Kitchen

How to Find Safe and Effective Sunscreen

June 9, 2015

Few things feel better after a long snowy winter than the feel of the warm sun on your skin. The great weather on Victoria Day was like a surprise gift and I admit that grabbing the sunscreen as we headed off to our cottage was an afterthought and even […]

Salads

Honey Dijon Vinaigrette for Greens and Grains

May 23, 2015

Honey Dijon Vinaigrette is delicious on tender greens and hearty grains I was always an early riser and when I was living at home after university I was usually the first one to the kitchen. One early morning I was startled by a spider in the honey pot. It […]

Green Living

Why Kids Need Good Food Education #FoodRevolutionDay

May 22, 2015

How do you grow healthy kids? Teach them about good healthy food and the lost art of cooking. How is this for a sobering statistic: By 2030 it is predicted that 41% of the world’s population will be obese. Considering that, as of 2013, an astonishing 42 million […]

Cookies

Healthy Protein-Packed Granola Cookies

May 9, 2015

These healthy Granola Cookies are protein-packed and loaded with fibre. And they’re delicious. We were the first kids in our school to bring granola for recess. I can’t recall what was in it aside from rolled oats but I do remember it was very sweet and buttery. That was […]

Green Living

How to get kids to care about the environment

May 1, 2015

How do we get kids to care about the environment? How do we get kids to care about the environment, and understand the concept of carbon footprints so they grow up to consider environmental stewardship a normal way of life? We can teach children to turn out […]