Sprout Right Teaches momstown Oakville Moms and Babies About Nutrition

momstown Oakville's mom and baby program, Baby Basics, is a weekly program held at ellephysio designed to connect moms with babies 0 -12 months to each other, to the fabulous resources available to them and to provide them with information that is useful and informative.  We were so pleased to welcome Lianne Phillipson-Webb, founder of Sprout Right, a company that specializes in pre-conception, prenatal, and postnatal nutrition for women, as well as good food and health for the whole family to speak to Oakville moms earlier this month.

Starting to feed your baby solids can bring a lot of questions and Lianne spent lots of time giving suggestions and information to help Oakville moms make sense of all the different theories that are out there.

She also brought along several great products designed to help with easier feeding and provided many great tips for common concerns such as when do you start, what food do you start with, how much, when, how do you make it, etc.  We also had some mamas in the group that were moving beyond purees and had a whole other set of questions in terms of finger foods, choking hazards, getting kids to chew the food and more.  

Packed Baby Basics event to learn from Lianne Phillipson-Webb

Sprout Right.com makes it really easy to wade through all the information and be comfortable with bringing the world of food to your babies and beyond.  They offer both private and public workshops on everything from making your own baby food, what to feed toddlers (how to avoid a picky eater!), nutrition expertise and starting your baby on solids.  

And while this Baby Basics session was focused on feeding the littlest members of the family, Sprout Right also offers Family Nutrition & Meal Plans - you can get a 21 day meal plan that provides healthy balanced recipes.  No meal planning for 21 days??  Sounds like heaven to me!  They also have a Smart Kids Breakfast and Lunch Meal Plan which sounds so appealing as I will face packing lunches for my son starting in September and would love ideas on making sure I am giving him great meals that will keep him full and energized.

Their website has such a wealth of information, tips, events and sessions for all ages and stages - I was impressed with everything they have to offer.  Certainly worth a visit - click here to be direct to their site.

To find out how you can join momstown Oakville's mom and baby program, please register here.  Our classes are just $45 for a year, you can join at any time.  Your membership also includes access to all of our other monthly events, our message board and our member discounts!

Barilla Pasta Gets Momstown Oakville Kids In The Kitchen

momstown Oakville moms and kids had a great morning this week at our Junior Chef program sponsored by Barilla Canada.  The group made up a delicious meal to go along with the Barilla PLUS®  pasta we were trying out that included salads and cheese biscuits - all made by our Junior Chefs!

We had several stations set up, a salad station,  a cheese biscuit station and a craft station where each child got to make a pasta necklace (what a great fine motor activity this is!).  These were in addition to our little ones getting a chance to stir our main course, spaghetti and meatballs.  

For our spaghetti, we used the new Barilla PLUS® pasta.  Each 85g serving provides 6 grams of fibre and 14 grams of high quality protein that comes from ingredients such as chickpeas, lentils and egg whites, just like those found in the Mediterranean diet and considered heart healthy choices.  Let's just say that our Oakville mamas were thrilled to learn about how much protein and fiber they could get into their little ones just by serving a kid favourite meal like spaghetti.  Barilla PLUS® is available in four different varieties including penne, rotini, spaghetti and spaghettini.  Every mom who attended the event went home with a box of Barilla PLUS® spaghetti!

momstown Oakville Junior Chefs get right into cooking!  It is so great to see them taking an interest in the food, in helping out and working together to follow a recipe (with some help of course!)

After all the hard work was done, we took our lunch outside and had a picnic.  The verdict?  The kids were proud of the work they had done and gobbled it all up showing no signs of knowing how much awesome nutrients they were getting.  Barilla has got some great summer pasta recipes too like pasta salad with cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and basil or rotini with fresh plum tomatoes and chevre cheese or you can visit their website for even more great meal ideas.  

Special thanks to Danielle Wilson Photography for taking such great pictures!  Check out the rest of the pictures from the event on our Facebook page.

momstown Oakville has a Junior Chef event every month which is included in your yearly membership of just $45/year.  To become a momstown Oakville member, click here.

Oakville moms and kids make time for breakfast with Nutella

This week our momstown Oakville moms and their junior chefs got together to make some healthy and delicious breakfast and snack options using Nutella.  Before we got busy in the kitchen, our junior chefs started off the program by making their very own chefs hat!

Once all of our momstown Oakville Junior Chefs were outfitted for the task, we got working on making two tasty recipes from our sponsor Nutella.  Nutella recently released Canada’s Breakfast Report - new research that sheds light on how much children can benefit from eating breakfast.  Visit the Nutella Breakfast Table website to share tips, find advice and learn more about the importance of breakfast.

First up were the Bananalicious Nutella Pancakes!  This easy to make recipe uses whole wheat flour and oats and the kids were gobbling them up. The next recipe we tackled was for the Fruit ‘N’ Nutella Yogurt Parfaits.  The little ones loved dumping all the ingredients into their cup and our moms were thrilled to see fruit, power packed protein from the greek yogurt and hearty granola being mixed in with Nutella.  This recipe was a big hit when talking about breakfast and how to get kids a solid dose of nutrients to start their day and keep them energized.

The only downside to our event was that we didn't have time to test out all the recipes provided by our sponsor, Nutella.  Luckily, everyone went home with recipe cards so that they can make the recipes we tried as well as some additional ones such as Nutella French Toast Cups or Nutella Breafast Bars.

We hold our junior chef program once a month.  If you'd like to join us for this program and our other 30+ monthly programs, sign up for your 4 week free trial today!

momstown Oakville moms getting fit with a fitness challenge

I'm so excited for the very first momstown Oakville fitness challenge!  Join other Oakville moms and get fit this January.  We have six great workouts planned as well as the support of a nutritionist and a personal trainer.  All classes will take place in the evening and there will be a starting, mid point and final weigh in and measuring of inches.  Each member will contribute $20 and the money will be split between the winning team and the winning individual.  You must sign up for the challenge by January 9, 2013.

Not a momstown Oakville member?  Purchase your membership for just $45 a year and come get fit with us!  For more information on how you can join us for the challenge, please email info.oakville@momstown.ca.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Fitness on The Go

Quad Spinning

Fitdolls

The Belle Method - Pilates

Fitness4Life - Zumba

Living Force Nutritional Consulting

Sports Training Academy