Get the whole family involved in making this naan recipe by letting everyone take 
turns forming and cooking the bread on the griddle.

Family mealtimes matter

Sitting down for a meal together can improve nutrition, 
strengthen relationships and decrease stress

Mom was going to make tater tot hot dish,” my husband said with a grin. I looked at him with narrowed eyes and raised eyebrows. I really exaggerated my expression for effect. He usually knows “the look” indicates he needs to stop talking. Our three kids laughed at our interaction. Actually, I was teasing him,

Ismail Cakmak, who recently spoke at the University of Manitoba, sees nutrition security and food security as two related but separate issues.

Foliar fertilizer shows promise in reducing zinc deficiency

Yield can no longer be considered only in terms of volumes and weights

While many people are focused on the fight to end hunger, Professor Ismail Cakmak of Istanbul’s Sabanci University is focused on the fight to end hidden hunger. “Hunger is a lack of food and that is related to food security,” Cakmak told participants during a special seminar at the University of Manitoba this summer. “But


Horse's legs running in water

Hoof care isn’t all about the hoof

Horse Health: A horse’s lifestyle and diet can make a major difference in hoof health


The hoof responds to everything it experiences in its environment as well as everything going on within the body. Inseparably tied to the body, a sound foot depends on more than a correct trim. This in no way dismisses or diminishes the importance of a proper hoof trim, rather places the trim in its rightful

Canadian researcher touts benefits of barley

Canadian researcher touts benefits of barley

A Canadian research review has found barley can play a role in reducing harmful types of cholesterol


A research review from a Canadian hospital says there’s a clear link between eating barley and reduced levels of two types of “bad cholesterol” that are associated with heart disease. The paper, written by researchers at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital, was published recently in The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It included 14 studies on

Does watching cooking shows promote weight gain?

Does watching cooking shows promote weight gain?

Prairie Fare: Snap Bean Provencal

“I am gaining weight just watching this show. These cooking shows must fuel the obesity issue,” my husband commented. We were walking on treadmills side by side at a gym. We had our TVs tuned to the same cooking show. He probably noticed me shaking my head as I watched the show. I tend to


If one cow is magnesium deficient it is not uncommon for more cases to develop rapidly and one must assume the whole herd could be borderline deficient.

Beef 911: A lack of macrominerals can be a true emergency

Grass tetany can be successfully treated if caught early, but you need to contact your vet immediately

Over the last few years several herds have been affected with grass tetany in our area. These herds will often have multiple cases in short order. Once clinical signs occur and cattle go down, chances of recovery are very poor so treatment-wise they are a true emergency. Early in the course of the disease, treatment

Replacing butter with vegetable oils might not be as healthy as originally thought.

Did butter get a bad rap?

It’s not health food, but butter may be healthier than other options 
like high-linoleic acid oils

Butter might be better. Since the 1960s, consumers have been told to swap butter and other saturated fats with “heart healthy” options like vegetable oils high in linoleic acid. Now a re-examination of previously unpublished data from the study that first made that claim is casting doubt. Researchers at the Univer­sity of North Carolina School

Editorial: The trouble with science: it changes

Growing up on the farm in the 1960s, two events caused a dramatic shift in the family’s eating habits. First, the cow died. She was replaced with skim milk powder, which scientifically speaking, offered similar nutrition, was less expensive, stored better and was much more convenient than maintaining a cow and milking two times a


Most of the salt in our diets doesn’t actually come from the salt shaker.

Ease up on the salt

Prairie Fare: Apple Crisp for Two

Which shaker gets filled with salt and which gets pepper?” my daughter asked one day. She was examining small ceramic rabbits dressed in pastel-coloured spring attire. “Fill the one with three holes with salt and the one with two with pepper,” my husband responded. ‘Filling the three-holed shaker with pepper might be better for our

Grade 2 students from West St. Paul School took part in the third annual Super Chef Academy in Winnipeg last week, where they made food from recipes and learned about nutrition.

Kids and kitchens should mix

There was no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen at Dairy Farmers of Manitoba’s Super Chef Academy

Eight-year-old Nathan Penner didn’t hesitate before answering a question that would stump many his age. “Milk comes from cows, everybody knows that,” he said while waiting to test some of the recipes he helped make during the third annual Super Chef Academy in Winnipeg March 16. Well, not everybody. His teacher, Elizabeth Walker, says kids