It's time to celebrate another great season and to do so, I'm sitting down to reflect on our great guests as well as answer questions from you the listeners all about Meal Prepping. So get ready to take a trip down memory lane and learn some fabulous new tips and tricks to make your meal planning a little easier with yours truly.

Thanks for supporting The Sensible Foodie for two seasons! 

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Registered dietitian gone farmer Sarah Smith is on the podcast this week to share her story behind her Pastel Pumpkins Company. As two dietitians we can't help but discuss the value of increasing people's variety of fruits and vegetables. We also talk about how her fabulous pumpkins are not only beautiful but also edible. We even throw in a few recipe ideas to inspire you this episode. 

If you want to find out where to get these fabulous pumpkins be sure to check out Pastel Pumpkins here: 

Instagram: @pastelpumpkinco

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Bartender, mixologist and sous chef Aaron Male is here this week serving up advice on how to elevate your cocktail experiences. We discuss what the latest trends are, how to pair your cocktails with your meals, signs of good and bad cocktails as well as helpful tips for elevating your mixing game at home. So pour yourself your favorite drink and sip and savor this wonderful discussion about all things cocktail and mixology. Be sure to drink responsibly!

To follow Aaron Male, be sure to check him out on Instagram at: @aaron_the_barman

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Mental Health Counsellor Liz Page is at the dinner table this week to help us better understand the role our childhood has in our relationship with food as adults.  We get into everything from body image, food scarcity to how our own role modeling and the modeling of our parents leaves a real imprint on us. 

All is not lost though as Liz has some great tips to make meaningful change both for ourselves and the next generation to improve our relationship with food and ourselves. 

If you would like some great resources on children's mental health  please check out this website: https://cmho.org/

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This episode had me feeling so many things! Registered Psychotherapist Bob Tees takes us on a wonderful journey through a conversation about life, love, death and the journey we all take when we lose those that mean the most to us. Bob and I dig deep into our own losses and experiences as well as our different points of view as healthcare providers in caring for the bereaved. We also come up with a great plan for "grief casseroles". Tune in, but keep the tissues close by!

To learn more about Bob Tees and the great work that he does, be sure to check out his website: https://forthemoment.ca/
 

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The resilient can make lemonade from lemons and Emily O'Brien can make second chances from popcorn. Emily O'Brien is the creator of Comeback Snacks. Emily pops by The Sensible Foodie and shares about her life journey that landed her in federal prison but ultimately inspired her popcorn empire that is giving the formerly incarcerated a second chance at life. 

Emily shares the realities faced by those in prison, the stigmas that lead to unhelpful cycles in our systems all while peppering in some fantastic food puns. This is an episode you definately don't want to miss!

If you would like to learn more about Emily and her tasty snacks, be sure to check out below:

https://comebacksnacks.com/
Instagram: @comebacksnacks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comebacksnacks

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Registered dietitian, fellow podcast host, online content writer and just overall fabulous human being Julia Zakrzewski and I get into the dirty details about nutrition misinformation in todays episode.

While it's a lot of fun working in an ever evolving field, Julia shares the hard work that goes into staying current and accurate in the nutrition sciences and gives some great pearls of advice on how to combat the never ending misinformation we face in our everyday lives online.

If you would like to learn more about Julia, be sure to check here out here:
freelancedietitian.com

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Can I just say, my takeaway from this episode was I really just wanted take away after talking to Matt Kershaw? Matt is the Executive Chef of The Other Bird restaurant group. He has a deep passion for creative cooking that has been featured on a variety of reality cooking shows including Chopped Canada and Fire Masters.  

In this episode, Matt serves up some hard truths about the challenges the restaurant industry is currently facing as well as shines as he talks about his love for creating new dishes and the self expression that every chef wants to plate up for us. 

Be sure to check out his fabulous restaurants: https://www.otherbird.com/ 

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