{"id":674,"date":"2012-03-08T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/uncategorized\/loblaw-livelifewell-blogger-and-media-session\/"},"modified":"2012-03-08T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T13:56:00","slug":"loblaw-livelifewell-blogger-and-media-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/loblaw-livelifewell-blogger-and-media-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Loblaw livelifewell blogger and media session"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Last night I went to a media event for local bloggers to get a tour of my Superstore by dietician Anne Marie Armstrong to help us make healthier food choices. It was exciting to get to meet Heather from Mmm is for Mommy<\/a> and so fantastic to be introduced to Lynette from My Wee View<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Tour<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

As you know I am product testing items for President’s Choice Blue Menu<\/a> livelifewell product line. Since March is nutrition month, the timing could not be more perfect. It is still seriously cold here so Reg accompanied me and was kind enough to be my sherpa and carry my stuff around the entire night.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

I was thrilled to get to discuss seafood on the tour, one of my favourite food groups. I was relieved to be able to ask a question that has been haunting me for a while. Yes, fish is full of the healthy omegas but what happens when you cook fish? Does it destroy the healthy fat?<\/p>\n

Apparently, if you avoid deep frying, the fish does keep most of its omegas which is fantastic news for me! I had a doctor who said to only eat sushi if you want the omegas but it turns out I can have cooked fish and still get a lot of that healing oil. Woot!<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

So how many grams of fat do you need in a day? For women it is 50 and for men it is 70  and you want them to come from good oil as much as possible. I often get mine from making my own salad dressings and we eat a lot of different kinds of nuts too. Which has worked, we both have a lot of the good oil in our system but I will be making more fish now too.<\/p>\n

You need 1.1-1.6 grams of omega 3 oil per day and you get 0.3-0.45 grams in a serving of fish.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

The controversial portion of the tour was the discussion about deli meats. Most are crazy high in sodium. I personally wanted to know what deli meat is, exactly? Compressed meat, which is what I figured but still find hard to wrap my head around. The visual of how they must make that disturbs me. Yup, sticking with real<\/i> chicken breast sandwiches in our household.<\/p>\n

Not only that, we found out that baloney begins as a liquid that is congealed into being solid. Yeah, I never liked that stuff! Ugh!<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

In the bakery section we learned how not to be fooled into buying breads that sound healthy but could be better for us. We should look for “whole grains” which is bread that contains all three layers\/parts of the grain. I also found out that unbleached or enriched flour is just white flour!!!<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne Marie reminded us that all meat fat is considered “bad fat” so you should make smart choices like removing chicken skin which will bring the 20 grams of fat in the meal down to 1. Of course there are good things in red meat that our bodies need so just make sure to choose lean cutes of meat.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

She also pointed out to us (literally) to read the percentages on labels. You might think when you look at the fat content of a sausage (here it is 26 grams) is not too bad but that sausage contains 40% of the fat content you should get in a day. In one<\/i> sausage. Yikes!<\/p>\n

The Food<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

After the enlightening tour we went upstairs to the cooking school to have some treats and talk food! There was a veggie platter with some tzatziki with Greek yogurt mixed in to make it thicker.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

The gingered carrot soup was light and beautiful, we all adored that and I will make it and share it here on my blog. So good!<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

I am totally rethinking salads now. I am going to make this very light warm spinach and apple salad again very soon! Not to worry, I will share the recipe too.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Reg fell in love the PC Blue Menu Korean Chicken Breast Chunks<\/a>. They were a little sweet for me, kind of like a teriyaki, but they were good. I would buy these, I would just add hot sauce to them. These will make a fast and easy dinner which rocks.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

The big hit of the evening was definitely the Power Fruit Breakfast Crumble made with Organics Power Fruit Blend<\/a>. Those big cherries were phenomenal! At first I thought I would have no reason to buy this because Reg can’t have raw cherries in a smoothie but when we tasted this, I knew I would be baking it again. To make this exact recipe, it was perfect. And I will share that here too!<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

You can totally tell it was a great evening with foodies and bloggers. The cameras came out immediately!<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

I am not the best people photographer but I did get this shot of Lynette from myweeview.com<\/a> live tweeting about the event at the back of the photo.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Here you can see Anne Marie in the back of the cooking school class room.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I did not manage to get a photo of Heather from Mmm is for Mommy<\/a> or Margaret who helped organize the event, darn it!<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course I did take one of Reg though who has no issues being photographed, LOL.<\/p>\n

\"Loblaw<\/a><\/p>\n

We could have sat there talking food and drinking my favourite Decaf Dulce de Leche<\/a> coffee all night. Turns out we had a goodie bag to take home with us that had frozen food in it so off we went back to our cars and home with our treats!<\/p>\n

I rarely leave the house during the cold half of the year but this was absolutely worth it. I never get bored learning about food and I have to give President’s Choice<\/a> kudos for really making an effort to make boxed food that is as healthy for you as boxed food can be. I must admit, I am wary of all things packaged but I know that with my health, making all my food from scratch is impossible.<\/p>\n

It was a fun night and great to get out of the house and meet with other foodies. Thank you Loblaw for inviting me to your nation-wide dietitian day event! More reviews to come…<\/p>\n

Want a tour of your store?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Anyone who is interested in doing the tour can get more information or sign up their local store\u2019s pharmacy counter:<\/p>\n

March 8th (today) 2-3 PM Joe Howe Superstore, Halifax
March 13th 2-3 PM Windsor Superstore (Hants County)
March 14th 10-11 AM Bridgewater Superstore
March 15th 11 AM \u2013 12 noon Antigonish Superstore
March 20th 2-3 PM Bayers Lake Superstore
March 21st 2-3 PM Portland Street Superstore
March 22nd 2-3 PM Lower Sackville Superstore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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