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March is Nutrition Month

Each month we develop nutritionally balanced meal plans in partnership with a registered dietitian. To celebrate nutrition month, we took things a step further and brought in more food facts into our recipes.

Did you know eating zucchini can support eye health? Or that adding chickpeas to your diet can help lower your cholesterol? Get your hands in the flour and get the food facts so you can learn more about what you’re eating and how it fuels your body with this month’s meal plan.

Thanks to our friends at Revive Wellness for developing this and all of our meal plans.

Gnocchi with a mushroom cream sauce, spinach, chicken and sun dried tomatoes, above scene on a dark stone backgroundView Recipe

Day 1

One-Pot Gnocchi with Chicken and Spinach

This one-pot wonder is not only full of flavour, it’s also filled with folate. Found in dark leafy greens, folate has many important roles in the body, including preventing anemia and producing RNA and DNA.

Sandwich with green beans hummus on a wooden board on a light baView Recipe

Day 2

Smashed Chickpea Salad Sandwiches

Fee-fi-fo-fibre! This chickpea sandwich is packed with fibre to keep you feeling satisfied until dinner time. Not only is fibre important for digestive and bowel health, but it also helps you feel full.

Mexican food. Cuisine of South America. Traditional dish of spicy beef enchiladas with corn, beans, tomato. On a baking tray, on a black stone background. Top view copy spaceView Recipe

Day 3

Beef and Black Bean Enchiladas

Beef and beans may be the star of this recipe, but we think the tomato sauce is what brings it to life. Stay heart healthy and full of life with these flavourful enchiladas.

Chicken curry savory pie with carrot and green peasView Recipe

Day 4

Thai Green Curry Chicken Pot Pie

Keep your eyes on the prize with this curry chicken pot pie filled with spinach and zucchini. Zucchini is good source of vitamin A—important for eye health, protein synthesis and normal growth and development.

Homemade sweet cake, classic key lime pie with fresh limes, on wooden background copy spaceView Recipe

Day 5

Key Lime Pie

A dessert that can help with gut health? We’re in! Many Greek yogurts contain probiotics like S. Thermophilus or L. Acidophilus, which are beneficial bacteria that multiply in the gut.

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