The Healthy Family: Start Eating Forward - Softcover

Sandi Richard is the three time award winning creator and host of Fixing Dinner on Food Network Canada, American Life TV and Discovery Asia. She is an International Bestselling author of six life-changing books in her Cooking for the Rushed series. Sandi Richard is considered by many to be North America's leading meal planning expert.
Sandi is the mother of seven children, and when eating became the enemy in her house she began searching for solutions. That was two decades ago and she never looked back.
In addition to being a regular on CBC radio, Sandi has been a featured guest on Food Network U.S. and a repeat guest on NBC's Today Show. She has contributed frequently to numerous magazines such as Reader's Digest, Eat Clean, Woman's World and First for Women.
Sandi has been involved in national campaigns with corporate giants such as ConAgra Foods, Starbucks, Rival Cookware, Whirlpool, S.C. Johnson and Ocean Spray. Sandi is the founder of the Eating Forward movement and co-owner of Cooking for the Rushed Inc.

National Hockey League physician Kelly Brett M.D. and George Lambros M.D. are passionate about motivating kids and families to incorporate exercise into their daily lives. They also help us understand the relationship between physical activity and the food we eat.

This book is not just about diet and food. It covers many important topics of concern related to child health. The book is written in a down home style that avoids intimidating, complex concepts and terms. It is light-hearted, factual, practical and simple to read. ...
As a physician, my goal is to be an advocate for physical activity, nutrition, and health. Most physicians are aware that the Energy Balance the authors of this book speak about has not been widely adopted across North America. Sandi, Kelly and George have taken a necessary and unusual approach to dealing with these complex issues: they've simplified them. They've given us a starting point with each area of food science and meal planning. They have accomplished the objective of their mission -- you will find this book easy to read, interesting, and provocative.

Gordon Matheson MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Sports Medicine
Stanford University
Editor-in-Chief,
The Physician and Sportsmedicine --Gordon Matheson MD, PhD

I am not usually the type to write emails of this nature, but I feel like I owe you a big thank you. My sister gave me The Healthy Family as a gift. I did what I always do with cook books and put it on the shelf.
Then, one day, I pulled out your book and actually read it. I have never felt so inspired. I immediately thought I can do this! I rearranged my kitchen, bought some key kitchen tools I was missing, and started in. We just got through our second time around going through all 7 meal plans and my life has completely changed. We've gotten to the point where we can make our own meal plans, but we still like using yours. Your other cookbooks are on my wishlist for all gift occasions.

The other thing I want to thank you for is my five year old no longer eats chicken nuggets 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. Since making these meal plans, he has completely transformed. The first week was tough, but by week two, this was a direct quote from him: Mommy, you're the best cooker in the world! It brings tears to my eyes.

So thank you really doesn't seem to say enough, but I want you to know you have completely changed my family and my husband thanks you too. He loves coming home to these meals everyday. I feel like I am finally able to be the wife and mother I was meant to be. --Rachel Silver

I just wanted to tell you how much we LOVE your books! I now have the whole set, and now I'm buying them for gifts (for the second time). I especially love The Healthy Family probably because that was my first one.

My husband has stopped pouring whatever sauce he could find in the refrigerator all over the food I cook. My food has flavour!

When I first got The Healthy Family I looked through and thought....there is no way I'm going to like this, buuuuut, I was determined to try every single recipe in the book, and we were thrilled!

We tell EVERYONE about your books, and they make a great gift.

You've made a huge difference in how we do food in our house....and just wanted to thank you. --Debbie Robson