Lydia McKnight RD

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Lydia McKnight RD

Registered Dietitian
A Food First Focus Providing you With the Tools Needed to Grow & Culture Health

09/01/2023

Where I’ve been for the past 10 months… surprise! 🤰👶

Life update below!! ✨

For about the past 10 months, I haven’t taken any new clients or posted on instagram 🤪 and that’s because I was anticipating maternity leave! I am so excited to announce that our son Lennox was born on August 4th! We are overjoyed with love for him 🥰

Our lives have been so busy prepping for the baby and now taking care of him! 🥰 Not only this, but we decided to start another business that centres around our love for agriculture, food and sustainability!

With business partners, we started which is a provincially licensed meat processing facility, as there is such a huge need for local farmers and homesteaders! Not only this but we will be selling our own locally raised free range and pastured poultry, beef, pork and more! These will be sold at the salmon arm farmers market and online in multi-protein meat boxes! 🥰

I love nutrition but food, sustainability and farming has always been where my passion comes from! I am beyond excited to have all of these passions colliding!

I will be taking the year with Lennox and will not actively seeing clients.

Feel free to follow us along on in the meantime!

07/07/2022

Tired of the same old snacks? 😴

Mix it up! Pick a fibre and a protein or fat to keep you fuelled and satisfied throughout the day. 🏃‍♀️

Which combination above would be your pick?

06/16/2022

Save money & prevent food waste! 🌿

With the rising prices in grocery stores, I want to start focusing on how to still buy nutritious foods while on a budget. 🛒

At the end of the day, we can keep talking about increasing variety of nutrients in our diet, but if it is not affordable then it’s not realistic either. 🤷‍♀️

To start, I wanted to focus on food waste!

I know we probably all have a story about forgetting food at the bottom of the fridge for so long that it appears nothing like it should. 😅

Here are three tips on how to prevent this from happening and make the most of the groceries you are buying!

1. Meal plan & make a grocery list. 🛒
Buying things that aren’t on your grocery list is going to increase the likelihood of you over spending and forgetting about that item in your fridge since it doesn’t serve a purpose in your schedule.

2. Plan meals strategically. 🥗
Planning meals that have produce that spoils faster, such as salad greens, at the beginning of the week prevents spoiling before you use them. Root vegetables last longer so plan those meals at the end of the week.

3. Take an inventory of your fridge at least once a week, even better, twice per week! 🔪
If you notice anything is getting old, plan to use it right away or chop it up and throw it in the freezer to prevent spoiling!

Stay tuned for more tips on grocery savings!

05/25/2022

Out of office until May 31st. Spending the past couple of weeks enjoying friends and family! 🍎

05/06/2022

Warm Buddha Bowl inspired by on this cool rainy day. 🌧

I’m all about trying to transform recipes into one bowl/pot/sheet pan meals. I seasoned and roasted kale, peppers, onion, broccoli, sweet potato and chickpeas together. Then, made a simple tahini dressing in the blender. Added avocado to the side and just like that, got a fibre filled plant based dinner (that was delicious). ✨

05/01/2022

Spring is upon us which means more fresh local veggies! 🌿

Simple cooking methods like roasting with olive oil, lemon, Parmesan, salt and pepper is my favourite way to enhance the natural flavours. 🍋

What fresh produce do you have your eyes on at the farmers market this season? 👀

03/31/2022

Okay, deep breath. 😮‍💨💆‍♀️

We can have a fairly healthy relationship with food but those little lies told to us by diet culture can still sneak in. In this twisted culture the ideas of eating as little as possible to get by are present and the normalization of hunger as being a feeling you should prolong. 🙅‍♀️

Well, I’m here to set the rumour straight - eat when you’re hungry, slow down when you’re satiated, listen to your body! 🙏🏻

Our bodies are amazing creations! They are so good at communicating what we need, when we need it and doing so for our best interest, if we have consistently responded to its communication.

Working with a dietitian can be really helpful and reestablishing those hunger and satiety cues, as well as further understanding how to respond to them well to further optimize your health and energy levels, all with the principles of mindful eating. 🤍

03/22/2022

Anyone else noticing the rising cost of food prices recently?? 😅

One of the things I focus on a lot with clients is making sure that the changes and goals we set are sustainable long-term! For a lot of people this takes affordability into count as well. 💰

So when it comes to protein, what gives you the biggest bang for your buck? 💥

Protein is important when we talk about muscle repair and balanced blood sugars. So what kind of proteins can we add in easily and are also affordable? 💪🏻

1. Peanut Butter! 🥜 Even the natural kind (that’s slightly more expensive than the shelf stable one) is an affordable protein.
0.14$/5g protein!

2. Eggs! Once again, even free range could fit into a budget.
0.20$/5g protein and 0.37$/5g protein for free range option.

3. Canned fish (in this case tuna), make easy lunches!
0.29$/5g protein.

4. Greek Yogurt (0%) perfect for breakfast or snacks!
0.31$/5g protein.

03/04/2022

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03/03/2022

New Service Alert! 🔥👩🏼‍🍳

Tired of deciding what’s for dinner? 😩

Not sure how to optimize your diet to meet your needs and goals? 😴

Oh, I’ve got you covered. 💁🏼‍♀️

Available as an add-on to nutrition counselling, personalized meal planning that can help you apply the goals we set in counselling and inspire you to visualize what this can look like throughout your week!😍

What’s the cost? $90 for a week schedule of up to three meals and three snacks per day to meet your personal needs, suit your schedule and your dietary restrictions, including therapeutic diets. Recipes and grocery list provided.

Wanting more info? DM or email Lydia at lydiamcknightnutrition@gmail.com.

02/26/2022

Pizza inspiration for your Friday night! 😍
Fruit + cheese is my personal favourite combination. What's yours?

02/25/2022

Pizza inspiration for your Friday night! 😍
Fruit + cheese is my personal favourite combination. What's yours?

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