The new avocado emoji leads the way in this iOS update, alongside hundreds of new and redesigned emoji. Read more at Chatelaine.com

Apple has finally added the avocado emoji

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Trends

Four easy tips about making quick and healthy meals or snacks to feed your family.

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Lose the winter weight with our Canada’s Food Guide meal plan

Diet

Recipes

Bringing down the speed and eating more mindfully helps us enjoy our food, but the Slow Food movement can also offer health benefits

Health

Erinn Steringa; Consulting dietitian Elizabeth Somer

We all love a home-cooked meal but hidden calories can sabotage the best intentions. Keep on feasting with these secrets to healthy, homemade fare.

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We have another stunning cover star lined up — tomato soup with cheesy croutons! Cozy up, ward off the chill and join our cooking club at Chatelaine.com 

Cooking club challenge: Tomato soup with cheesy croutons

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<h3>Welcome to the Chatelaine Cooking Club!</h3>

How does it work? The first Friday of every month we send out the call for you to recreate a winning dish we’ve selected from the current issue of Chatelaine.
Then what? All you do is chop, stir, cook or bake it up, snap a photo of your culinary prowess, send it to us, and at the end of the month, check back at Chatelaine.com to see if you submitted the prize-winning photo, or have been featured in our Chatelaine Cooking Club gallery! 

Cooking Club

From cooking eggs in the microwave to easiest way to make perfectly browned bread crumbs, here are our best microwave cooking ideas.

Microwave Cooking: 5 Surprising Things You Can Cook In The Microwave

Your microwave can do a lot more than reheat leftovers.

5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your Microwave

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Kitchen Tips

From nail polish to natural wines, treat yourself to a daily surprise.

The Best Advent Calendars Of 2021

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Editor's Picks

Holiday

We alkalize your body with a refreshing breakfast smoothie and encourage you to dance your cares away

Freshen up with a chocolate mint smoothie and get set for some at-home aerobics to really get your heart rate up

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Fitness

These are the best brunch spots in big cities across Canada. (Bookmark them for your next girls’ date or morning-after refuel!)

The best brunch spots in every major city across Canada

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Travel

From gourmet cheddar and apple to a pizza grilled cheese, there's a sandwich here for everyone. <a href="https://chatelaine.com/recipe/stovetop-cooking-method/grilled-cheese-sandwich/">Get the recipe</a>.

From gourmet cheddar and apple to a pizza grilled cheese sandwich, there's a flavour combo here for everyone. Watch how its done at Chatelaine.com

Chatelaine Quickies: 10 ways to make a grilled cheese sandwich

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Videos

From Jamie Oliver to Carla Lalli Music, we can’t wait to leaf through these most inspiring spring 2019 cookbooks, make good food, and share the good times.

10 Spring 2019 Cookbooks We Can't Wait To Cook From

From Jamie Oliver to Carla Lalli Music, we can’t wait to leaf through spring’s most inspiring cookbooks.

10 Spring Cookbooks We Can’t Wait To Cook From

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Cookbooks

Photography by Jodi Pudge; Food styling by Muray Bancroft; Prop styling by Julia Black

10-minute gourmet: Toss your takeout menus and make your own homemade pizza dough! Plus, we've got four flavourful variations and five ways to use it

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Finally, the avocado emoji of our dreams has arrived

4 Easy Ways To Make Healthy Ingredients Your Fast Food

Slim down for spring

Five ways the Slow Food movement is good for your health

Eight tips to make all your meals low-fat

Your next challenge: Creamy tomato soup & grilled cheese croutons

5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your Microwave

The Best Advent Calendars Of 2021

An alkalizing smoothie recipe (Day 12)

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The Best Brunch Spots In Every Major City Across Canada

Chatelaine Quickies: 10 ways to make a grilled cheese sandwich

10 Spring Cookbooks We Can’t Wait To Cook From

How to make perfect pizza dough