Inside a nutritionist’s kitchen -
Orléans fitness expert publishes cookbook
by Patricia Lonergan - Orleans Star

Orléans resident Kathy Smart, a nutritionist at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex – Orléans, is trying to bring something that’s both healthy and palatable to east-end tables.

After her first cookbook sold out in just two weeks in 2006, the registered nutritional consultant decided to create more recipes for a second installment. The result is the recently published The Smart Kitchen Cookbook, which includes over 45 new recipes.

“Ever since the first (book), people have been after me to make a second,” Smart says, noting this book gets back to the basics with whole foods.

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by Laura Cummings- Orleans Star

With students flooding back to school classrooms this week, a returning east-end fitness course targeted at teen girls is aiming to help balance physical activity, nutrition and healthy body image.

The two weekly classes – launching Monday, Sept. 14 and Tuesday, Sept 15 at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex–Orléans – are one of a kind in the city and meant to promote health and well-being “in a very positive environment” for area girls, explains instructor and Orléans resident Kathy Smart.

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