Enjoying your food is part of healthy eating. Enjoy the taste of your food and the many food-related activities that go along with eating.

The benefits of enjoying your food include:

• tasting the flavours
• being open to trying new foods
• developing a healthy attitude about food

Knowing that you are making healthy food choices can increase your enjoyment of food.

Enjoying your food includes:

1. socializing at mealtime
2. enjoying shopping for food
3. preparing and cooking food
4. growing or harvesting your own food
5. getting to know the people that grow or produce your food
6. involving others in meal planning, preparation and clean up

Click here for more ideas from Health Canada about enjoying your food.

Source: Health Canada