www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday March 8, 2008 - 19 Granite Transformations Refacing can transform your kitchen within a few days is done, your new doors and drawer fronts are installed. Top it off with new concealed hinges and updated hardware, and your look will be complete. Often, clients are able to add accessories like light valance or crown mouldings, or add additional cabinets like an island or pantry to increase the storage space in their kitchen. Within a few days, and with very minimal disruption, you will have a beautifully transformed kitchen! - Tracy Maxwell Sales Manager 1313 Speers Road Oakville, ON L9T 6W8 (905) 847-8964 www.granitetransformations.ca Become a healthier you! Healthy eating starts with having healthy foods in your home.With a little preparation and knowledge, making the right choices can be easy! Have a plan! Create a weekly meal plan based the following food groups from Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide: Meat and Alternatives, Fruit and Vegetables, Grains and Milk and Alternatives. Choosing a variety of foods from all four food groups can help you achieve a balanced, healthy eating plan. Make a list! Use your meal plan to make your grocery shopping list. Increase your daily intake of vegetables and fruit. Choose plenty of dark green and orange vegetables like broccoli, spinach, sweet potato and squash as they're a great source of vitamins, minerals, and fibre. Try to pick Ontario grown produce first, but know that canned and frozen fruit and vegetables packed in water or natural juices are just as nutritious as fresh. Choose more whole grains. There are plenty of tasty varieties of whole grains to choose from. Check to ensure the word "whole" precedes the grain on the list of ingredients. For example: whole wheat flour or whole oatmeal is a more nutritious choice in comparison to wheat or oatmeal. Select lean meat and alternatives. Buy leaner meats and enjoy alternatives such as beans, lentils and tofu more often. Eat at least two servings of fish such as salmon, char, mackerel, sardines and trout each week. If you buy deli or luncheon meats choose ones with lower salt and fat. Oils and fats. Choose vegetable oils such as canola, olive, and soybean, low fat-mayonnaise and margarines that are low in saturated and trans fat. Limit butter, hard margarine, lard, shortening. Read the Nutrition Facts table. Use the Nutrition Facts table on food labels to choose nutritious products with less fat, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar and sodium. The % Daily Value tells you if the food has a little or a lot of a particular nutrient. Remember that the calorie and nutrient content that is listed is based on the amount of food specified at the top of the table. - News Canada Cabinet refacing is an economical way to give your kitchen a fresh new look. If you are happy with your current layout, and if your cabinets are in relatively good condition, then refacing is definitely an option that you should consider. Refacing involves removing your existing doors and drawer fronts, and then covering the remaining exposed areas of the cabinet with a matching laminate or wood veneer. Once that CABINET REFACING With A Lifetime Limited Material Warranty BEFORE We can transform your existing cabinets with new doors and laminate in your choice of style & colour. Select complimentary hardware & have the kitchen of your dreams. AFTER No Payments, No Interest for 6 Months O.A.C. Visit our showroom or call for your FREE In Home Consultation 1313 Speers Road, Oakville · 905-847-8964 Mon. - Fri. 9am-5pm, Sat. 10am-4pm www.granitetransformations.ca