We all want to eat healthy, well-balanced and nutritious meals -- while enjoying the odd little treat.

Proper nutrition is especially important when you add the responsibility of nourishing a new life.

But how do we know how to make sure our children are getting the best-possible diet in those crucial first years of life? And -- for some of us -- the added pressure of tougher economic times may add the challenge of delivering nutrition on a budget.

Daina Kalnins & Joanne Saab

Daina Kalnins and Joanne Saab are the authors of Better Baby Food, a guide to providing nutrition for young children from birth to 24 months and beyond. It covers everything from breast and bottle feeding through to the introduction of solid foods.

Kalnins and Saab are both registered dietitians. Each is also the mother of two young children, who provided some of the feedback for the recipes in their book.

Click on the link to read their answers to your questions.

How safe are the pesticides used on your lawn? What is your food sprayed with? What impact can pesticides have on your family?

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Join us as an expert takes your questions on pesticide safety.

Dr. Khysar Pasha holds M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D degrees in Chemistry and is presently a Teaching Faculty at Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST), Kelsey Campus, Saskatoon. He teaches
General Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environment, Ethics and Society, Quality Assurance and Quality Control and Organic Chemistry.

Dr. Pasha took your questions on pesticides, read his responses after the jump.