Avocado Toast is such a filling and nutritious breakfast or snack. Pick your favourite good quality bread (I like sprouted varieties), smush some healthy, ripe avocado on it, and add some healthy toppings like tomato slices, cucumber, spinach, etc. and sprinkle with hemp hearts (I always use Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts). You can drizzle […]
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Don’t get me wrong, I buy packaged granola bars. The ones I am crushing on for my kids right now, are made in Canada by a company called Made Good. They come in a bunch of varieties, and I do recommend them. This past weekend, I was playing around in my kitchen, and dreamily staring
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On a rainy Sunday, with my family still asleep upstairs, I found nirvana! Seriously, this slice of delish was whipped up on a whim just before I was about to head out on a 2 hour morning walk with a great friend. I saw the Lara’s Wheat Free oats sitting on my kitchen counter, and
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Winter can be brutal on our skin. The dry, scaly and sometimes painful effects of cold weather on our most vulnerable body part – our skin. We all know that we should cover up, moisturize, and reduce the temperature of our showers if we want to try and protect our skin during cold weather, but
Feeling like a crocodile? Nourishment for your skin! Read More »
Dinner in a Snap! Buckwheat is quickly becoming one of my favourite gluten free grains. It’s health benefits are numerous: Improves Heart Health By Lowering Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Levels. High Fiber Content Helps Improve Digestion. Contains Disease-Fighting Antioxidants. Doesn’t Contain Gluten and Is Non-Allergenic. Is a good source of magnesium, manganese, copper, and phosphorous.
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This salad adds colour to any table. The tastes and textures make it a crowd favourite among adults and children alike. The “purple” cabbage is an excellent source of Vitamin C. What you need: 2 cups purple shredded cabbage 3 carrots, julienned or 1 bag (8 oz) shredded carrots 1/3 cup chopped scallions 1/3
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This is by far one of my favourite and easiest chicken recipes. It checks off all the boxes. cleanse-friendly takes less than 5 minutes to prepare great to prepare and keep in the fridge to throw on top of salads family friendly (the kids will eat it) takes less than 5 minutes to prepare (whoops,
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Waffles. Such an indulgent everything. If you have homemade waffles for breakfast, it feels so luxurious (even more so if someone else is preparing them!), the time it takes to prepare and enjoy them. If you have them for a treat, they conjure up images of indulgent (maybe chocolate smothered) goodness. My family
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Parsley is a nutritional powerhouse with vitamins A, B, C and K and the minerals iron and potassium. It’s a natural diuretic, which helps to eliminate excess fluid without depleting the body of potassium. So it’s great at reducing water retention (especially at certain times of the month!) and bloating. Parsley aids in balancing blood
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One of my favourite things to do is to try and make unhealthy but delicious things healthier for my family. I do not consider myself a good baker, so this often results in a “fail”. Not this time. I “shifted” one of our family’s favourite chocolate chip cookies to make it gluten free and really
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