We’ve all been there: a food or flavour that we can’t get out of our mind and if we don’t consume it is in the next few minutes we might rip someone’s head off. We often poke fun at our dietary obsessions, but what are our cravings telling us?....
Read moreStrawberry Rhubarb Compote with Lemon-Vanilla Whipped Coconut Cream
One of my favourite markers of this time of year is the first rhubarb harvest. In addition to the delightfully tangy taste, rhubarb has been linked to weight balance, cardiovascular health, digestive ease, bone strength, cancer prevention, improved circulation, and even prevention of diseases such as Alzheimer’s due to its high levels of vitamin K...
Read moreThe Dairy Debate: Is Dairy Good or Bad for You?
With so much focus on vegan and dairy-free these days, you might think that it’s a terrible food. But that’s not necessarily the case. When eaten in the right way - and of course if there isn’t any existing dairy sensitivity or other wellness consideration - dairy can be a healthful part of your diet...
Read moreInner Glow Digestive Tonic
Healthy digestive function is key to achieving your wellness goals. Eating in a calm and relaxed sate is the best way to start, but priming your system with some digestively stimulating goodness can also be an immense help when it comes to a happy healthy body. The following is an amazing little elixir that encourages the production of hydrochloric acid (stomach acid) and enzyme secretion for breaking down food, while stimulating the energy and movement of our intestines, and even calming an aggravated GI tract...
Read moreGrain-Free Carrot Cake with Dairy-Free “Cream Cheese” Icing
As I write this, it’s both Easter and Passover. During Passover, Jewish people avoid foods that naturally “leaven” such as grains and legumes. And then there’s the association of Easter and springtime with rabbits and carrots. Plus a family member who can’t eat eggs and dairy, and then my own personal goal to avoid refined products in my cooking such as white sugar, while keeping it minimally blood sugar disruptive and as clean and natural as possible...
Read moreBaked Chicken Thighs with an Apricot-Thyme Glaze
Don’t be turned off by the title - this super simple week-day saver recipe is as easy as it is delicious. In fact, it’s not only easy, but extraordinary versatile! If you can’t find a good apricot jam or compote, simply sub with some other sweet-spread (I’m a personal sucker for Oregon grape jelly). Don’t have thyme in your pantry? Sub with basil, or rosemary! Essentially all this recipe is showing you is that slathering your bird with whatever preserve and herbs you have lying around is one of the quickest ways of turning an otherwise bland baked protein into an exciting burst of flavour, with no more effort than it takes to butter a piece of toast...
Read moreRecovery Cookies
Wanting to make some grain-free, dairy-free treats, that also worked to reduce inflammation and aid in tissue recovery from the wounds of the C-section, I constructed my client some anti-inflammatory recovery cookies, and man are they tasty! My client even mentioned to me that they were the perfect thing to munch on during those middle-of-the-night feedings when baby is needing a snack of his own...
Read moreSay Goodbye to Seasonal Allergies
My husband and I have been together for nearly 9 years. Every year around this time our house was sprinkled with a snowfall of snotty tissues, and the constant sound of “achoo” was the soundtrack of our spring. Watery eyes, soar throat, leaky faucet nose – it was basically as if he was sick for 3 months straight. The worst right? Well about 2 years ago all that changed...
Read moreSnickerdoodle Fat Bomb "Fudge"
For many of my clients, moving towards a diet that focuses more on quality fat and proteins, while simultaneously reducing carbohydrate consumption is the key to their wellness goals. As you’ve heard me explain on numerous occasions before, eating too many carbs causes blood sugar issues, which can lead to a number of health concerns such as mood and energy fluctuations, weight imbalances, inflammation, hormonal problems, and then of course the more serious chronic considerations like diabetes, cancer, heart disease, cognitive dysfunction and memory loss, anxiety, depression…the list goes on...
Read moreHow to Detoxify the Safe Way for a More Energized Body, Mind, and Soul
I absolutely love this time of year! Spring is all about new growth, new life, and new beginnings, and this often means “cleaning house” to make room for that sparkly fresh feeling. In order to achieve that sparkly fresh feeling, more often than not, we need to rid ourselves of accumulated toxins. Whether it’s emotional baggage, mental clutter, or physical gunk, all are seriously harmful to our bodies and lead to mood and energy fluctuations, inflammatory imbalances, and ultimately seriously harmful degenerative diseases...
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