Warming, grounding, calming and deliciously nourishing, oats provide a solid 4 grams of fiber to get those bowels moving, loads of B vitamins for combating stress and a very good source of selenium, a critical co-factor of the important antioxidant, glutathione (more to come on this!). Get warm and toasty on a cool summer night with this homemade granola made with natural sweetness from maple syrup, nuts and seeds and lots of love! Take it to go or savor for dessert. With love and toasty hugs! READ MORE
Forget Betty Crocker and don’t you dare pick up those pre-packaged brownies in the grocery store! Once you’ve tried these, I promise you will never go back to processed, yuck brownies. Full of fiber, antioxidants and flavor, these brownies will win your heart over! READ MORE
Cookies for breakfast? Well, I’m not exactly promoting processed, nutrition-less trans-fast cookies. I’m talking about real, gluten & sugar free and vegan deliciously nutritious, satisfying cookies! I’m also not necessarily promoting eating these cookies first thing in the morning. We should ideally be eating a good amount of protein for breakfast to balance our crazy sexy hormones. READ MORE
So if you haven’t figured it out by now, I love love love raw chocolate and I loooooove cinnamon. I pretty much put them in everything! Well, maybe not the raw chocolate, but the cinnamon usually doesn’t get left behind in many dishes I make. I’m a huge fan of cinnamon not only because it adds so much aroma and flavor to food but just as importantly because of it’s blood sugar balancing properties. READ MORE
Ch-ch check out my fabulously delicious recipe below and watch yourself fall in love with this soup… READ MORE
For those of you going with the flow of G-Free style- that is gluten free living, here’s a tasty treat to replace your traditional typical white (nutrition-less!) pasta. Try this quinoa dish as an alternative as it’s not only gluten free, but packed with easily digestible vegetarian protein, is high in iron, zinc and B-vitamins, is super awesome for combating stress, and helps boost our energy and immune system. Pluuuuuuuuus, it won’t leave your tummy feeling full or bloated like traditional wheat. READ MORE
A lot of people ask me as a Holistic Nutritionist how I start my day. One of the many favourite savvy healthy habits I use in my daily routine is to begin my day with a powerful delicious, antioxidant-rich, cancer-fighting green drink. READ MORE
These are such a treat, especially for those of you trying to cut out that sweet toxic sugar from your life or battling a mean case of Candida.
Apples are full of phytonutrients and fibre both of which can help you balance your blood sugar, preventing those raging episodes of the hangry (hungry and angry at the same time!). Though they’re not crazy high in vitamin C (it varies depending on the kind), apples do pack about 8 mg per apple, an important vitamin since it’s water soluble and consistently needs replacing in the body. READ MORE
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