Cool off this summer with cucumber salad. This salad can be picked directly from your garden and on your table in minutes.  READ MORE

Dinners need to be quick, healthy and tasty! Chicken and veggies are quick to cook, taste great and make for a healthy meal. Adjust the veggies to your taste.  READ MORE

In this easy-to-make recovery shake you’ll get lots of antioxidants and a low calorie count (at 185 calories) with 22g of carbs and 6g of protein, an ideal 4:1 ratio.  And while the fat content might seem high at 12g, 8g of the fat content comes from good healthy fats. Wow!  READ MORE

Nothing screams detox quite like green smoothies. For some reason many people think they will taste gross. However, the right combination of ingredients yields a beautiful, healthy, and DELICIOUS meal or beverage.  READ MORE

A great creation from my friend Sue Sitki. At Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) we created a smoothie detox program that Sue was enjoying during the month of January. We gave Sue the rules and she let her culinary imagination take over! I had to share her smoothie recipe.  READ MORE

With summer in full swing, what better pick me up than the healthful pear! And who doesn’t like having a juicy and sweet, refreshing snack that is as easy on the go as anything else? How? Keep reading to discover the plethora of health benefits and thumbs up I have to deliver about pears!  READ MORE

This smoothie was a beautiful sunrise colour before we added all the greens. Still it retains the tropical tastes that one would enjoy when sitting on the beach in a sunny paradise. Enjoy!  READ MORE

Tired of spending $3 on a sports drink that is really a bottle of sugar water with some funky florescent colour? Why not make your own! This recipe is simple to make, tastes great, is cost effective and fuels your body for your endurance training session of 90 minutes or longer, or your intensity workouts.  READ MORE

Green smoothie week!  Here is a breakfast smoothie packed full of protein and antioxidants!

The result? More energy, less bloating and a general feeling of clean!  READ MORE

It’s been a green smoothie kind of week!  I thought it was time to do a little internal cleansing first thing in the morning.

The first few days were simple pre-breakfast energizers consisting of lime juice and chlorella. As the week progressed we moved into full blown breakfast smoothies packed full of protein and antioxidants!

The result? More energy, less bloating and a general feeling of clean!  READ MORE