In a city like Toronto, the trouble isn’t finding healthy restaurants, it’s choosing between all of the insane choices! Tuja Wellness asked me to share my secret (not so secret) favourite places to eat healthy in Toronto. As a certified holistic nutritionist with a passion for ‘real food’ I was thrilled to hang out with them for the day and show them around.  READ MORE

Unless you have been living in a cave your whole life, my guess is that you’ve heard of the brand Pepsi. It is one of the biggest cola manufacturers in the world. In general, most soda falls into 2 main categories. There’s the regular soda that is sweetened with either sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, and there is the diet sodas (find out how they can make you gain weight here) which are sweetened with artificial sweeteners like aspartame. Until recently there hasn’t been a lot in the middle.  READ MORE

Nothing makes my blood boil more than food companies who market their food as being healthier than it really is. This is why I wanted to cry myself to sleep when I saw the new ad campaign developed to promote General Mills Multi Grain Cheerios.  READ MORE

It’s summer time and that means it’s BBQ season! One of the most popular burger toppings is pickles! Truth be told, I am a huge pickle fan. I love the crunch and the tangy flavour. The problem is – not all pickles are created equal!!! READ MORE

I was looking through a Fine Cooking magazine and saw a recipe for a tomato tart. It looked so good! However, when I read the ingredients I noticed that it called for a number of items that I don’t have in my house, mainly because they aren’t healthy. For example, white refined flour, sugar, etc. I decided to put a Naked Label spin on the recipe and recreate it using healthy whole foods that look good naked. READ MORE

You know you are a foodie when every time you travel you find yourself scouring over Trip Advisor and other review blogs to find great healthy restaurants to eat at. When I’m in the comfort of my own home, surrounded by the food I love it’s easy to eat healthy. When I’m travelling it often takes a bit more effort to find the hidden gems that serve up healthy fare. I was travelling to Barbados this year for a friend’s wedding and had read a lot of incredible reviews about a restaurant called The Good Life. READ MORE

I was at the farmers market in my local park today. There is an incredible farmer who is always there and sells grass finished meat. I LOVE his products. Today while I was there buying some beef I noticed that he was selling goat meat. The first time I had goat meat was when I was travelling through Africa. I really liked it and wondered why it wasn’t more common here in North America. READ MORE

Spring is in the air!! This is one of my favorite times of the year. I love watching everything come to life after a long winter. The colors of the flowers, the fullness of the trees with leaves on them, and the smell of fresh cut grass. It’s all wonderful and alive! In my house, with the change of the season comes the opportunity to “cleanse”. I’m not just talking about cleansing the body, although spring is a fantastic time to do that as well. Spring brings the opportunity to cleanse my house too!  READ MORE

This year we had a particularly painful winter in Toronto. It was colder than usual and we had a lot more snow than we usually do. In addition, spring came late! So this weekend when I was up at the cottage and we finally had some beautiful sunny weather I was inspired to make a fresh salsa that the fam could enjoy while sitting down on the dock watching the boats go by. READ MORE

Every once in a while I get that giddy school girl feeling over a new food product. The common oils in my house are coconut oil, olive oil, and flax oil. However, just recently I added a fourth oil to the roster. One that I’m very excited about. Not only because it tastes AMAZING but because it looks good naked. The oil I’m talking about is called camelina oil. READ MORE