A cookie is a cookie. You can make it "healthier", that's for sure; but let's be real: it's still a treat, and that's okay! I do my best to strike a balance between having a healthy diet and enjoying one of life's true pleasures - yummy food...
I have been enjoying the Aging Successfully lecture series that Lakehead University is hosting. Nick Buettner's lecture, Lessons from the Blue Zones, shared the lifestyle and habit commonalities of the world's most active and feisty centenarians. Something that piqued my interest was his revelation that Ikaria,...
It seems everyone is on the bandwagon studying and adopting lifestyle traits from areas of the world that have a high percentage of healthy, vibrant centenarians. Even celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is in on it! Awhile back, I caught a segment he did on the health...
Have you ever experienced that awful sensation of having a big task begging for your attention, yet it seems daunting and out of reach? It could be anything from that "junk drawer" bursting at the seams to perhaps a more pressing, urgent matter that, for...
No doubt, you've heard of the health benefits of Vitamin D, especially in Northern climates, but are you getting enough Vitamin E? To be clear, I'm not talking about the supplement purchased at your local health food store or pharmacy. The Vitamin E I'm talking about is...
Perhaps it's due to our recent move to Horseshoe Valley, or perhaps it's the accumulation of well over a decade of yoga, or, more likely, it's a combination of factors that has me more alert to the goodness that surrounds me. Every day, while out...
A habit I've found really helpful is to batch cook various items to have on hand. In particular, I really like to have healthy fibre and protein-rich foods such as lentils, quinoa, beans, etc. I recently had cooked lentils and quinoa, plus I had canned chickpeas...
Protein-Packed Buddha Bowl If you don't eat meat, chances are (I'm guessing 100%) you've been questioned by a concerned meat eater, "But what about your protein?" If I had a dollar...
Salted Caramel, No-Bake Breakfast Cookies Dear friends that we enjoy hiking with follow a strict gluten-free, vegan diet (sigh, personally I just can't give up cheese...
Plant-based Cream of Mushroom Soup with Crispy "Pancetta" I quite enjoy the beautifully produced Food & Drink magazines available through LCBO stores, although often the recipes don't exactly fit with our (mostly) plant-based diet. In the most recent issue, I discovered a caramelized onion and mushroom...
Slow Cooker Apple Raspberry Sauce So this all happened because I bought a big bag of Courtland apples. They're one of my favourites for making apple crisp as they're tart and hold their shape nicely. Problem was, however, that this particular batch of apples were not...
Panko-crusted Air Fryer Tofu Tofu is on regular rotation at our house, and we typically enjoy our Tamari, sesame-crusted crispy tofu. The other day, as we were out with the pups, we started to brainstorm about new ways we could prepare tofu (I know...