Holiday Recipe Guide 2021
Only a few more sleeps until Christmas! If you still haven’t solidified your holiday dinner menu, check out some of the recipes that we’ve picked out below. We’ve chosen some creative options as well as a few healthier versions of traditional recipes! Appies Some tasty pre-dinner bites to hold the crowd over while dinner is cooking….
Making the Time for Nutrition
We all make the time for anything that is a priority in our life. Although for most of us, work takes up a large chunk of our waking hours, we still carve out time in the day to do the things that matter: exercise, seeing close friends, or shopping for example. A common challenge we…
Try for a Better Stir Fry
Soggy veggies, under (or somehow over)-cooked, under flavoured meat are the hallmarks of a poorly prepared stirfry. I saw a tweet recently that inspired me to write this blog post. It was something along the lines of, “Your twenties are for making some of the worst stirfry’s of your life.” As much as I agree…
Leafy Greens
What’s so special about leafy greens? We’ve all been told that green leafed vegetables are an important part of our diets, but have you ever explored why this is? Well, to start off with, these vegetables are high in fibre and low in calories. Most dark green vegetables, but leafy greens especially, also deliver a…
Summer Charcuterie Swaps
Who doesn’t love to sit and watch the sunset while grazing on a meat and cheese board and sipping on a glass of wine? This is a classic summer evening activity that I would hate to skip! However, there are some clever ways to make a few healthier changes to the classic charcuterie board without…
Healthy Baking Ingredient Alternatives
Did having an exorbitant amount of free time at home during quarantine inspire you to start baking for an army? It sure did for me! I started baking bread, cinnamon rolls, muffins, cookies, brownies, cakes… you name it. One of the biggest moments of panic I had was when all the stores ran out of…
Nut and Seed Butters
Can you think of a household food staple that is more classic than peanut butter? I look back at my childhood memories of eating uber sweet, smooth Kraft peanut butter with Wonder Bread, another common item that we’ve all been exposed to as children. It’s characterized by a strangely soft and spongey texture, and a…
Natural Sugar Substitutes
Sugar is one of the most talked-about topics in the world of nutrition and weight loss. Added sugar has been linked to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and many other serious health issues. What happens when you eat too much sugar? Eating too much sugar has numerous negative effects on your body. It can interfere with…
A Closer Look at Cooking Oils
The number of different cooking oils available to us these days may be overwhelming if we don’t know what to look for. Do you need something with a high smoke point? Are you watching your cholesterol? Do you want something neutral flavoured, or do you want the oil to infuse some flavour into your dishes?…
