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5 Tips to a Healthy & Guilt Free Holiday Season

The holiday season is in full swing. I am sure many of you have been enjoying a few parties, family dinners, and social events already, I know I have.  My favourite part of the holidays is listening to Christmas music, baking, spending time with family

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The power of a healthy lifestyle this Movember

I don’t know if you noticed, but its getting a little hairy this month. November 1 marks the beginning of a campaign called Movember,  a month dedicated to bring awareness to men’s health including prostate cancer, testiticular cancer, and mental health.  The most common cause of cancer

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Kale, golden beet and Apple Fall Harvest Salad

We eat a lot of salads. I try to make a big salad every week. Gone are the days when all salads consisted of was boring iceberg lettuce with 100o island dressing (no ofence if thats what you like). When it comes to making salads

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Roasted butternut squash and apple soup (vegan)

Fall is officially here! Time to pull out the sweaters and enjoy delicious comfort foods like soup.  I love soup season. My favorite soup is butternut squash soup. This roasted butternut squash and apple soup is delicious, healthy and easy to make. Soup is a

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Nut Free Granola Bars

Like most parents, I struggle with finding healthy snacks that are nut free, healthy, and kid approved. These granola bars check off every box and my girls loved them, phew. These nut free bars are easy to make, delicious, healthy, and most importantly kid approved.

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5 tips for healthy eco-friendly school lunches !

I can’t believe we are in the last weekend of summer! Yikes! Like many parents we have been running around getting things organized for the upcoming school year. There is a lot of attention on how to make healthy school lunches, for good reason, we

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5 Minute Strawberry Chia Seed Jam

Ahhh.. mother nature you have been good to us this summer. We have been experiencing an over abundance of strawberries from our garden boxes.  It seems like every time I go to the garden I have another bowl. I don’t want to waste and with

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Summer Berry Spinach Salad

It’s been pretty hot on the West Coast. I am not complaining because I know the days are getting shorter and the dreary days are ahead. We have been eating a lot of fresh salads with ingredients from the garden. Our garden is overflowing with

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Creamy Pasta Salad with Arugula

With the hot weather we are all about salads. I love summer salads that are full of summers finest ingredients. There is something special about walking out your back door to pick fresh herbs and tomatoes. I prefer hearty salads that are full of vegetables

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