Mint Chocolate Chip Smoothie Bowl

When I was a little girl my parents would take my brother and me to Jasper National Park every year. My mother loved the mountains. She would turn on classical music as we drove into the park while encouraging us kids to look up and take in the scenery. At the time we would roll […]

Golden Milk Benefits: Easy Recipe

Golden milk and its benefits are becoming more well known in North America. It has been used in Traditional Chinese and Ayurveda Medicines for centuries. The Turmeric in the milk is what gives it its name and beautiful golden color. The benefits of Turmeric have been well studied, particularly curcumin which is one of its […]

Don’t Toss Why Those Beet Greens! Eat them Instead (6 Ways to Use Them)

Don’t throw away those beet tops! Most of us have picked up a beautiful bunch of beets bundled together at the store or market. Attached to those beets are these long colorful stems with deep green leaves ornamenting their tops. We take them home and for most of us just hack off the steams and keep the beets themselves.

Mexican Quinoa Mason Jar Salads

My obsession with mason jars is well-known and obvious from looking at many of my recipes. They are a kitchen must-have for me. I used to have a container drawer. What a nightmare it was every morning, scrambling to find the right lids to fit containers while making lunches (and throwing out a few cuss […]

Herbal Lemon Turmeric Cough Drops

Well, cough and cold season has begun. My son came home with a cold on the weekend and passed it along to the entire household; that all-too-familiar sore and prickly feeling you get in the back of your throat, along with a dry cough. My daughter asked if I could pick up some cough drops […]