The Challenge: Prepare a relaxed Sunday morning spread that both you (the low carb'er avoiding flour and refined sugar) and your favourite sweet-toothed pancake fans can enjoy together. Ok, my beloved Pinterest peeps, let's get ... [ Read More ]
Healthy Piña Colada Granola
♫ If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain If you're not into yoga, and have this song stuck in your brain... ♫ Ease the pain of the ultimate ear worm with this awesome granola mix. Yesterday, during my weekly ... [ Read More ]
Cracking The Egg Carton
Words and images by Dana. Versatile and loaded with healthy nutrients. One large egg has about 74 calories, just 5 grams of fat, 6 grams of high-quality protein and all 9 essential amino acids. The protein and fat in eggs help to sustain energy ... [ Read More ]
A Pure Maple Syrup Story
The husband’s family has a quaint little sugar shack in Ontario where the sap from approximately 300+ taps covering over 10 acres of land boils. Sadly though, maple syrup season only lasts about 10 days in this part of Canada and each year I've just ... [ Read More ]
Perfecting the Single Hand Meal
Words and images by Reagan Now that I’m out of the really intense new baby time, I can look back and think, damn girl, that was tricky. Yes, it took six months for me to feel REALLY out of the thick of it. Little E is sleeping pretty well, my ... [ Read More ]
Vegan Eggs with Moby
I dig Moby's weird, I think we could have some fun together. I'd invite him over for a vegan spread on a cool Sunday morning, we'd sip honey tea and chat and inspire one another. As giant Joy Division fans, we could debate the impact that Ian Curtis' ... [ Read More ]
Spring is a Crêpe-tastic Season
My oldest daughter, Edie, and I took a trip to our local farmers' market this weekend; we bought beautiful stalks of rhubarb, a bunch of fresh asparagus and a recycled linen bag full of ruby red strawberries. Edie was convinced that we should bake a ... [ Read More ]
Power of the Pop-Tart
I don't want to deny my girls the simple pleasures of life, such as mac n' cheese, hot dogs and pop-tarts, but I just can't bring myself to buy processed foods that I know we can make better. You certainly don't need to have kids to appreciate ... [ Read More ]
Eggs Be-A-Babe (Low-Fat Eggs Benedict)
Somehow this ex-marketer / stay-at-home mom / wannabe writer landed herself in a room of cool kids with journalism degrees. A few months ago I met Erin Elliot, a woman with a vision to create an alternative publication for all of us tired of the ... [ Read More ]
Zen Banana Bread (vegan)
It is so easy to over-think life and everything in it. After last week's success with creating a healthier option for banana bread lovers (by including whole wheat flour, flaxseed and maple syrup), I wanted to create a similar version for my ... [ Read More ]
Vivaciously Vegan Vitamin C Muffins
My Grandmother (aka, the Queen of local/healthy/alternative eating habits) and her girlfriend took a road trip to Bala, Ontario last week to stock their freezers with fresh Ontario-grown cranberries. They visited Johnston's Cranberry Farm and were ... [ Read More ]
Gorgeously Green Granola
My bedside table has become a tower of hippie literature. "Being Green", "The Importance of Organic", "Locavore" "No Flour, No Sugar" and so on and so on. Piles of nighttime reading that I am currently considering "research" as I build my ... [ Read More ]
Crazy for Kale
For months my Grandmother has been raving about the health benefits of kale. Sure, I've been curious to try but it's thick, rubbery texture always kept me walking on down the produce aisle to the more recognizable spinach. Don't get me wrong, my ... [ Read More ]