We were getting ready to go to the beach one day and I noticed we had some kiwis ready to be eaten. I decided to quickly make this smoothie, pour it in mason jars, pack some ice cubes and straws next to them, and take it with us to the beach. It is more tart than sweet, but it is [...]
I make this salad quite often as we all like it and it is great for lunch. I usually make a big bowl, then divide the salad into mason jars and stainless steel containers that my husband takes to work, my son takes to camp, and I eat from with my daughter in the park. We don’t have to worry [...]
This is the second interview in my series of interviews with people with amazing accomplishments in the field of healthy nutrition and lifestyle. Whether we are vegan, omnivore, or follow another nutritious diets we can all learn from each other. What binds us is our desire to help our families and ourselves eat a little better today than we did yesterday. [...]
I make this smoothie at least twice a week when I can buy pears. When my son asks for it he says: “Mommy, can you make that brown pudding?” Yes, he knows it as the brown pudding. A very delicious description! This pear coconut chia smoothie can be a great snack, a great dessert, and a great addition to breakfast. It [...]
This recipe is one of my husband’s favourite Romanian dishes, but I can’t share the recipe with you without first telling you a story about my husband in Romania. Since I moved to Canada, I returned to Romania many times. The first trip was to introduce my boyfriend (now my husband) to my family, relatives and friends, and to show him [...]
We love eating muffins around here. And what is there not to like? They are a portable snack that tastes great. So I try to come up with various muffins recipes. Here are two other muffin recipes from the blog: zucchini muffins and almond corn meal muffins. These chia almond muffins turned out very well. My husband had a hard [...]
I made this salad for a potluck and it completed the other delicious appetizers very nicely. The salad has a fresh and flavourful taste. You can serve this salad with coconut tofu chocolate pudding and you have a light and delicious summer dinner. This salad is rich in: Proteins, molybdenum, folate, copper, fiber, and manganese from beans Vitamins K and B5 from [...]
A very good friend of mine makes this recipe each time my son goes over to her house as she knows that my son loves it and he can eat it as it is a gluten- and dairy-free cake. Her recipe is great and I made my own version with the ingredients that I have in my kitchen. A while [...]
We do not eat shrimp very often around here as shrimp is hard to find in a high quality form, but once every few months I make a meal with shrimp, like this tasty shrimp garlic pasta. This Shrimp Garlic Pasta is rich in: Healthy fats from coconut oil Manganese and vitamin B6 from garlic, in addition to garlic’s anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and [...]
I created this chocolate avocado frosting to go with these great cupcakes. They complement each other very well. This frosting is rich in: […]