I wanted to take a moment today to explain my approach to wellness. For me, I view wellness as 3 main pillars, and when those pillars are in alignment, we achieve our personal 360 degrees to health.The key here is that the building blocks of everyone’s pillars will be different,...
Create warm memories with this easy-to-make Minestrone soup
What I love about food is that it doesn’t just keep us full and healthy, but it also has an interesting way of evoking certain feelings and memories. For example, when I think of minestrone soup, I think of my dad getting us takeout from one of the neighbourhood pizza...
Healthy Dinner Ideas Under $20
One of the most common misconceptions (in my opinion) is that to eat healthy, you need to spend a fortune. Not true. If you shop wisely, focus on seasonal ingredients and pantry staples, you can easily make a variety of meals for less than you would expect. I've highlighted some...
Healthy-ish Rice Crispy Treats
There's really nothing I love more than a theme. I love to take the "norm" and dress it up for any holiday or occasion. You can imagine then, how much I would love a holiday like Halloween. Costumes, decorations, scary movies (the cheesy ones, not the really scary ones) and...
Healthy Lentil Soup Recipe
It's as simple as this, once the leaves start to change colour, and there's a nip in the air, it's soup season! I love making a big batch of soup on the weekend and having meals for the week. Soup is such a great vehicle for veggies and protein. You...
10 foods you need to have to stay healthy during cold and flu season
Every year, right as that nip in the air appears, as the leaves slowly start to change, and as soon as I bust out my cute layered outfits, I start to anticipate one other inevitable part of seasonal change – colds! It’s the unfortunate truth that often with a change...
My Rosh Hashanah Dinner Menu
When we bought our condo, my only requirement was that we had space to host our families for the holidays. We bought a big dining room table, and enough dishes and cutlery to comfortably host up to 16 people. I was so excited to finally be able to have the...
Creamy Spicy Garlicky Orzo
This is one of those recipes that came together in a pinch, but was too delicious not to share. I had done a haul on Naturamarket, and was looking for a way to use the gluten free orzo I ordered. I also had a whole plan last weekend to recipe...
7 Tips to Start Your Health Journey Affordably: Part 1, Groceries!
I hear it all the time. It's the number 1 reason why people have a hard time making changes to their diet. "I can't afford it." Well, when we watch some of the health and wellness influencers out there, it's no wonder people can feel that way. Expensive supplements, organic...
Greek Style Veggie Platter
There's really nothing I love more than feeding my friends and family. One of our first must have purchases when we moved into our condo last year was a huge dining room table, and table setting to be able to host 16 people. Clearly, as times have shifted since this...