Just this past week I started listening to a local radio station that has already started playing Christmas music 24/7. Already! …I’m not complaining, I secretly kind of love it. We haven’t really gotten much snow yet but it is getting quite chilly outside, so I feel like it’s time to begin the build up to Christmas.
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8 Easy & Healthy Halloween Treats
…I have to be honest. Halloween isn’t my most favourite holiday. Actually, the most accurate would be to to say that Halloween might in fact be my least liked holiday. But, I’m trying not to be a Halloween Scrooge and ruin everyones fun this year. So, I’m really trying to focus on the good things
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Appetizers
Healthy Baked Herb & Garlic Tater Tots
One of the biggest struggles as a food blogger (in my opinion) is naming recipes. Seriously, it’s a tough job! There’s an art to naming recipes which I see most veteran food bloggers have down pact, but I’m not sure I’ve figured it out just yet. See, I wanted to call this a tater tot recipe,
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No-Bake Caramelized Apple Crumble with Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream // Vegan & GF
You are going to be so proud of me. It was so hard, and I had to hold myself back, but I officially made it to October before posting a pumpkin recipe! It’s truly a feat. Usually I’m planning pumpkin recipes in August and ready to let them fly by the first week of September,
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Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Churro Muffins
Gluten Free Cinnamon Churro Muffins As I’m sitting here getting myself in writing mode I’m thinking… HOW is it already MAY 4th?! Seriously. We are over 1/3 of the way through 2016 and it was literally a BLINK for me. I am starting to realize that time goes faster the older you get (I turned 30
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Double Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
I’m a lover of all things chocolate. Dark chocolate that is. I don’t know what it is about chocolate….or women and chocolate actually. It’s quite amusing that in my 6 years of nutritional consulting, I’ve worked with hundreds of women and I can confidentily say at least 75% of them indicated “chocolate” on their intake forms
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Healthy Eating Tips
Are you a New Years RESOLUTION Maker? Read This.
I used to make resolutions based on what I hoped to see change in myself for the next year, but I would never really have a plan or I would hold an attitude of perfectionism that set me up for disappointment, so ultimately it was more-so wishful thinking. I’ve learnt to rethink my resolutions, and
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Gingerbread & Dark Chocolate Drizzle Energy Balls (Nut, Dairy & Gluten Free)
One comment I’ve read more than a few times over the years of creating recipes for the blog is while energy bars, balls, and bites are well received as a healthy, easy, go-to snack, they almost always contain nuts leaving those with nut allergies out on the sidelines with tears welled up in their eyes, sad that
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Breakfast
Cinnamon Spiced Paleo Pancakes with Mandarin Orange Compote & Pistachios
A couple times a month, if not more, I will wake up on Saturday morning and instantly think of pancakes. I don’t know what it is about this breakfast, but Saturdays just scream pancakes to me. They can be a little bit of a labour of love as they take a bit more time than my normal