Ah, Fall…with your crunchy fallen leaves, orange and yellow hues, crisp mornings, pumpkins, squash, and all things warm and cozy. September, it’s bittersweet. But, when I feel the looming dread of winter… I quickly try to remind myself of all the things I love about Fall (and Winter!) and do my best (my very best, although
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{100 Calorie} Grain-Free Nut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
cookies… Every time I hear the word, I think of Mr. Monster… the Cookie Monster that is, and his token “mmmmm… coooooookies” grunt. I mean, can we blame him? Cookies are so friggin’ yummy! You’ve got your soft cookies, chewy cookies, crunchy cookies, crispy cookies, and fluffy cookies that are as light as little clouds!
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Cocoa Banana Bread Protein Bites
Bars, balls, and bites! These are truly some of my favourite snacks to make. Why? Well, they are quick, fun, easy, and can literally be made from thousands of combinations using nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and other fun and healthy additions! I’ve made chocolate bites, peach bars, pumpkin bars, hemp balls, apple pie balls, pb
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Cherry Chocolate Skillet Cobbler from Empowered Vitality
Aaaaahh… I’m enjoying the last day of our camping vacation today in beautiful, sunny BC (check out my instagram to see some pictures!) so I have a lovely fellow Nutritionist friend of mine, Richelle from Empowered Vitality guest posting her delicious Cherry Chocolate Skillet Cobbler recipe! Yes… cherry… chocolate…cobbler… drool right!?! Take it away Richelle!
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Mojito Prawn Zucchini Salad
During the Summer I love to experiment with light, bright, fresh flavours! The winter is a great time for warm, hearty, savoury meals but with the hot weather that comes with Summer I definitely tend to lighten things up! In our city there’s a little market called Sunterra and they have a fantastic deli with
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Easy Tropical Smoothie Bowl
Sometimes… actually, a lot of the time, wonderful creations happen in the spur of the moment! That’s how this smoothie bowl came about. I was preparing my usual morning smoothie, using frozen fruit (which varies by the week), ground flaxseed, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, omega oil, and a touch of stevia. The usual, nothing special, but
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Grain & Dairy Free Tarts // Dark Chocolate & Fruit Filled
Last week when we were in San Francisco we went to Whole Foods to stock up on groceries and I found one of my all-time-fave WF finds… the Hail Merry tart. If you have never had a Hail Merry tart you a) need to find one and devour it or b) (if ‘a’ is a no-go) need
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Key Lime Pistachio Truffles from The Clean Dish
I am having an absolutely awesome time in San Francisco getting my fill of delicious food including fresh seafood (which is my ultimate favourite as we just don’t get it that fresh in the prairies)! If you want to see what I’ve been doing as well as WHERE and WHAT I’ve been eating,
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The C-Spot Smoothie // Immunity Booster
The other weekend we took a trip to Calgary for the Stampede! Whenever the Hubby and I are in Calgary we stop at this wonderful grocery store called Community Natural Foods. The market has a great little deli/cafe where we load up on delicious dishes (think ‘Whole Foods’ concept) and get in some healthy eats! This