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.
Dairy Free
Matcha White Chocolate Pistachio Creamsicles // Dairy & Gluten Free
Did I just do that? Did I just post TWO popsicle recipes in one month? Yes, yes I did. Here’s why: a) it’s SUMMER b) it’s HOT c) It’s my BLOG BIRTHDAY tomorrow!
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Breakfast
Easy Egg Muffins
This recipe was originally posted in August 2012 and has been revamped and rephotographed for quality and relevance! I have to admit, I’m a massive egg fan. Eggs are my staple go-to for breakfast as I find them filling, enjoyable, and I love savoury breakfast options once in a while! When it comes to eggs I
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Breakfast
Protein-Packed Hemp & Maple Pecan Oatmeal
The other day I found myself in Bulk Barn. If any of you don’t know what Bulk Barn is I’ll tell you…it’s a dangerous place. There are literally bins, and bins, and bins of nuts, seeds, dried fruits, grains, flours, candy, a heck of a lot of candy, chocolate, powders, potions, elixirs (ok, maybe not
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Dairy Free
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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Appetizers
Lightened Up Creamy Cucumber Kale Salad
Happy Sunday! Man, I love weekends! Correction: I love SUMMER weekends! This weekend my Hubster and I went to Jasper (for the second weekend in a row actually!) to enjoy in the splendour that is The Rocky Mountains! We chose to camp this weekend, and although a little chilly at night, it’s been splendid.
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Breakfast
Layered Chia Pudding with Strawberry Fig Compote
Chia pudding. Yep, we all know about it, most of us are fans, it’s nothing new, I get that…but today, it’s chia pudding and a couple layers of extra yumminess! It’s no surprise that I’m a fan of chia, you’ve seen it on the blog many times (here, here, and here to name a few), and
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Recipe Round-Up
Sweet & Savoury Spring Recipe Must Makes
hello spring! It seems a bit ironic to be talking about Spring when we just got a huge dump of snow here in YEG…but it was officially Spring as of March 20th, and we really did have beautiful weather for the last few weeks so I’m moving in that direction and bringing Spring to NITK!
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Dinner
Chilled Noodle Salad with Ginger Wasabi Dressing
Don’t you just love it when the stars align and great things happen?! Last week I attended an event I had been invited to, put on by Catelli to introduce their Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains Pasta! The event was also being hosted by Food Network Canada’s amazing Chef Lynn Crawford! I’ve been a fan of Chef Lynn since