Keeping the foods you are eating simple makes plant-based living easier, and healthier, too.
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Plant Based Everyday — 5 Breakfast Recipes
How do you make eating healthy plant-based easier on a daily basis? That's what my new class series, and these breakfast recipes are all about!
Making Meatless Mondays easier with the Instant Pot
Whether you become a complete I-Pot aficionado, or you use it as a way to keep your flow of essential meal components steady, in my humble opinion, this tool is one of the keys to making healthy plant-based eating easier and faster -- and cheaper, too.
Recipes for Wellness
Recently Terri Cramb and I did a Workplace Wellness presentation at the Powell River Chamber of Commerce to launch our new Workplace Wellness Program under our wellness program, FRESH. I promised to share the recipes that were served for the lunch -- a delicious, nutritious, comforting meal of Black...
A New Food Guide for a New World
Something happened yesterday that restored some of my faith in the systems that govern us. The long-awaited new Canada Food Guide was published, and despite massive lobbying on behalf of the meat and dairy industries, Health Canada’s new guide, which is sure to be influential in schools, hospitals, homes...
Spicing It Up: The Benefits of Adding Ginger and Turmeric To Your Day
I love herbs and spices. In fact I consider them to be my wild card, my secret super power buddies. 🙂 I have always loved them, and have grown them for years (actually herbs are the only plants I seem to be able to grow with some success), and...
Better With Beans – How to Get More Legumes Into Your Life
When you first start eating a whole foods plant-based diet one of the biggest changes you may encounter is finding yourself eating A LOT more legumes (i.e. beans and lentils). In the Standard Canadian Diet legumes are not usually a daily event — case in point, the UN’s declaration...
What IS Healthy Plant-Based Eating?
As long as there have been people who have chosen not to eat animal products, there have been misconceptions about plant-based eating. Some of the common questions a vegan or plant-based eater might get include: but, where do you get your protein? how do you get calcium without drinking...
In 2017 Power Up Your Ethics AND Your Health – A Pre-Screening of Eating You Alive
This story appeared in the January 2017 issue of Powell River Living Magazine. We hope to encourage people to attend the pre-screening event of the incredible documentary Eating You Alive through these inspiring local stories! Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/239766856464311/ When Dave Kuntsi went to see his family doctor in October...
Easy Vegan Week: Batch Cooking – Applied!
Last week I talked about tips for batch cooking to make your plant-based and healthy-meal planning a bit smoother and easier, especially during busy weekdays. This week I want to show you exactly how to put that in action, with a sample 1-week meal plan where we batch cook...