Healthy Foods: Keen for mustard greens

Mustard greens are the leaves of the mustard plant. These beautiful dark leafy greens are in season from December through April and they add a distinct peppery flavor to the dishes you add them to. And they are extremely good for you, too. A member of the cruciferous veggie family, a serving of mustard greens […]

Dinner Diva: Gluten-free finger foods

In one of my last posts, I shared some strategies for you to use when you’re trying hard to stay on track with a healthy eating plan when the family BBQ invite comes along. Today, we’re going to look at the flip side of that by talking about what sorts of finger foods you might […]

Food For Thought: The many health
benefits of cod Liver oil

Our grandmothers had it right in a lot of ways. For example, while not many moms and dads in this day and age force cod liver oil down the throats of their children, there’s a good chance that your parents or your parents’ parents were given no choice but to take a daily dose of […]

Healthy Foods: Lingonberry – the new superfood on the block

You’ve heard me go on and on about the health benefits of berries, but there’s a new one on the North American market that you might not have heard of before. Lingonberries have a very high concentration of plant polyphenols, which means that they can give us a tremendous amount of nutrition and health benefits. […]

Dinner Diva: Surviving the family BBQ

So, you’ve adopted a new lifestyle and you feel amazing. And now you get the big invite to the family BBQ/potluck/party/etc and you know what that means! You start fretting over what you’ll be able to eat and what people will have to say about you avoiding the hotdogs, “salads” and desserts. But you know […]

Food For Thought: Eat for your teeth

As we get older, so do our teeth. And the average North American diet is not conducive to dental health. Many of us suffer from enamel erosion and tooth decay, either from our highly acidic diet (carbonated beverages, wine, lemon water, etc.) or from lack of proper nutrition (or a combination of the two). Perhaps […]

Healthy Foods: Open sesame (oil)!

I’ve written before about the health benefits of sesame seeds so it only stands to reason that sesame oil has an impressive nutritional profile as well. Sesame has been used to improve health since at least 3600 years ago when it was listed on Egyptian scrolls as a favored medicine. Babylonian women consumed a mixture […]

Dinner Diva: Not paper or plastic, please. I’ll take the bamboo!

There’s a relatively new product on the market that you may or may not be familiar with — bamboo dinnerware. These reusable and/or disposable dishes are made from the sheath of the bamboo plant. Bamboo can grow more than a meter per day and the plant matures within 5 years, making it one of the […]

Food For Thought: Wash what you eat!

Unless you have grown a fruit or vegetable yourself, in your own organic veggie patch, I would hope that you’re giving your produce a good thorough wash before eating it. There are a couple of good reasons why you should be washing your fruits and vegetables- even organic produce. First of all, you really don’t […]