One Pan Chicken Veggie Bake

This dish was born from the deep draws of my fridge. I am usually meticulous with my meal planning as I hate to waste food and lately one trip a week is all I wan to do. I had a bunch of veggies left over and a package of frozen [...]

By |2020-10-07T21:06:16+00:00April 29th, 2020|Dinner|

Stocking a Low Carb Kitchen

In these uncertain times, you may find it somewhat overwhelming to try and organize your kitchen and stock it with low carb items. Any of the trips I have made to the grocery store lately I see people stocking up on higher carb, easy to grab items such as pasta, [...]

By |2020-10-07T21:04:28+00:00April 15th, 2020|Featured, Healthy Lifestyle|

Low Carb Crock Pot Beef and Veggie Soup

Each week during this pandemic I am trying to make as much food as I can from scratch. For one, I have all the time in the world and second, I can control the ingredients that goes into each meal. We all know that canned soups are full of sodium [...]

By |2020-04-07T19:37:03+00:00April 7th, 2020|Crock Pot, Lunch, Soup|

Day 6 – Abs

We are almost there! Today is dedicated to your tummy, your gut, your core or simply put, your abs. Adding a full day dedicated to your abs really does make for a well rounded workout program. Yes, many routines may add a few ab exercises at the end of a [...]

By |2020-04-01T18:49:53+00:00April 1st, 2020|Healthy Lifestyle|

Day 4 – Upper Body

Time flies when you're having fun!!! Well that's the mindset I need to be in right now. I am actually settling into a good routine and days don't seem to move as slowly as they did a week ago. I am trying to keep things as similar as possible to [...]

By |2020-10-07T21:10:09+00:00March 30th, 2020|Healthy Lifestyle|

Day 1 – Lower Body

Ok back to it! We have a lot of time on our hands these days so we might as well fill it up with meaningful things that help us get through this. I have been fortunate to work at a high school that has just renovated their gym and I [...]

By |2020-03-27T20:25:11+00:00March 24th, 2020|Healthy Lifestyle|

Sunshine Avocado on Toast

We are definitely creatures of habit. Every morning my darling hubby makes me a delicious breakfast of Greek yogurt with fresh fruit, nuts and flax meal. It is filling and full of protein. Sundays however is my day to make breakfast and I figure if he goes to all the [...]

By |2018-06-12T02:19:49+00:00March 31st, 2018|Breakfast, Recipes|

Mary’s Organic Crackers

I am always in search for some new snacks. Something that is interesting and different from the ho hum of carrot and celery sticks. Crackers can be higher in carbs so you really need to do your homework and check the nutritional facts. These cheeky little crackers are so crunchy [...]

By |2018-01-15T21:08:44+00:00January 15th, 2018|Product Spotlight|

Lemon Blueberry Tea Cake

I remember as a kid I would often spend the weekend at my grandparents and my Granma loved to take me to "The Club" for afternoon high tea while my brother hung out with my Grandad and putzed around the garden. My Granma and I would dress up in our [...]

By |2019-02-21T00:44:51+00:00September 25th, 2017|Dessert, Recipes|

Radish, Orange & Goat Cheese Salad

I work in a Section 23 classroom for kids with acute mental illness. They are between the age of 12-18 and the program is designed to integrate kids back to school while earning a few high school credits and taking part in an intense therapy component. There are 8 students [...]

By |2017-09-12T23:45:48+00:00September 12th, 2017|Recipes, Salads|

Help! I need motivation!!

I know it can be difficult to find the time and the motivation to get moving. With work, family and life in general getting in the way it can be difficult to take time for yourself to get active and healthy. There is many ways to start getting physically active. [...]

By |2017-07-24T18:53:28+00:00July 24th, 2017|Healthy Lifestyle|

How healthy are “Health Foods” anyway?

Just because it's found in the health food section, doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy. Between the mainstream media, the Food Pyramid, the thousands of health blogs out there, and the premise that you can just walk into a health food store and anything you pull off the shelves will be [...]

By |2017-07-06T02:16:49+00:00July 6th, 2017|Healthy Lifestyle|

Rosemary Shortbread

Every summer we vacation up at the cottage in a little northern town called Thornbury. It is a sleepy little town but has some great pubs and spectacular coffee shops. Last summer I tried a Rosemary Shortbread cookie from our favourite coffee shop and was blown away as to how [...]

By |2020-03-22T20:59:29+00:00July 4th, 2017|Baking, Dessert|
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