So happy to announce the launch of a new little booklet: Everything You Wanted To Know About Green Smoothies! This 8-page booklet includes... FAQ about green smoothies. Top 10 tips for incorporating green smoothies into your everyday life. My two all-time favorite green smoothie recipes. And here's the best part:…
Get your free green smoothie booklet now >> I adore my Vitamix. I use it at least once each week, and at different times of the year (depending on what type of meals we're having, based on the season) I will sometimes use the Vitamix several times in one day.…
Mr Science and I have perfected the art of menu planning. We plan our dinners two weeks in advance and get all the necessary ingredients for our meals. We choose meals in which some ingredients can be used again, and we always mix it up to include some meals with…
Sound familiar? Over the years, through blogging and gifts and my own purchases, I've amassed quite a nice little collection of cookbooks. I probably easily have more than 50 cookbooks in the house (and that doesn't even include the ones that Mr Science owns!)*. And yet, so often, we find…
Dark leafy greens are amazing and full of nutrients! Some, like Victoria Boutenko (and me!), believe that dark leafy greens should be the staple of any diet. If you have a food pyramid, for example, it should be dark leafy greens - not the old grains or the new fruits…
One of the meals that Mr. Science and I have taken to eating once a week or so is lentils and rice. It's a dish that I used to make all the time when I was in university, especially when I had night classes. It's super easy, it tastes delicious,…
I was certain that life would become less crazy after our big local food launch, but apparently I was wrong. I've again been too busy for blogging! However, our launch went super well (CBC's The National covered us and played our segment three days in a row!). If you want…
I'm a huge advocate of drinking green smoothies daily---especially after reading Victoria Boutenko's Green for Life! I've read it a few times now over the past year or so and every time I read it I'm inspired to try new creations with green smoothies. For a long time now I've…
The mother dear gave me two enormous beets about a week ago, that a client had given to her from her own garden. I didn't know that beets could get so large! Since it was her birthday on Saturday (one week after mine---happy birthday mother dear!), I decided to make…
If you happen to have a rhubarb plant in your yard, this is a fantastic, nutritious way to use up all that rhubarb you harvested! It's also a very simple and easy recipe to follow, and one which you can adapt according to what ingredients you have at your disposal.…