If you grew up in a house with a rhubarb plant, you know that your parents were always searching for ways to utilize their never ending supply. Rhubarb crisp, rhubarb jam, strawberry rhubarb pie, stewed rhubarb and even in my household rhubarb jello (…do not recommend!). If you are lucky enough to have someone with a rhubarb plant in your life, I am sure they are willing to share! This edible stalk is high in Read more…
I came across a blog post the other day on gift ideas for a minimalist. Although some of them were nice gift ideas like conversation cards, personalized home décor and DIY craft kits – they were all stuff! Stuff is the very thing that I am a minimalist am trying to avoid. I hope that these 5 ideas inspire you how you can treat the minimalist in your life without buying them any’thing’(s)! Experiences If Read more…
Quite simply a minimalist is someone who follows the principles of minimalism. Ok…..so what is minimalism? Miriam-Webster defines minimalism as a style or technique that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity. The Minimalists (Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus) describe minimalism as a tool that can assist you in ‘finding freedom from the trappings of the consumer culture we’ve built our lives around’. By embracing minimalism they note we can question which things add Read more…
If you’ve been contemplating the benefits of minimalism but feel overwhelmed and not sure how to start, you are not alone. Below I offer five suggestions of how to begin your path to minimalism and any (or all) of them are a great place to start. 1. Take time to explore what minimalism means to you Write yourself a note outlining why you want to live a more minimalist life. Is it to have more Read more…
The benefits of eating more plant foods More and more research is showing the role of gut health in relation to disease risk, mood and general well-being. Not surprising then that I get more and more questions about how to have a healthy gut. There is no doubt that the ‘Standard American Diet’ (SAD) full of ultra-processed foods is making us sick. It also isn’t doing any favours for our guts. The good bacteria in Read more…
As a Dietitian, I get many questions regarding the latest dietary trends. I find most Dietitians are nutritionally agnostic. Meaning, that they don’t follow or subscribe to any one diet such as low fat or low carb. To clarify when I say diet all I mean is an eating pattern versus the more mainstream use of ‘diet’ to indicate a weight loss plan. The human body is amazing in adapting to a range of eating Read more…
I recently signed up to a Good Food Box in my city. In my box this week I received a head of broccoli and given that stir-fry beef strips were on sale at the grocery store this week, it was an easy decision of what I was going to do with my broccoli! This is a tried and true go-to recipe of mine and a slightly tweaked version of the one my mom used to Read more…
If you came here wanting the most boiled down nutrition advice I can offer. If you only wanted to strive towards one nutrition goal to improve your health. If you are searching for: more energy greater blood sugar control improved heart health weight management strategies supporting positive mental health promoting gut health …the list could go on and on – If you want the most minimalist nutrition advice I can give? I would have to Read more…
When it comes to fad diets, there is usually profit to be made. This could be the ‘inventor’ of the diet (Dr Bernstein and Dr Atkins for example) or the authors of the ‘how to’ guides and cookbooks touting the diet. With the three factors common in the majority of mainstream diets below – there is little new or novel to market to the consumer. Therefore, the very things that promote good health often aren’t Read more…
While 10 Things I Hate About You is my favorite 90’s movie – 10 Things I Hate About Consumerism felt too aggressive of a blogpost to write. So behold… Ten things I love about being a minimalist accompanied by some of my favourite quotes from the book The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own by Joshua Becker. 1. Uncluttered mind – by living a minimalist life, I am able Read more…