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 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 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 Read more…
Part of being a Minimalist Nutritionist means that I hate wasting food! If I ever roast a chicken or buy a cooked chicken from the grocery store, I will throw the carcass in the freezer to make chicken stock at a later date. I also constantly have a bag of Read more…
This soup is a go-to recipe of mine. I typically have almost all of the ingredients on hand (minus a zucchini and some feta), the leftovers freeze great, it tastes delicious and it is full of filling fibre between the lentils and veggies. Make it vegetarian or vegan by choosing Read more…
In my 9-5 job, I am a big advocate for the Canadian Public Health Association’s Basic Shelf cookbook. Straight from their website: “This is a very special cookbook because all the recipes can be made from one list of low-cost, nutritious ingredients that make up what we call “the basic Read more…