Healthy People – Troy Edwards

Healthy People – Troy Edwards   This weeks post on Healthy People is on Troy Edwards. I had the fun of running down and taking pictures while the domes were being brought to life and I can’t wait to see them full of life once planting starts!! It’s been a pleasure getting to know Tory […]

Juicing

I was never a big  juice fan before.  Not even juice you buy in some sort of container have I ever been a big fan of. I have decided to start juicing more lately in my life and I am really enjoying it.  What a great way to get alot of extra nutrients, vitamins, minerals […]

Stress and Food

Do you ever think that the two are related?? Didn’t someone say once ‘let food be thy medicine’??? After reading this article in the Globe and Mail, Our Busy Life is Making You Sick, I really linked a few things together in my life.  I say that, as I have been going through a major […]

Raw Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake

OMG!! This is sooooo good, you won’t believe it’s raw!!!! Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake Crust 1 cup almonds (dry) 3/4 cups pecans (dry) 6 dates 1 – 2 tsp vanilla pinch sea salt Put all together in a food processor and blend till still chunky yet will stick together. Put into a spring form pan or […]

Macadamia Beet Dip

Macadamia Beet Dip Easy, Healthy and Good!! 1-2 Beets chopped up (big chunks) 1/4 cup macadamia nuts juice of 1 lemon 1 garlic clove celtic sea salt to taste Put everything in the blender or Vitamix and blend up till smooth. Adjust to taste (maybe a little pinch more of salt or garlic). Great for […]

Cleansing Green Soup

I have been playing around with the basis of this soup with different vegetables, but the other night I made an amazing one, too bad I didn’t record the actual measurements.  I usually don’t measure, I just throw things in the blender!  But here is basically what I added, play a little with the quantities […]

Hanging in the Mall….

Wow, it’s September already, where did the summer go?? I was in the mall the other day with four teenage girls, so off they went their way to go shopping and I had a little work to do, so I headed to the food court. We were in Vancouver in a big mall and the […]

Raw Lime Cheesecake

Raw Lime Cheesecake You can make this in a regular spring form cheesecake pan or even an oblong glass dish. Crust 11/2 cups almonds 6-8 medjool dates 1 tsp vanilla pinch sea salt Process in processor until crumbly and can stick together. May need to scrap down sides of processor a few times. Put the […]

David Wolfe

A few weeks ago I found out that David Wolfe would be in Vancouver for a few days doing a few different seminars.  I was quite familiar with his name and being a leading expert in nutrition and a ‘raw foodist’ but I really didn’t know much else about him.  He was doing a lecture […]

Raw Creamy Cashew & Carrot Soup

Yes it’s summer but I felt like something different and this turned out well even cold!!  This is very quick and easy to make. Raw Creamy Cashew & Carrot Soup 1/2 cup cashews ( I soaked them for about 15 mins – it’s optional) 2 good size carrots chopped up 1 garlic clove 1/2 tsp […]

Hunger Pains

What truly are hunger pains?? I am not sure if too many Canadians or Americans could would know, I mean we might know what is it to feel hunger but real hunger or hunger pains…….I doubt it, just look around. I have started on a cleanse, detox, fast or whatever else we want to call […]

Raw Crackers

Raw Crackers – Yes there is such a thing!! I have always liked crackers, but have been fussy about the ones I ate before going raw.  So many of them have sugar, way too much salt or hydrogenated oil just to name a few things that don’t need to be in them!! This is a […]