Healthy eating

Relax & Renew Retreat

By , February 10, 2025

Dear Friends, This is a personal invitation to join the beautiful Annie and myself in Cold Springs for a weekend of relaxation and renewal. This retreat is your chance to step away from the demands of daily life and focus entirely on yourself in a supportive, nurturing space. A few highlights: Below is the link

Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins (GF, V, NF)

By , February 6, 2025

‘Stop talking, stop thinking and there is nothing you will not understand’ Food for thought Like most people I know, I have the drive to take on a lot and fill every moment. It is only when I slow down enough to feel that I can truly make the right decision. The more I slow

Longevity Noodles (GF, V)

By , February 1, 2025

‘To harm another is to harm oneself. When you heal yourself, you heal the world’ – Yung Pueblo Food for thought The Lunar New Year is upon us. This year is the year of the snake, representing a time for personal growth, transformation and shedding bad energy. When I think of transformation, I think of

Double Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins (GF, V)

By , January 24, 2025

‘There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle’. Albert Einstein Food for thought I love reading quotes from Einstein. He used to write letters to children who posed questions to him and so we have a liturgy

High Protein ‘Meat’ Balls (GF, V)

By , January 19, 2025

‘It is only by risking ourselves from one hour to another that we live at all’ Food for thought No matter the path we choose to honour, there will always be conflict to negotiate. There will always be discord with those who would rather have us be something other than ourselves. If we choose to

Roasted Broccoli and Puffed Rice Salad (GF, V)

By , January 11, 2025

‘Now there is nothing left but to keep dancing’ I don’t know if it is human nature or the way of life on earth, but we rarely become all of who we are until forced to do it. Some say that something in us arises to the occasion that there is as, as Hemingway called

Coconut Cashew Rice (GF, V)

By , January 4, 2025

‘Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.’ Dr Maya Angelou I’ve been thinking a lot about new year resolutions lately. How we create them and then feel all that pressure. Eventually we break them and then feel guilty, and the cycle starts again every year, or

Creamy Black-Eyed Bean (GF, V)

By , December 27, 2024

‘We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives … not looking for flaws but for potential’. All the traditions around food in

Tips for a healthy holiday

By , December 22, 2024

As we move into the holidays, with social and family meets. I thought I would send out a few tips on how to keep your plate and yourself balanced. I was asked to contribute to an article by the lovely Cam Hayes from Rent.com. I will post the link to the full article at the

Chocolate Oat Bar (GF, V)

By , December 14, 2024

‘We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude’. The holidays can often feel stressful. It is the end of the year, and we naturally rush to get things finalized. It is the holidays, and many people travel to and from family. Gratuities, gifts, meetings and holiday parties start to enter