Spring Cleaning-Inside & Out

Spring Cleaning-Inside & Out

Welcome Spring!   Time to clean up!  As we begin to enjoy the warmer weather and bright skies, we think of opening the windows, raking up the last of the fallen leaves and getting the gardens ready for planting.      It’s an awakening, a perfect time to...
Nutrients A to Z:  Featuring Potassium

Nutrients A to Z: Featuring Potassium

Potassium – Mineral of Function Following our backwards alphabet of nutrients brings us to a powerful and functional mineral – Potassium.  This functional nutrient hangs out with the other electrolytes in our bodies to help as a basis for nerve impulses...
Nutrients A to Z:  Featuring Quercetin

Nutrients A to Z: Featuring Quercetin

The colours of fruits and vegetables (their pigments) hold many secrets to their function in our bodies.  Those brilliant colours are bursting with nutrients that work together to maintain metabolism. stimulate our mitochondrial function (the “energy”...
Nutrients A to Z:     Featuring ZINC

Nutrients A to Z: Featuring ZINC

ZINC:  Tiny Mineral – Powerhouse of Health There’s so much about eating healthy and “getting enough vitamins and minerals” information these days, that it can be hard to know what all these nutrients are doing for you.  Follow me as we journey...
Warming Beef Broth

Warming Beef Broth

I love broth!  It is so warming and healing – it’s a great way to nourish and sustain during intermittent fasting and while I usually go with a nice, flavourful chicken bone broth, I actually like BEEF broth better.  It’s a nice change from chicken...
Have your cake and no flour too

Have your cake and no flour too

Happy Valentine’s Day. Let’s have some chocolate.  This grain-free, no flour chocolate cake is perfect for sharing with friends or a special someone this Valentine’s Day.  Decorate with a drizzling of melted dark chocolate, topped with some fresh...