There’s no denying it. Quinoa is hot. Like, on fire. It’s really no surprise either. a. it’s delish b. it’s healthy (a good source of vitamins and minerals and an excellent alternative to processed and refined grains) side note: while often toted as a whole grain, quinoa is actually a seed. Does that blow your…
Breakfast
How to: Frittata
Have you adopted the meatless Monday thing? All the cool kids are doing it. We’re a mostly meatless home these days, but we do an official meatless Monday with friends of ours and alternate hosting duties each week. What I won’t tell you is that we pair our meat free nights with the Bachelor/ Bachelorette/…
Seasonal Peach Crisp
Back to school this morning huh? I used to love the first day back. The anticipation of using my crispy new notebooks, pristinely sharpened pencils, and picking my first-day-back outfit. There was a phase when wearing mismatched flourescent socks was my signature move. Yikes. As a kid, I had pretty solid packed lunches. I was…
How to: Make Yogurt Interesting
As both a food lover and dietitian (trust me, these are two very mutually exclusive things) one of the most common questions I get is ‘What do you eat?’. Generally I answer this question with “Everything except cilantro”. Which of course, doesn’t cut the mustard. A common follow-up question is ‘Ok, so what do you…
How To: Quick and Healthy Everyday Breakfast
Breakfast is by far my favourite meal of the day. While I do enjoy a nice lunch and delicious dinner and even the odd brunch, it’s the early morning meal that really does it for me. Sitting down to my steaming mug of coffee and giant bowl of cereal while catching up on my blog…