Category: Recipes

365 Days of Healthful Pursuit… And A Bit Of Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal

365 Days of Healthful Pursuit… And A Bit Of Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal

Today marks the 1st blogiversary of Healthful Pursuit! The past 365 days have been filled with great food, inspiration, friendship, self care, triumph, frustration, and a whole lot a love. The craziest part? Healthful Pursuit was never intended to be a food blog. It began as a website for my private practice. I envisioned it…

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Frozen “Boo”nana Pops (no sugar added)

Frozen “Boo”nana Pops (no sugar added)

It’s rare that I come across a recipe that I want to make SO badly that I literally run down to the kitchen to prepare it on the spot. The last time it happened was when I’d found Averie’s Blueberry Banana Oat Cakes. Just a couple of substitutions and it quickly morphed into what is…

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Low Fat Vegan Maple Flax Cookies

Low Fat Vegan Maple Flax Cookies

Kevin and I decided to take it easy this past weekend. He’s been traveling so much for work that it was the first weekend in over 2 months that we’ve been able to just hang out. What relaxing activities did we do? We sat on the couch and caught up on our favorite shows! Many…

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Chicken Noodle Meatloaf

Chicken Noodle Meatloaf

Every Sunday afternoon my Dad made us two bowls of chicken noodle soup + a tall stack of saltines for the weekly afternoon golf show on CBC. We’d sit on the chesterfield; my feet barely hanging over the sides, with my soup on my lap and my crackers laid out on the cushion beside me….

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Gingerbread Brownies

Gingerbread Brownies

I’ve been dying to share this recipe with you for days and days and years! I exaggerate. It’s only been two days. I’m quite good at exaggerating though. My excuse? I’m a Taurus which naturally limits my ability to state the facts correctly. That, and my Mom was a pro at it too. It was…

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Healthy Charms Cereal with 4 Flavor Variations

Healthy Charms Cereal with 4 Flavor Variations

Do you ever buy a product at the grocery store and think man I could totally make this at home and save a bunch of money? That happens a lot around here. Like the day I found out we could raise chickens in our backyard. Note: before entertaining the idea, make sure your dog doesn’t…

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Quinoa Salad with Smokey Bear Dressing

Quinoa Salad with Smokey Bear Dressing

Is it weird that the entire time I was enjoying this bowl of quinoa salad I was thinking of Smokey the bear? [source] Only you can prevent forest fires… Oh my gosh, blast from the past. But this recipe isn’t about bears, or forest fires, or PSA’s from 1950, sorry to disappoint. This recipe is…

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No bake Pumpkin Tarts

No bake Pumpkin Tarts

I wanted to do something different for Thanksgiving dessert this year. My Grandma’s Thanksgiving dessert specialty are butter tarts, my Mom’s is definitely pumpkin pie, and my sister makes a mean pumpkin crepe. But none of my Thanksgiving recipes are famous in our family… yet. This year I decided that it was time I made…

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Gluten-free Wild Rice and Mushroom Stuffing

Gluten-free Wild Rice and Mushroom Stuffing

What a Thanksgiving dinner we had last night! The pumpkins were a plenty, the conversation was deep, and the UNO cards were flying! Not only that, but we made great progress on my office. More on that tomorrow. I headed to Superstore late Sunday night to pick up some last minute items – mushrooms, a…

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Oil-free Sweet Basil Hummus

Oil-free Sweet Basil Hummus

Instead of carving pumpkins, decorating the Thanksgiving table, or cleaning the house, we went to Home Depot to buy some paint for my new office! The upper level of our house has 2 extra bedrooms. We are using 1 as a spare bedroom and the other as an office. Problem is, we never ever use…

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