Beer & Bacon Chicken with Gravy

Beer & Bacon Chicken with Gravy

Delightfully tender chicken in a smoky bacon and beer sauce. Delicious served with my Healthier Mashed Potatoes recipe. In 2008, Kevin and I rented a cabin in Golden BC to celebrate our first Easter together.

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2 Effortless 3-day Juice Cleanses

2 Effortless 3-day Juice Cleanses

Exciting news! I have created 2 new juice cleanse programs for you. And even more exciting? You don’t have to lift a finger to follow them. No juicer, no blender, no grocery lists.

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Make a cake in a Crock Pot! Blueberry Maple Slow Cooker Cake

Make a cake in a Crock Pot! Blueberry Maple Slow Cooker Cake

Nutrient-rich, nourishing gluten-free blueberry cake drizzled with maple syrup… baked for 4 hours in your slow cooker. I bought this Crock Pot as a New Year’s gift… for myself. The 10 hours I spend in the kitchen, daily, testing + creating new recipes for the blog, leaves me with 0 creativity for family meals and…

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15 Things You Can Expect In 2014

15 Things You Can Expect In 2014

Hey beautiful! Lofty goals and I just don’t jive… I suck at resolutions. Instead, I see everyday as an opportunity to get closer to myself – January 1st, June 24th, and beyond. This year I am publicly declaring my intentions, chasing after a feeling, not a goal. (Read THIS if want to flip goal setting…

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10 Things I Learned In 2013 So That You Don’t Have To

10 Things I Learned In 2013 So That You Don’t Have To

Overflowing pie, super slimy smoothie, the ugliest loaf of grain-free bread you’ve ever seen… Some may call them “failures”, I like to think of them as lessons. And today? I’m counting down the top 10 lessons I’ve learned this year, with a couple of life lessons sprinkled in.

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Best Recipes of 2013: My Picks + Your Favorites

Best Recipes of 2013: My Picks + Your Favorites

I created over 200 recipes in 2013. I experimented with using cauliflower as a base for cream soups, cooked quinoa as a substitute for rolled oats and sweet potato instead of oil in a chocolate fudge cake.

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Chocolate Covered Cranberry Bars

Chocolate Covered Cranberry Bars

Lightly sweetened chocolate-layer bars—a healthy hemp-seed base and melted chocolate coating, sandwiched between a dense layer of cranberry cream. Wow, what a Christmas! Were you following along with me? My family and I made gluten-free gingerbread houses, drank spiked dairy-free eggnog, slathered cranberry sauce on everything, blasted the Christmas music, kissed under the mistletoe and…

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You Are Simply… Beyond.

You Are Simply… Beyond.

No matter where you are in your healthful journey, I am proud of you. I hope that you feel empowered to celebrate the holidays healthfully, that you are inspired to do right by your body, and excited to see what the New Year will bring. As a community, we explore and celebrate our food allergies…

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Sugar Cookies Recipe Kit Giveaway

Sugar Cookies Recipe Kit Giveaway

The giveaway winner is Abby from Texas! Thanks for entering, everyone. Sugar Cookies just the way you remember them – sweet and tender with crisp edges. You know when you bite into a sugar cookie and it crumbles lightly? Just lightly. And there’s a rich taste of butter and sugar… and a touch of heaven?…

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Healthy Shopping Spree at Sobeys

Healthy Shopping Spree at Sobeys

The giveaway winner is JOY from Ontario! Thanks for entering, everyone. I was invited to the new Sobeys in Evanston; a community in North West Calgary, for a health food reconnaissance mission. The new Evanston store was built to reflect Sobeys’ commitment to providing Canadians with better food experiences that allow them to enjoy fresh…

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