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Healthful Hints: Health During the Holidays
It’s no secret that we’re surrounded with a lot of temptation this time of year. From pastries, hot cocoa, wine, chocolate bark, stuffing, gravy, pumpkin pie, sugar cookies, to gingerbread houses; it’s all there and within arms reach (usually). Do you find yourself worrying or stressing about how you’ll fight all of the forbidden foods…
Coconut Almond Bark (no sugar added)
I wish I would have come up with this recipe sooner. Like 3 years sooner. If you like coconut, you’re going to LOVE this bark. If you don’t like coconut, I suggest you make a batch of chai spice roasted almonds and forget this post ever existed. Sure, you could make these for people as…
Chai Spice Roasted Almonds with Homemade Chai Spice Mix
I can’t seem to eat enough almonds lately. Crushed, roasted, raw, butter, it doesn’t matter. I’ll take it all. Maybe it’s the manganese, vitamin E, magnesium, calcium, iron, or plant based protein that my body is so attracted to. Whatever the case, I’ve been trying to get my paws on as much of it as…
Eggnog Smoothie with 1 Minute Vanilla Whip
Oh my nog. It doesn’t get better than this. Creamy deliciousness topped with a high protein sweet whip… zomg take me away. I did two things with my leftover homemade eggnog – pancakes and a smoothie. And when all was said and done, I wish I had just made two smoothies and been done with…
Dairy-free Eggnog
I spent the weekend singing along to Christmas music as I flitted around my kitchen creating Christmas treats for…. myself. Ya, I dance in my kitchen and I’m proud of it. I’d like to think that it sufficiently revved up my appetite for a nice full cup of homemade eggnog… or two. But who’s counting,…
Cleanse Breaking Coconut Rum Balls
Okay so… rum is not part of my cleanse plan. And I know we’re so far away from Christmas that even the mention of rum balls may be depressing for some of you [sorry]. But with 12 inches of snowfall on Saturday, my mind + body was totally seasonally confused. It all started when I’d…
Cinnamon Waffles with Cream Cheese Frosting
This years’ Christmas marked the first of many new experiences: in laws meeting for the first time first dinner party first attempt at a three course dessert cutting a ham serving gluten and dairy free foods to the masses I had started planning this event months in advance and had nailed down a Christmas Menu…
Dragon Rice Bowl with Marinated Tofu (& a merry ho-ho)
Making gingerbread houses has to be my favourite activity of the Christmas season. I never eat any of the candy because 80% of it is made up of corn (allergy), but I just love coming up with new ways to decorate the house each year! I made a garden patch in the backyard of my…
Celebrating The Holidays
The holiday season is often believed to be a dangerous time for individuals on diets or those consumed by living a healthier lifestyle. Many of us get apprehensive about the foods we’ll be surrounded by. Before events we get our guard up and practice self talk like “this food is fatty, there’s too much sugar,…
Gluten Free Holiday Feast
What a busy week! I’ve successfully shared all of my favourite Christmas meal ideas with you. I’ve enjoyed recreating a lot of my families recipes by adapting them to fit a gluten free/dairy free plate and I’d like to think I did pretty well! Since I’ve already done all the leg work I’ve decided to…