http://meghantelpnerblog.com The very best of health inspired recipes, lifestyle tips and best cooking classes in Toronto. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Making Love in the Kitchen 2010 hello@meghantelpner.com (Meghan Telpner) hello@meghantelpner.com (Meghan Telpner) Health 1440 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/megblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Podcast_Graphic_small.jpg http://meghantelpnerblog.com 144 144 A Podcast For Healthy Living At Making Love In The Kitchen- we talk all things healthy, sweet and fun. It's not just about nutrition but about how healthy living is the vehicle for living the great life. With a different guest each episode- there are always great conversations and insights shared. Nutrition, Cooking, Health, Wellness, Disease, Prevention, Fitness, Weightloss, Slow, Food, Fun, Humour Meghan Telpner Meghan Telpner hello@meghantelpner.com no no http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/23/my-journey-to-juiced-up-health-heaven/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/23/my-journey-to-juiced-up-health-heaven/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 10:11:12 +0000 Extra Special Guest http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14588 Written by Christopher Paton-Gay Just before last Christmas, I had a scheduled full checkup with my doctor. That was when I discovered that my blood pressure was getting dangerously high (165/124) and so I was immediately referred to a cardiologist for stress tests and a MRI. A week later my cardiologist had finished the tests and prescribed two types of blood pressure pills. I filled the prescriptions and never took a pill; feeling that I could control my BP and pulse rate by making some substantial changes to my lifestyle and more particularly, what I was eating. At the time, I weighed 224 pounds, drinking 16 cups of coffee a day on average, smoking (1 pack a day), travelling constantly and eating in restaurants in Europe and the USA.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/23/my-journey-to-juiced-up-health-heaven/feed/ 4 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/21/holy-guacamole-crackers/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/21/holy-guacamole-crackers/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:01 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14923 It's patio season and since most patios I know of aren't serving guacamole flax crackers with a kombucha mojito, looks like I'll just have to create my own patio. And so I did- mostly with stuff we found on the street that other people were discarding. Seriously. We made the decision that last Sunday we were going to plant our greens garden and set up a sweet patio and on our to the plants store, we keep seeing old patio discards that were just what we needed. How about that?]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/21/holy-guacamole-crackers/feed/ 2 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/19/long-weekend-recipes-make-these-three/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/19/long-weekend-recipes-make-these-three/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 14:45:02 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14941 Happy long weekend, Canadian lovers (and sorry to our international peeps)! And happy Victoria Day, almost? Yay for the 193rd birthday of ol' Queeny Vic. Still don't really get the point of it all, but am I going to raise a stinkeroo about a long weekend? Nopers. May 24 really has become more to Canadians than just a celebration of Victoria Day- it is kinda like our celebrated right to a long weekend. I like that. We come together and cottage, sing by campfires and play in lakes and forests all weekend long. Very Canadian, if I do say so myself. For the international peeps- you should come play! We really do it up right.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/19/long-weekend-recipes-make-these-three/feed/ 0 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/17/the-world-through-heart-shaped-glasses/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/17/the-world-through-heart-shaped-glasses/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:22:52 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14916 When was the last time you woke up in the morning and instead of either dreading what the day would bring or being excited about what was to come, you actually took the time to reflect on the goodness bits that remain pretty sweetly constant? See- it's easy, oh so easy, to get caught up in the fleeting moments- the good ones and the bad ones, to recognize that for the most part we are blessed to be stressed about whatever it is we are stressing over. I tell you this today, on the Friday before the long weekend, as I pack up for a weekend with my family at our cottage together, that things are pretty sweet. And with that being said, it's mostly 'cause of you. And because the sweetness is mostly 'cause of you, well, that's why I've been working my tootsy tail off. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/17/the-world-through-heart-shaped-glasses/feed/ 3 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/17/is-that-a-cucumber-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/17/is-that-a-cucumber-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:01:14 +0000 Amy Sedgwick http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14713 Written by Amy and Kim Sedgwick, two sweet, sweet members of Meghan Telpner’s Superhero Posse. They are our Superhero Eco Sexperts. Read their bios here. If you’ve ever speculated that there is a connection between your diet and libido, you’d be correct. Diet and lifestyle have all sorts of effects on our mood, our energy, how we feel about our bodies, the amount of sex hormones our bodies create, and yes, our libido. While whole books could be written on the topic (and have!), here are just a few points to get you started in thinking about what’s on your supper plate in a whole new way. As Marrena Lindberg points out in her book, The Orgasmic Diet, there are basically three main ingredients to libido. The first is feeling good – if you feel depressed or stressed, you’re not likely to want to engage in sexual activity. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/17/is-that-a-cucumber-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me/feed/ 0 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/we-are-blushing-and-singin-and-dancin/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/we-are-blushing-and-singin-and-dancin/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:30:21 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14882 We know you love our classes (checked out the fall semester yet?) but we are THRILLED to see Travel To Wellness magazine picked the Love in the Kitchen Academy as one of the Top 10 Best Cooking Classes in Toronto. Yipeeeeeeee! How exciting. We are flattered..and blushing. And all the fun things that come along with a sweet, sweet compliment such as that. You can read the whole awesome write up right here. (Also- check out this article I wrote for Travel to Wellness a little while back that is very seasonally appropriate: "8 Wellness Things to do in Toronto") ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/we-are-blushing-and-singin-and-dancin/feed/ 1 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/13/happy-mamas-day/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/13/happy-mamas-day/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 14:01:14 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14821 Happy Mama's Day everyone! To all you mamas, babies, babiesmamas...well you get the idea- today is a day to celebrate the lady who gave you everything (read: life). I hope you are getting out there and enjoying the sunshine and maybe some sweet, sweet treats with your mama (or your family, or friends, or loved ones). Here are a few of my fave snaps with my superstar (and Superhero) mom, Patsy.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/13/happy-mamas-day/feed/ 2 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/10/a-meghan-style-stagette/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/10/a-meghan-style-stagette/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 10:00:50 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14759 Yeppers. It's now feeling really official that I am getting hitched. The wedding will be at the end of this summer - less than five months away- and our sweet planning is just about complete. We all know I didn't need a part time job planning a wedding so keeping it all simple and true to my man and I is the name of the game. With that in mind, when it came time to plan a stagette, my sister-in-law and best girlfriends went to work to create an evening that was pure joy- Meghan style. There was no need for late night drinking or strange naked men flipping their their floppy about. We're all in our 30's after all, so it was time to do something mature...]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/10/a-meghan-style-stagette/feed/ 19 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/04/extra-special-breaking-down-the-creed-dance-like-a-4-year-old/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/04/extra-special-breaking-down-the-creed-dance-like-a-4-year-old/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 10:00:37 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14682 Dance Like A 4-Year Old Have you ever seen a 4-year old dance? Of course you have. There is nothing sweeter in the whole wide world. They move how they want to move- sort of the music but mostly just moving and grooving however they're heart desires. They laugh. They're silly. And perhaps most of all- they don't give a flying kazoo who is looking or what those lookers are thinking. That is what dancing like a 4-year old is all about. Letting loose, shaking the wiggly in your jiggle, lightening the mood, lifting the world up off your shoulders and letting your cares shimmy and shake right on our of your soul.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/04/extra-special-breaking-down-the-creed-dance-like-a-4-year-old/feed/ 9 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/24/announcement-bye-bye-ebooks/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/24/announcement-bye-bye-ebooks/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:00:23 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14494 You ready for this? Can you handle it? I know, I'll hold you're hand and we can move forward together. As I mentioned yesterday, some things are changing around here- exciting things, I'd like to think! We've been assessing over here the best ways to get information out. Our goal is obviously to reach loads of people, but we also want those people we reach to have absolutely amazing help and guidance along the way. We have found that this has been amazingly achieved through our recent batch of online programs like The Fab Detox and The Gluten-Free Cleanse. If you've been following us on Twitter you may have seen some tweets going up last week about the new things brewing. Last week we began the process of putting much of our in class course content onto video to be able to offer workshop attendance and all the knowledge we share to you, wherever you may be. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/24/announcement-bye-bye-ebooks/feed/ 12