http://meghantelpnerblog.com The very best of health inspired recipes, lifestyle tips and best cooking classes in Toronto. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:59:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 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/2012/02/03/2012-st-lucia-retreat-living-the-creed-to-the-fullest/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/03/2012-st-lucia-retreat-living-the-creed-to-the-fullest/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:12 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=13022 Another retreat has come and gone. So it goes. I wait all year for this sweet, sweet week of great food, amazing people, sunshine, adventure, learning and most of all- loving. The demand for these weeks of rejuvenation just keep growing and we already have nearly 20 on our wait list for next year! Crazy town. I will keep my words short today and just allow the pics to transport you to the warm tropical breezes. Enjoy! Brunch is always a huge highlight of the day!]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/03/2012-st-lucia-retreat-living-the-creed-to-the-fullest/feed/ 5 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/02/my-manuscript-sits-before-me-and-suddenly-i-hate-post-it-notes/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/02/my-manuscript-sits-before-me-and-suddenly-i-hate-post-it-notes/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:55 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=13002 I am back from St. Lucia with no time to rest. The fun of the photoshoot has come and gone and now it is time to make nice with my computer, highlighters and team over here that will be sailing this biz ship while I hide away. My entire edited manuscript was sitting on my desk when I returned to work yesterday. In case you were wondering what a 73,000 word manuscript looks like.. well here you go.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/02/my-manuscript-sits-before-me-and-suddenly-i-hate-post-it-notes/feed/ 16 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/01/more-funderwear-this-time-readers-digest-styles/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/01/more-funderwear-this-time-readers-digest-styles/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:57 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12972 A sweet, sweet sneak peak at January's readers digest, in which yours truly is asked for tips on cutting out the big bad wolf known as SUGAR!]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/01/more-funderwear-this-time-readers-digest-styles/feed/ 1 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/30/gordon-ramsay-made-it-so-i-did-too/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/30/gordon-ramsay-made-it-so-i-did-too/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:20 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12774 I feel like perhaps I am supposed to be embarrassed to tell you that I LOVE Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. I am not sure why. After a day of sunshine and rainbows in the kitchen, where 99.5% of the people who call, or write, or come play in the kitchen are delightful, there is something super fun about kicking back to a flood of F-bombs from old chef GR. What's even more ridiculous about this affection I have for this show is that I don't even have a TV. That means the man has to go hunting for an online version and we huddle together on the sofa to watch it on the micro computer screen. Yep. I've hit it big time for sure. Just wait 'till my episode of Cribs (yes, I used to watch that too). A wild Thursday night watching a crappy British TV show full of cloudy weather and F-bombs on a computer.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/30/gordon-ramsay-made-it-so-i-did-too/feed/ 9 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/27/are-you-living-the-creed/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/27/are-you-living-the-creed/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12715 I wrote the creed in about 10 minutes. For real. I had been thinking about it and when it came to put pen to paper (or index fingers to keyboard- yes, two finger typer over here), it just flowed out. Why? Because I live it of course. Every mindful moment of my day, I do my best to lighten up, smile and always remember that Today, most certainly, is the day. We have been getting emails and letters (and even photos!) from around the globe, with people sharing how they are doing their best to live this creed as their own manifesto. It's become art on their walls, backgrounds on their phones, wallpaper on their desktop, and of course- their go to tote bag. For this reason, I have something I would like share... in a moment. First- we made a few creed inspired changes around the kitchen (that went with a few changes on my biz site). We took down my old signature decal that greets guests in my kitchen.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/27/are-you-living-the-creed/feed/ 18 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/26/paying-it-forward-with-the-giving-keys/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/26/paying-it-forward-with-the-giving-keys/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:28 +0000 Extra Special Guest http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12852 We are all about sharing the love here at Making Love in the Kitchen. When we came across The Giving Keys, we absolutely fell in love with the concept and beautiful necklaces. The awesome powers at be with The Giving Keys are kindly sharing their message with us and giving away one of these beautiful keys! Crystie Bowes in marketing explains... “You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” - Henry Drummond. The good we do today comes back to serve us tomorrow. The understanding of paying it forward has been the driving force behind the charity I work for: The Giving Keys. Our organization employs the homeless off the street to make engraved necklaces out of keys. But that’s not all. Once you receive the key with your unique message, you must eventually give it away to a person who is equally in need of the same message and come back to tell your story to the community.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/26/paying-it-forward-with-the-giving-keys/feed/ 11 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/26/%e2%80%9cnew%e2%80%9d-uses-for-lemons-from-the-old-country-a-family-compilation/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/26/%e2%80%9cnew%e2%80%9d-uses-for-lemons-from-the-old-country-a-family-compilation/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:32 +0000 Extra Special Guest http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12658 Written by Odelia Benabou, CNE graduate, writer and lemon lover extraordinaire. Odelia here, reporting for duty on Meghan’s rad web kingdom to share some simple, back-to-basics tips about lemons! True, lemons aren’t terribly sexy or exotic. We squeeze their tart juice into a glass of water each morning for a revitalizing, alkalinizing and detoxifying effect. Yawn. But this new year, I thought it would be a nice change to chat up my folks for something decidedly less complicated than some of the strange extracts, peculiar foods and just plain bizarre beverages that we nutrition groupies often concoct for fun! So when life hands you lemons, do any of the following:]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/26/%e2%80%9cnew%e2%80%9d-uses-for-lemons-from-the-old-country-a-family-compilation/feed/ 6 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/25/how-to-say-no-to-food-without-offending/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/25/how-to-say-no-to-food-without-offending/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:00:53 +0000 Extra Special Guest http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12606 Social situations can be awkward when you're trying to be healthy. How do you navigate sticky circumstances without offending your loved ones? Find out how to say no to food without appearing like a self-righteous jerk. Plenty of people don’t see food as nourishment - they view it as a vehicle for socializing, spreading the love and bonding with others. But what is the best way to respond to well-meaning friends, family and coworkers when we’re presented with an item that doesn’t jive with our food philosophy or health style? Do you accept the offering and feed it to the family dog, or do you snort with haughty derision? Unless you have Meghan’s wit and charm, the latter will likely land you alone with only your kale chips and goji berries to keep you warm at night.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/25/how-to-say-no-to-food-without-offending/feed/ 13 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/24/sometimes-i-want-a-cocktail-so-i-fake-it/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/24/sometimes-i-want-a-cocktail-so-i-fake-it/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:12 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12707 Once upon a time I went to the bar. I lived at the other end of downtown Toronto, by my university and there were martini bars a plenty. Here there and everywhere. There was one in particular that was my go-to. The name escapes me and has since closed down- or so it seemed from my last drive by. But that is where I went on dates. I am sure the old man who ran the place, who took a sweet liking to me (and showed it by adding an extra chocolate kiss into my chocolatini) wondered what kinda lady I was. The place was perfect for first dates- close enough that I could walk there and equally close enough that I could ditch out and get home on my own. I feel like last time I had a real martini may have been on my 21st birthday. And I am pretty sure were I to have one, it would not end well. Yes. Even after just one. To be honest- I can't even really imagine drinking that- like pure fire to burn down my liver or something. Now, that's not to say I don't enjoy a great cocktail once in a while. But who says a cocktail has to be fire on the liver? Not me. Not me! Since Maeve was on the full on Fab Detox last week, I wanted to help her jazz things up. So we made cocktails. Our style of cocktails.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/24/sometimes-i-want-a-cocktail-so-i-fake-it/feed/ 6 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/23/my-dumpling-lover/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/23/my-dumpling-lover/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:58 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12588 Yep- so here I am in St. Lucia, leading my 4th annual Nourish Your Soul Retreat (which, by the way, you might want to get on the wait list for next year), and I still have a tail to share from Hawaii. The story includes tofu pot stickers, of all things. Is there anyone out there that doesn't love a good dumpling? Nope. I didn't think so. Why is it that things seem to taste better when wrapped in bundles of dough/rice paper/pasta? I am afraid I don't have an answer for you. When we were in Hawaii- after a long day of adventuring, we split the drive back to our abode up by stopping for dinner at a raved out veg place. On the menu- tofu potstickers and for some reason, I was all over them. I NEVER eat fried food. I never crave it, never like it and definitely don't usually want it mixed with tofu. The mere idea s totally barftown. For some reason though- maybe a day in the sun, maybe by mass consumption of odd fruits, maybe the holiday spirit, but I ordered them and they were amazing. And then I kept talking about them to the man... until I had no choice, once home, but to make them.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/23/my-dumpling-lover/feed/ 13