April showers bring May flowers- or something like that, right? Well, the weather might be a bit wonky but spring has certainly sprung and goodness is abound! If you are able, you must must must make your way to your local farmer’s market and pick up some seasonal fare (need a good reason why? Here’s five good reasons!) If you are needing some seasonal inspiration, check out these three recipes below made with our favourite spring time delights. Happy weekending, peeps!
Posted in Health, Organic, Whole Food on Apr 30th, 2012
Before the treasures of the first spring greens of Wild Leeks are gone, you must, must, muuuuuuussssssttttt make this amazingly, amazing, awesomely, awesome town pesto. Let this be the first thing you start devouring when in season.
Here’s the thing ladles and gentles, there is nothing, I say nothing, better for us than eating what’s sprouting up at our feet no matter where or when we be living. That means go seasonal! It’s wild leek, stinging nettle, dandelion and fiddlehead season. Enjoy what momma nature is giving us!
Posted in Health, Organic, Recipe, Whole Food on Apr 27th, 2012
I can’t believe how time flies. We interrupt our usual Friday Creed post to share some pics from the full house fun I had a couple weeks ago at Loblaws when I did my cooking thang over their way. They’ve got quite the fancy pants kitchen at Loblaws Carlton and I loved playing around in there. The trickiest bit for me was not so much the cooking bit but working out two amazing recipes that would use exclusively whole and organic produce. I wanted to design two extra special dishes that would introduce Loblaws customers to some brand new whole food ingredients but also not be too unusual or difficult that they wouldn’t want to tackle them on their own once they got home. I settled on my famous cream of broccoli soup, using some fresh made almond milk, along with a beautiful produce rich quinoa salad (recipe below).
Posted in healthwashing, Nutrition, Organic on Mar 14th, 2012
We’ve been talking a lot about healthwashing on the Love in the Kitchen blog lately. When it comes to some of the moo-vers and shakers of healthwashing, the dairy industry is right at the top. When perusing the Dietitians of Canada “myth debunker” last week, I was a bit stunned to see myth #16 which reads: “MYTH: Cows’ Milk is full of hormones and antibiotics.” The next one down read: “MYTH: Pasteurization Destroys vitamins and minerals in milk.” I was curious to see who were listed as sponsors for this “myth” debunking guide so I flipped back to the front page. Lo and behold, the Dairy Farmers of Canada were a main sponsor. (And, another sponsor was Hellmann’s mayo- see myth #36: Mayonnaise should be avoided when following a healthy diet.” Don’t even get me started there).
Posted in Announcements, healthwashing, Organic, Poison, Whole Food on Mar 1st, 2012
Before you plant, stay the heck away from these Monsanto owned and/or engineered seed varieties. Barftown.
Posted in Health, Organic, Whole Food on Feb 22nd, 2012
Have you reserved your spot yet in the Gluten-Free Renewal Cleanse? You know the one right? The 30 day challenge to help you kick gluten to the curb? We have just a few spots left so go on and get one! As for our pizza- we did a lot with it. A whole lot. You know why? Because earlier in the week the best thing ever happened to us. A very attractive gentleman, wearing a sweater that made us all want to curl up with it/him, showed up to the kitchen with a giant box of vegetables. Is there anything better than a hottie with a large butternut squash?
Posted in Green, Happiness, Health, Holistic, Organic, Smart Choices, Wellbeing, Wellness, Whole Food on Jan 26th, 2012
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:
Posted in Announcements, Health, Organic, Smart Choices, Wellness, Whole Food on Dec 13th, 2011
We have stressed time and time again the importance of knowing where your food comes from. Farmer’s markets are great for this, because often the person selling the food grew it themselves or is related to the person who grew it. So, our salads are chock-a-block full of locally grown, organic foods…but what about our nuts? Nuts and seeds are such quintessential aspects of healthy diets, but rarely do we consider where our favourite nuts and seeds come from – where they are grown, how they are grown and who distributes them. Seems, dare I say, a little nuts right? It is essential to understand where our food comes from but that must extend further than fruits and veggies. Deciding on where to purchase your nuts and seeds doesn’t need to be a difficult decision. Firstly, ensure the nuts and seeds you purchase are organic to avoid any use of pesticides in the growing process or irradiation in the importing process. While there are some varieties of nuts that are grown in Canada, some of the most popular are not – and so it is important to trust the importer/distributer of nuts and seeds as well.
Posted in Health, Holistic, Nutrition, Organic, Recipe, Side Dish, Smart Choices, Snack, Veggie Protein, Wellbeing, Wellness, Whole Food on Sep 19th, 2011
After the Vegetarian Food Festival last weekend, I was all soyed out. Seriously! Soy was served up in every little shape and size they could dream up. From icing on cupcakes, to dried out beans covered in sugar and cinnamon, they could almost change the name of the event to the Soy Food Festival.
What did I eat the weekend of the event? I kicked it BYOS- Bring Your Own Salad/Smoothie. Now it’s not that I hate soy… Okay, I do. I do hate it and all the ways it functions like plasticine- getting moulded and blended and cooked and baked into all kinds of things. Soy on it’s own, in it’s whole organic form is a-okay though. I will actually eat it, love it and feel okay after.
Posted in Green, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Nutrition, Organic, Superhero Posse, Wellbeing on Jul 21st, 2011
How can you make a difference through your relationship with food? At The Cutting Veg Organic Farm, we try to inspire and support people to take action in their relationship with food to improve their quality of life, while making a difference. Remember, a healthy world starts with healthy lifestyles.
Posted in Health, Inspiration, Nutrition, Organic, Smart Choices, Wellness on Jun 15th, 2011
Welcome to Meghan’s Extra Crazy Super Simple Lesson On Nutrition- and no, I don’t need 2 million in funding to effectively communicate this.
See that plate above. That’s a healthy dinner. It’s mostly vegetables purchased from the local farmer’s market. There is also some black rice with grilled onions, a little piece of wild halibut that’s been poached and the veggies include asparagus, red and orange bell peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, green beans and some romaine lettuce salad- all seasoned and dressed with some good oils, sea salt and not much more.
Ever wonder what a CSA is? Allow our gardening and farming superhero Daniel Hoffman of The Cutting Veg to explain.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a mutually beneficial partnership where peeps receive fresh, local, organically grown produce weekly, while supporting local farmers and sustainable growing practices. The CSA model is one that has become hugely popular among veggie-lovers, over the past several years.
Posted in Announcements, Health, Healthy Treats, Organic, Recipe, Snack, Sweet Treats, Vegan on Feb 14th, 2011
Now, who doesn’t love sucking on some sweet and salty nuts? I know I sure do. A good handful is usually all you need to satisfy that desire. More than a handful would surely be a waste. Seriously. We love nuts. They are quite the indulgent treat. As adults we crave foods that are high in salt, fat and sugar. So what really could be more addictive than amazing quality nuts lightly tossed in maple syrup and sea salt and dried out to perfection? It really is a true celebration of love in your mouth.
Kale chips are kinda gearing towards the crack of healthy food addicts. Is that terribly un-PC to say? I’m over it. These crispy, crunchy, light and tasty flavour absorbers are just so gosh-darnitt delicious that when I started experimenting with them, well, I just couldn’t stop. You know how that song goes? Right? I believe I must use the stylings of Depeche Mode to truly describe how I feel…
All this talk of eggs and ovaries and what not had me hungry for some dense nutrition. Contrary to popular belief I am not vegan. Perhaps not even vegetarian. Who’s to say and who wants to be labelled and tucked away in a box anyway. I eat what I feel my body needs and 95% [...]
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