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/2012/05/05/weekend-recipes-make-these-three-11/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/05/weekend-recipes-make-these-three-11/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 14:15:23 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14621 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!]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/05/weekend-recipes-make-these-three-11/feed/ 0 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/30/top-5-reasons-to-eat-this-now/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/30/top-5-reasons-to-eat-this-now/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:00:09 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14562 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!]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/30/top-5-reasons-to-eat-this-now/feed/ 7 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/27/the-fun-at-loblaws-supermarket/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/27/the-fun-at-loblaws-supermarket/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:00:56 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14500 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).]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/27/the-fun-at-loblaws-supermarket/feed/ 3 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/14/udderly-unimpressed-healthwashing-and-canadian-dairy/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/14/udderly-unimpressed-healthwashing-and-canadian-dairy/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:03:46 +0000 Maeve Gallagher http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=13919 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).]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/14/udderly-unimpressed-healthwashing-and-canadian-dairy/feed/ 16 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/01/before-you-plant/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/01/before-you-plant/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:43:28 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=13764 Before you plant, stay the heck away from these Monsanto owned and/or engineered seed varieties. Barftown.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/01/before-you-plant/feed/ 12 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/22/what-did-we-do-with-our-gluten-free-pizza/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/22/what-did-we-do-with-our-gluten-free-pizza/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:00:14 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=13405 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?]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/22/what-did-we-do-with-our-gluten-free-pizza/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/ 7 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/12/13/holiday-giveaway-2-whos-growing-your-nuts-2/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/12/13/holiday-giveaway-2-whos-growing-your-nuts-2/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:00:53 +0000 Maeve Gallagher http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12260 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.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/12/13/holiday-giveaway-2-whos-growing-your-nuts-2/feed/ 81 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/09/19/soy-ing-the-seeds-of-love-with-edamame/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/09/19/soy-ing-the-seeds-of-love-with-edamame/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:00:52 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=11257 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. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/09/19/soy-ing-the-seeds-of-love-with-edamame/feed/ 2 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/07/21/cutting-veg/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/07/21/cutting-veg/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:00:31 +0000 admin http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=10093 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. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/07/21/cutting-veg/feed/ 1