http://meghantelpnerblog.com The very best of health inspired recipes, lifestyle tips and best cooking classes in Toronto. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:07:10 +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/2012/05/16/how-to-be-grateful-for-disease-and-illness/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/16/how-to-be-grateful-for-disease-and-illness/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:01:54 +0000 Sondi Bruner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14667 You probably think I'm nuts. Sickness can be painful, ugly, stressful, agonizing, tragic, wretched, humiliating, sad. So what's to be grateful for? I used to whine a lot about having Crohn's disease. I felt sorry for myself. I adopted a 'Why me, why does my body hate me so much?' kinda attitude. It was me against my intestines – and it seemed as if my intestines were always winning. Sure, Crohn's disease sucks. I've been on loads of medications, I've spent countless hours doubled over in hospital ERs, I've had a foot of bowel removed. It took me a long time to recognize all of the amazing gifts having this disease has brought me, but here I am, talking about illness like it's a blessing and totally meaning it. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/16/how-to-be-grateful-for-disease-and-illness/feed/ 12 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/15/online-cooking-classes-meghan-telpner/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/15/online-cooking-classes-meghan-telpner/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:01:42 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14832 I have been just about bursting at the seams over excitement wanting to share with you every last sweet detail of our forthcoming FIRST EVER online course. We had so much fun around the kitchen getting our outline together for the course, deciding what recipes to include, what would be part of the wicked awesome meal plan and then of course planning and prepping out each and every one of the 20 videos. Deciding what course would be the first, well that was easy. We did have nine to choose from and every one of those nine that I have been teaching over the last four years will soon make their way into video form too. For the first one, we had to go with the one we get the most demand for.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/15/online-cooking-classes-meghan-telpner/feed/ 8 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/2012/05/14/summer-bbq-tips-burger-recipe/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/summer-bbq-tips-burger-recipe/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:32 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14855 Suuuweeeeeet Summer is coming! This weekend I'll be running away to my fave place in the woods with a view of the lake and the smell of freshness. Freshness. That is right. Why? 'Cause I won't be grilling my homies. I am not a huge fan of the old BBQ. Not really. Once in a while we'll light the flame and get some sweet potatoes grilling- but meat, no way. A barbecued burger? Hello cancer sandwich. I think I'll pass. My bestest friends over at Harvard have this to say on the subject:]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/summer-bbq-tips-burger-recipe/feed/ 7 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/2012/05/12/weekend-videos-watch-these-four/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/12/weekend-videos-watch-these-four/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 14:25:00 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14829 Happy weekend, lovers! Yesterday, I announced I would be releasing the first of MANY fully supported, online video courses for you my sweet peeps. I wanted to fully re-create the experience SO many of you have written to me about wanting to enjoy- my workshops and classes. Okay, so I can't fly you all down to Toronto and fit all of you in my kitchen (I still foresee this happening one day...stay with me for that one). Instead, we filmed over 2.5 hours worth of fun and informative videos, and I have been working like a busy busy bee to get the loads of content that will go along with the program finito for your reading pleasure.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/12/weekend-videos-watch-these-four/feed/ 4 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/11/announcement-the-moment-youve-been-waiting-for/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/11/announcement-the-moment-youve-been-waiting-for/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:34 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14723 We're going DIGITAL! Or maybe the term is virtual... or online??? I don't know. What I do know is that we have now filmed our first ever full length online course! Yes- that is what all the hints we've been dropping are all about. We are slowly but surely working our way through all of my classes and workshops to make them fully accessible online for you to learn, laugh and cook along with no matter where in the world you are. Exciting, right? The first set of 20 videos were shot a few short weeks ago and over here we're busy getting the finishing touches on the print materials that will go along with them. So, so, soooo many people email us every week asking if we have plans to put the course online, if they can get a copy of the handout, if we record them... All that jazz.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/11/announcement-the-moment-youve-been-waiting-for/feed/ 12 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/2012/05/09/banishing-blemishes-and-abolishing-acne/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/09/banishing-blemishes-and-abolishing-acne/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 10:01:32 +0000 Nadine Artemis http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14552 Written by Nadine Artemis, a sweet, sweet member of Meghan Telpner’s Superhero Posse. She is our Superhero Natural Beauty. Diet, Hormones and Acne! Oh my. Acne. If you have it, you want it gone. Hormones, digestion and modern skin care are the cause of most acne problems. Fortunately, there 5 easy steps that you can take to get your skin smooth and healthy again.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/09/banishing-blemishes-and-abolishing-acne/feed/ 3 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/08/impress-your-guests-healthified-entertaining/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/08/impress-your-guests-healthified-entertaining/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 10:01:33 +0000 Extra Special Guest http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14744 As a natural foods chef, I spend most of my day creating menus and cooking healthy meals for my clients and their families. All of my meals are whole foods based, local as possible and often all-organic. But by the looks of the dinner parties, cocktail soirees and celebratory brunches I put on weekly, you’d hardly know the food I serve is all-natural, or heaven forbid- healthy. Because you see, although my clients are often already on the healthy train (or well on their way, by hiring me!) their guests often are not. It’s my job to create a menu that will satisfy even the pickiest of eaters, and impress even the most hardcore fast food addicts of the bunch. So when Meghan asked me to do some posts on healthy entertaining, I agreed without hesitation- this is my area of expertise. My goal is to show you how to impress your guests with healthy food- no arguments or wrinkled noses in sight.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/08/impress-your-guests-healthified-entertaining/feed/ 4