Your Ultimate Guide for Healthy Living

Asparagus. The sight and taste of this pungent dark green vegetable brings back so many memories. When I was a child I spent a lot of time at my grandmother’s house in Southern Ontario. My cousins, sister and I would spend all day, every day, outside playing and exploring. Of all the wonderful ways we spent our time, one of my favorite activities was scouring the road side for wild asparagus. If we looked carefully we could search out a precious stalk or two. We would snap th

A versatile vegetable stock that works with any recipe. Makes about 10 cups of stock. Ingredients 2 large onions roughly chopped 2 celery stalks roughly chopped 2 large carrots roughly chopped And whatever other odds and ends from vegetables you have collected during the week. I add pepper ends, broccoli and cauliflower stems, mushroom stocks, tomato ends, potato peels, parsnip peels … you name it, toss it in! 2 bay leaves Fresh herbs (I love a handful of fresh parsley and

One of the most common excuses that working mothers give me for not eating well is that they have no time. They run from daycare to work to daycare to home. They manage to scrape together a decent meal in a reasonable amount of time. After dinner there is clean up, putting the kids to bed and a few minutes of television or reading before sleep takes over. It is remarkable that working mothers find time to eat at all let alone eat well! If anyone understands the business of i

As a yoga instructor I spend lots of time talking about awareness or mindfulness. During a yoga practice it is essential to draw your attention inside, tune into strong and subtle sensations in your body, notice the language of breath and adjust your practice based upon the specific needs of yourself. One of the most powerful aspects of yoga is that the lessons learned on the yoga mat often weave themselves into our lives. Mindful eating is one of these examples. What does ea

Get up early. Open the back door and tip toe through the chilly wet grass to the edge of my small but fruitful garden. Watch quietly as a goldfinch sweeps down for a bite to eat at the feeder. Soak up the beauty that is red and yellow ripening tomatoes, long dark green cucumbers, slowly climbing pole beans, long stretches of red and curly kale, round crispy heads of cabbage and fragrant basil and oregano. There is nothing quite like a healthy garden at the peak of productivit