Articles, Nutrition
Moving on from red, the next colours in the rainbow are orange and yellow. These fruits and vegetables contain beta-carotene, potassium, flavonoids and vitamin C. Choosing these foods will beneficial to you in many ways. They lower LDL cholesterol, blood pressure, promote collagen formation and healthy joints, fight harmful free radicals, build healthy bones and...
Articles, Nutrition, Recipes, Salads
Nature provides us with an abundance of colourful food. Cooking with colourful food increases your nutrient levels because these foods are so rich in vitamins and minerals. This is a common sense trick to remember for healthy eating. The majority of us are not getting enough colour in our diet. Chips, white bread, cookies, crackers, white rice – they are all...
Breakfast, Recipes
In order to set us up properly for the day, it’s important to nourish ourselves in the morning. If we begin our day with an imbalanced meal, this leads to blood sugar imbalances for the rest of the day. This will result in cravings, mood swings and anxiety, caused by blood sugar spiking and crashing. Skipping...
Articles, Nutrition
Through brilliant marketing, food corporations have us believing that Uncle Ben makes rice, Tony the Tiger makes cereal and Colonel Sanders makes chicken. Not only are these food mascots visually appealing, but their products allow us to eat whatever we want, whenever we want. We can tear open a box and “cook” traditional meals in the microwave in minutes. We can assemble...
Main Courses, Recipes, Salads
I know this sounds like a funny name for a salad but when I looked down at it, those were the only colours present. I didn’t plan it that way, it just worked out like this. It was delicious though so I’d really recommend it. The green things…avocado, green beans, snow peas, cucumbers, arugula (rocket),...
Main Courses, Recipes, Salads
Ever since I made a yogurt dressing a few days ago, I’ve been excited to try another one. I had some fresh herbs at home so decided to mix them with yogurt and see what happened. I also had lots of garlic, lime and green chilies on hand so I blended these as well. It...
Main Courses, Recipes
Whenever I can’t decide what to make for dinner, I usually just cook some vegetables, add vegetable stock and then add quinoa or brown rice to finish it off. This is what I decided to do today. Depending on how much stock you use, it can either become soup or stew. I didn’t have much stock...
Recipes, Snacks
I was looking for something to have as a snack and a mixture of fruit and vegetables in the fridge that needed to be used up. I decided to mix everything together and make a sauce. At first it may seem strange to mix green onions, cashews and fruit all in the same dish but the flavours...
Main Courses, Recipes
My fruit bowl looked like this today, so I tried to decide what to make with it. The limes, garlic, ginger and chilies stood out, so I thought I’d make green curry. Most recipes advise using pre-made curry paste but I wanted to attempt my own. The four ingredients I already listed above were a...
Articles, Mindfulness
There are so many things happening around us all the time. These can be referred to as external stressors. Life throws us different situations that we have to deal with on a regular basis. If we’re feeling vulnerable or anxious on a particular day, these external events can really affect us. This leads us to...
