There are a ton of food rules to help us eat ‘healthier’ and ‘less processed’ foods: shop the perimeter of the grocery store, don’t eat anything in a box, choose foods whose ingredients you can pronounce, foods with more than 5 ingredients shouldn’t be eaten…but are these ‘rules’ even helpful? When it comes to minimally…
I can’t believe that its been four years since I originally reviewed Herbalife, and thank you to everyone for making that post one of my most popular! I’ve recently received a few requests to re-review the Herbalife scheme *cough* *cough* I mean program, and also their ‘nutrition clubs’ that are apparently popping up all of…
This post is sponsored by Barilla. As always, my opinions remain my own. Many of you have reached out to me, asking me to write a blog on the Mediterranean Diet. This one’s for you! I’ve been partnering with Barilla for years now, promoting their pasta and the Mediterranean way of eating – fresh…
What do you see when you look at the photo below? For the record, I took this picture of my unfinished butter tart (for the Americans/uninitiated, butter tarts are a Canadian baked good that are basically gooey pecan pie, with no pecans, in a tart) today in a coffee shop. Why am I taking…
If you spend any time on natural health websites or with alternative medicine practitioners, you may have heard of ‘leaky gut syndrome’. What does that even mean? Can your gut leak like a tap and cause all sorts of health issues like some people say it can? The term ‘leaky gut’ isn’t recognized as something…
I partnered with Butterball to develop this recipe. As always, my opinions remain my own. I loooove Mother’s Day. I’m lucky enough to still have my mom, and even though we should treat our moms every day – not just on Mother’s Day – I still love honouring her with a meal and flowers on…