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Tag Archives: Wellness
A Healthy Recipe with Cocoa for the Easter Basket
Happy Easter! Do you want a healthier option for the Easter Basket? Is cocoa and dark chocolate on the menu this Easter? I want to share with you a delicious recipe that was given to me by a client. I’ve modified it slightly. Let me know if you think these cocoa lentil bars are delish! Cocoa Lentil Bars Makes 20 servings Time required – 15 minutes preparation and 25 minutes baking Ingredients: 1 cup mashed lentils 2 eggs ½ cup of olive oil ½ cup of buckwheat flour ½ cup of oat bran ¼ cup of ground flax seed 2 cups of oats 1 tablespoon of unsweetened natural cocoa powder 1 ½ cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips Directions: Preheat … Continue reading
Foods for Immune Health
What do ginger, mushrooms and yogurt have in common? They are foods with immune health properties. With cold and flu season wrapping up for the year, why not give your immune system the 1-2-3 combination to keep up the fight! Ginger Ginger, also known as ginger root is found underground as part of the rhizome of the plant. A recent study found that fresh ginger effectively protected against a flu like virus (human respiratory syncytial virus or HRSV) that affect many children and elderly worldwide (1). The study found fresh ginger blocked viral attachment as well as internalization of the virus. Mushrooms There are many different types of edible mushrooms including Portobello, enoki, oyster and shiitake. Mushrooms are touted for … Continue reading
Staying Fueled for the Rest of the Year
When I'm presenting my workshops and interacting with my workplace wellness program clients, I’m excited to see people are beginning to understand that fad dieting doesn't work and it takes a lifestyle change including frequent physical fitness to get long-term results. January is the time when people want to get fit, get healthy and lose weight — this is nothing new. The difference I’m finding now is that more people want to learn how to sustain healthy habits throughout the rest of the year. What is Satiety? One of my favourite tips (to sustain healthy habits) I give my clients is to monitor when they are hungry and when they are full. Satiety is a position of being and feeling full to the … Continue reading
Is the Pear the New Apple for me this Fall?
Apples are my go-to fruit this time of year. I’m always snacking on them and adding them to recipes. However this year, I’m shaking things up a bit with pears. Pears are one of the most common fruit as there are over 5,000 types world-wide. China is the largest producer of pears, followed by the United States, Italy, Argentina, and Spain. In Canada, common varieties that are enjoyed include Bartlett pears, Bosc pears, Flemish Beauty pears, Anjou pears, Giffard pears, and Clapp’s Favourite pear. We grow them mostly in southwestern Ontario, Nova Scotia, and along the coast of British Columbia. However, southern New Brunswick, southwestern Alberta, and the south coast of Newfoundland are areas where pears are grown too. … Continue reading
Diggin’ Figs for Health
I love the smoky, earthy, coffee flavours in figs. As a teenager, I packed Fig Newtons® in my lunch religiously every school day but rarely ate fresh figs due to the lack of availability. Today in Canada, both fresh and dried figs are an everyday fruit. Did you know, the fig is the most talked about fruit in the Bible and figs were mentioned in a Babylonian hymnbook about 2000 B.C.? And the fig tree is the symbol of abundance, fertility, and sweetness. More Fun Fig Facts Figs made their first commercial product appearance in the 1892 (A century before I was packing them in my lunch…) with the introduction of Fig Newtons® Cookies. The fibre in figs is … Continue reading