Health Continuum

Ginger Bread Christmas Cake

This is a healthy version of ginger bread cake. Moist, fluffy, sweet enough for the holiday season – but not overly sweet – it is the ultimate Christmas cake. Easy to make and with a vegan option, it will please any crowd. When cooled, it can be served as is or with a sprinkling of […]

Nutrition

Spicy Kuri pumpkin tarts

Plant-based and made with raw ingredients and no refined sugar, these no-bake Kuri pumpkin tarts burst with fall flavours. This recipe calls for pumpkin purée, however, I recommend making your own, starting with a fresh pumpkin and roasting it. The flavour is superior to canned. Over the years, I got into the habit of making […]

Nutrition

Mushroom, black bean and barley soup

This plant-based soup, which is almost like a stew, is made with mushrooms, black beans, barley and basic vegetables. It is so good! Filled with savoury umami flavours, it is the perfect meatless winter meal in a bowl. If you don’t eat meat, black beans will provide you with plenty of plant-protein, fibre, vitamins and […]

Disease and Illness Prevention, Lifestyle and Fitness, Nutrition

Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce

The Hokkaido, or Kuri, Japanese pumpkin is my favourite type of pumpkin because of its nutty and mild sweet flavour. When cooked, the skin is edible and the flesh becomes rich and caramelized. It doesn’t taste as strong as the traditional Jack-O’-Lantern pumpkins with which I grew up. Hokkaido pumpkins have a bright orange, or […]

Lifestyle and Fitness, Nutrition

Fresh Fruit Galette

Berries and fall fruits, such as plums, peaches and apples are great to have on board when making pies or galettes. Last week, I decided to make some French galettes with a blend of white spelt and almond flours, some plant-based butter, a bit of coconut sugar and lots of fresh seasonal fruit. Featured above, […]

Disease and Illness Prevention, Lifestyle and Fitness, Nutrition

Mediterranean Blackberry Lemon Muffins

This week, my husband and I picked some wild blackberries in the forest near our home. When we got back, I was determined to make blackberry muffins the Mediterranean way. That meant with olive oil and lemon. The idea came to me because we had just returned from the Greek island of Corfu where the […]