Health Continuum

Cucumber Melon Gazpacho

This gazpacho is light, velvety, tasty and cool. It’s the perfect mid-day meal during the heatwaves that many of us are experiencing these days. I recommend adding some roasted garlic cloves. Roasted garlic lends a smokey yet milder taste than raw garlic and it blends well with this soup. In this recipe, I added 5 roasted […]

Nutrition

Sautéed Green Beans with Dill

Here’s a quick and easy green bean recipe flavoured with dill weed, green onion, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Sautéed in olive oil, they come out flavourful and crunchy. Packed with fibre, vitamins and minerals, these beans make for a great healthy side dish. For this recipe, I recommend using fine or extra fine French […]

Nutrition

Cool Greek Tzatziki

Refreshing, cool and creamy, this traditional Greek dip made with yoghurt and cucumber is tasty and versatile. It can be vegan or non-vegan depending on the type of yoghurt that you use. It is a perfect dish to serve during those hot summer months, when cucumbers are fresh; however, I make it all year round. […]

Disease and Illness Prevention, Lifestyle and Fitness, Nutrition

Cherry tomato & artichoke pasta

Made with ripe cherry tomatoes and marinated artichokes, this pasta sauce comes together on the stove top in just 10 minutes. Authentically Italian and packed with flavour, the artichokes blend with the cherry tomatoes to give the sauce its richness. Make sure to select tomatoes that are fresh and ripe. Also, for the marinated artichokes, […]

Disease and Illness Prevention, Nutrition

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

If you have a bunch of fresh rhubarb and strawberries, why not make something easy and healthy like a crumble? You can’t go wrong pairing rhubarb with strawberries; they are the perfect combo. Great for breakfast, brunch, a snack or dessert, this crumble is low in granulated sugar and high in fibre. It is 100% […]

Disease and Illness Prevention, Lifestyle and Fitness

Mighty Meatless Bolognese

Easy, tasty, healthy, this Bolognese sauce has all the love and flavour of Italy without the meat! My husband prefers the real beef-made Bolognese sauce, but he gave me the BIG thumbs-up for this one. 👍 At the outset, I wanted to add red lentils to the TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) soy granules. Then, I […]