Archive for the ‘My Favorite Recipes’ Category
Every day lately I have been making a daily trek to the medicine wheel located at the far north west corner on the property of the Lotus Heart Center Retreat. There are interwoven beautiful trails that will lead you there, if you don’t get lost. I get lost easily (which can make life lots of fun) but I’m getting these trails down. Often I forage on my way back to make a really powerful, intensely nutritious superfood smoothie. You know that the healthiest foods are often found in your own backyard, don’t you? || Read more
Chaga mushrooms have some really incredible health benefits, and drinking Chaga tea is a great way to get them. Come shopping with me for my favorite superfoods and have a cup of Chaga tea with me. You’ll see below how easy it is to make Chaga tea and check out many of the incredible benefits to your health and why it is one of the top superfoods available now. || Read more
Regardless of what life situation you find yourself in, it’s always a good plan to have a healthy homemade trail mix made up and ready to go. One part of eating healthy is having yourself covered whether you are on the run or if a hunger pang or snack craving hits. || Read more
This sweet and spicy fruit and vegetable salad recipe is bursting with flavor, color, life and creativity. This is soul food that feeds the senses and makes you feel happy to be alive. Not only do the abundant fresh enzymes give you sustaining energy physically but the mingled scents and rich taste aliven our own senses and make us feel creative, connected and in tune. Yes, I really believe you can get all of this out of one salad. It’s an adventure in a bowl. || Read more
I find it quite amazing and wonderful to taste a dish from my childhood made as a vegetarian version that tastes just as good if not better. I really love that. ..and this comforting lentil and mushroom Shephed’s pie recipe does just that. Actually, I believe this to be better than any other Shepherd’s pie I’ve previously tasted. || Read more
This classic Italian Ribollita Soup recipe is made with tomatoes, pesto, fennel, zucchini and cannelli beans and served on a bed of spinach. It’s not only thick, delicious and flavorful but it’s very adaptable too, and known as a ‘leftovers’ soup recipe. You can easily switch some of the vegetables in the recipe with what you have at home. || Read more
A key lime pie was the plan, the crust was made, and suddenly Holly asks (seeing a papaya in the fridge that really needs to get eaten) “Can’t you just make a papaya pie recipe!?” Hmm, the wheels in my head start spinning. How would I do that? I am not sure if you know that papayas just are not that great in Canada. In fact often they are just completely tasteless and bland.
