Raspberry Coconut Ice Cream
3 ingredients 5 minutes 4 servings Ingredients 1 1/2 cups Frozen Raspberries 1 tbsp Maple Syrup 1 1/2 cups Organic Coconut Milk (full fat, refrigerated overnight) Directions Scrape the coconut cream from the top of the can into a blender or food processor. The cream should have separated from the coconut juice after being refrigerated. Add raspberries […]
Salmon and Vegetable Bake
10 ingredients 35 minutes 4 servings Ingredients 2 Garlic (Cloves, crushed) 3 tbsps Basil Leaves (Chopped) 1 Lemon (Juice and zest) 3 tbsps Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 Sea Salt & Black Pepper (1 Teaspoon or to taste) 1 tbsp Coconut Oil 1 1/4 lbs Salmon Fillet 2 cups Asparagus (about 16 spears) 2 cups Brussels […]
Zucchini Carrot Souffle Muffins
Notes Make it as a Loaf – Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and bake it as a loaf instead of muffins. Ingredients 1/4 cup Maple Syrup 4 Egg (separated) 1/4 cup Coconut Oil (melted) 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract 1 cup Almond Flour 1/4 cup Coconut Flour 1 1/2 tsps Baking Powder 1 tbsp Ground Flax […]
Sweet Nothings
A little bit of sweet can be good for you I am sure you have heard it before – sugar is sugar is sugar. Whether you are eating honey or maple syrup it is as bad for you as spooning table sugar into your mouth. Fortunately, that is not exactly true What is true is that […]
Digestion 101
There is no denying that what you put (and don’t put) in your mouth has enormous and often game-changing consequences for your digestion. The comfort of your stomach and intestines, your regularity, and the presence or absence of symptoms (excessive or stinky gas, bloating, cramping, distension, heartburn and more) can, in many cases be directly […]
Food-like Substances Disguised as Healthy
Navigating the numerous food isles at the grocery store is always a challenge. We are continuously bombarded with the newest research regarding health and nutrition and processed goods with labels screaming the latest health buzzwords embellish the shelves. These are everywhere – insidious, proliferous, life sucking pretend foods that we are brainwashed into believing we […]
Do you think like a health nut?
In the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the late Steven Covey teaches that your professional life is a product of how you think more than any other factor. I would argue that the same is true for our health. After working with many clients who were either striving for or had achieved natural health […]
Why You Need Meat
We’ve all been told for decades that red meat causes heart disease and increases mortality because it contains saturated fat. This is a fallacy created by poor research, incorrect reporting and media fear-mongering. Many have paid a dear price in their health as a result. Red meat is essential for optimum health. A large group […]
The Calorie Farce
Although we tend to associate calories with food the actual definition of a calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius. The obvious question is why would we measure the potential energy in food? Scientists measure the energy content of food by combusting […]