Creamy Tropical Cleanse Smoothie

1. Pineapple is high in manganese, which is important for building strong bones. 2. Avocado protects against eye disease, helps stabilize blood sugar, high in fibre, and lowers cholesterol 3. Ginger is anti-inflammatory 4. Spirulina is a ideal anti-aging food 5. Chia seeds draw liquids and toxins towards themselves, and helps to carry them out…

Corn Chowder

What to cook for dinner? Soup is always the go-to meal especially in winter. This is one of my favourites. 1 Tbs olive oil 1 onion 3 stalks celery 2 potatoes 1 can creamed corn 1 can sweet corn, un-drained 1 Tbs Thyme 2 bay leaves 3 cups chicken broth (or enough to cover) 2…

Vietnamese Salad Roll

Pot-luck lunch… what to bring? Decided to make Vietnamese Salad Rolls. Ran into a few problems though, one friend was allergic to peanuts and I ran out of fish sauce and no time to go to the store and by more. What to do? I decided to make two sauces. one with peanuts and a vegetarian…

Saskatoon Berry Butter Tarts

This summer we went and picked Saskatoon berries from the Saskatoon berry farm. I’ve been contemplating what to do with all the Saskatoon’s that are still in my freezer. At the berry farm they sell a Saskatoon butter tart that really liked so I thought that I would try and re-create it but couldn’t find…

Chai Tea

Starbuck’s Chai tea with soy yumm… but at $5 a cup it was getting really expensive. So I switched to buying the Tazo Chai Tea concentrate. However, after visiting a friend’s house for lunch I discovered how easy it was to make the concentrate myself! Since then I have been making my chai syrup at…