Jan 10 2025
Healthy eating does not have to mean complicated meal plans, rigid rules, or giving up the foods you enjoy. A practical approach is to build more meals around minimally processed ingredients such as vegetables, fruit, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, eggs, fish, poultry, and other nutrient-rich foods. The recipes below are simple enough for …
Sep 27 2024
Sweet, nutty, and wonderfully creamy when cooked, kabocha squash deserves a place in the fall kitchen alongside butternut squash and pumpkin. Sometimes called Japanese pumpkin, kabocha has dense orange flesh with a flavor somewhere between sweet potato, chestnut, and winter squash. Its natural sweetness works just as well in savory dishes as it does in …
Aug 29 2024
Crisp stems, tender green leaves, and a mild cabbage-like flavor make bok choy one of the easiest vegetables to work into weeknight meals. It cooks remarkably quickly and adapts to almost any method you throw at it. Stir-fry it with ginger and garlic, simmer it briefly in soup, eat the tender leaves raw in a …
Jun 06 2024
This chili relies upon the flavorful combination of hearty whole grain sorghum, black beans, corn, peppers, onions, celery and seasonings. One way to boost your disease protection is to infuse your diet with more healthy, wholesome whole grains like sorghum. This ancient, nutrient-rich whole grain is a nutritional powerhouse and also happens to be gluten-free! …
May 08 2024
A rice dish with a healthy flare This quick and easy to prepare dish is sure to be a crowd-pleasing side or standalone meal in your home. Plus, several of the ingredients, including turmeric and 100% orange juice have properties that can support your health. Golden Coconut Orange Rice Preparation time: 5 minutesCooking time: 20 minutesServes: 4 – …
Apr 30 2024
Weight loss is not as simple as “energy in, energy out.” It can be affected by factors beyond our control, like age, health conditions, certain medications and genetics. In shifting your focus away from weight loss, it’s a good idea to adopt overall nutrition goals and commit to making small, practical lifestyle changes over time. …
Apr 29 2024
Grilled Portabella and Poblano Tacos by Isabella Boucher of Crumb: A Food Blog In these tacos, strips of meaty grilled portabella join up with grilled onions and poblano peppers, and then get a quick toss with smoky chipotle powder and tangy lime juice to create a taco filling so flavourful and satisfying that even the …
Apr 05 2024
Tender kale, juicy cherry tomatoes, creamy avocado, salty feta, toasted almonds, and sweet dried cranberries come together in this easy kale salad with a bright lemon-Dijon vinaigrette. Raw kale can make an excellent salad green, but it benefits from a little more attention than tender lettuce. Removing the tough stems, chopping the leaves into manageable …
Mar 07 2024
Trade up from white pasta to nutritious spaghetti squash While we all want to make healthy food choices, it can be tough and time consuming to identify the best ingredients. Fortunately, making one or two changes can have a big impact on the nutritional value of a dish. “Swapping an ingredient or two in a …
Feb 13 2024
Healthy cupcakes for a colourful snack Tired of the usual salads and avocado toast? Try adding some Latin American twists to your table. This exciting recipe is sure to remind you of your last holiday — it’s a healthy bite combining the creaminess of avocados from Mexico with the energizing flavours of a piña colada. …
