You know those days when everything comes together in a cohesive, integrated way and you begin to trust that there are no coincidences in life, simply events that align, once we open up to the possibility of alignment?
Spiced Apple Almond Muffins
Once there was a busy mama and yoga teacher who realized that in her goal of always cooking healthy, delicious meals for her family that she had forgotten to bake any treats for a long long time, well since Christmas. :-). And so she magically created a little more time one busy morning, when she ought to have been doing more practical things like organizing her teaching calendar and getting her son to school right on time (he made it, thanks to Dad), and she decided to fill the kitchen with the aroma of fresh baked apples with some spice.
Simple Spiced Summer Oatmeal
Summer has been rushing by… until we arrived in the middle of Ontario, to the area close to where my husband spent his youth, what we call in Canada “Cottage Country.” Here, life has finally seemed to slow down just a little bit.
Summer Popsicles: with an Ayurvedic Twist
We love popsicles around here in the summer. What’s not to love? But better than store bought popsicles, are the ones you can make at home. Home made popsicles are delicious, bursting with freshness and best of all, they do not contain any nasty preservatives, toxic color or excess sugar that are replete in conventional […]
Gluten Free Goodness: Amaranth Granola
Delicious, organic amaranth granola recipe from Haramara Retreat Centre, Sayulita, the perfect post Olympic nutritional treat.
Ayurvedic Immunity Tea
Regulate and sustain your immunity as we move into the cooler months with this simple ayurvedic tea that will warm you up inside out!!!
Khichadi: the Ultimate Winter Comfort Food
“Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.” Craig Claiborne If you don’t “cook” daily or often, cooking can often seem so laborious. Yet if you look at it as a way of creating nourishment for yourself and those you love, it becomes an act […]
How to Give Green Smoothies the Ayurvedic Green Light
If you follow my instagram feed, you may notice that I often post pictures of some of my cold-pressed juice and smoothie concoctions. What you may also know about me is that I study Ayurveda, the ancient philosophy of healing from India, which offers practical advice on every aspect of our lives, but specifically how we […]
Almond Mylk: at home and on the road
I love almond milk. I find it to be the perfect base for smoothies, to pour over home made granola and to use as a base in raw desserts and soups. However, I decided a few years ago that store bought almond milk just wasn’t cutting it. It was bland; when you drank it just by […]
Be Healthy + Delicious
I first met Andrea Sergeant, the bubbly force behind holistic nutrition and lifestyle company Healthy Delicious in Sayulita, Mexico, almost six years ago. At the time, she was trying to decide what she wanted to focus on in her life and knew it somehow related to health, inspiring others and yoga. A half-decade later, she […]