I’m really excited to announce our 2022 September Walking Challenge. This is an annual event that started in 2020. A small group of us got together and challenged ourselves to do 2kms (1.24miles) each day in September. In 2020, it was a time when we were in...
I love cooking. However I hate meal planning and I hate grocery shopping even more. A solution to this? Get a meal kit delivered to my door. Sounds simple enough, but let’s look at some of the pitfalls, and what I do when ordering a meal kit: Take time to...
Sometimes you just want to eat cake! I saw this cake on a TV cooking show, and it looked so good I had to try it. It’s a Swedish chocolate cake called Kladdkaka. I made it dairy free but substituting Nuttlex for the butter, and I used a coconut ice cream to...
Happy World Earth Day I was doing some research on fake meat burgers this morning*. I call them “fake” but really they are plant based. It was comparing a traditional meat patty with a fake meat patty (ie. the Impossible Burger patty and the Beyond Meat...
Carbs are an essential part of our diet. I eat heaps of carbs, but I avoid them early in the day. I tend to eat carbs and good starchy foods for dinner (you know…rice, potatoes). Why? By eating a typical carb-heavy breakfast such as bagels, muffins, toast or...
One of my favourite dips is tzatziki. So when I experimented with this combination using natural coconut yoghurt, I was thrilled. It takes about 5 minutes to put together, and it’s delicious. I like it quite lemony, so I will add extra lemon when I serve this....
