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Delicious, nutritious, antioxidant rich, and full of much-needed magnesium, quinoa has rightfully become one of the most popular health foods around. But quinoa can also be quite pricey, and it’s hard to know sometimes where your store-bought quinoa is coming from and exactly how it was grown. That’s why you should try growing your own! […]
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Smoothies are a great healthy on-the-go breakfast, but when not made correctly these blended breakfast are missing the nutrition mark. Below are the 5 most common mistakes people make when putting together their morning smoothie, and a simple formula to make sure you master your smoothie every time. 5 Most Common Smoothie Mistakes: Adding Too Much […]
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Why Do Onions Make You Cry? Onions belong to a group of plants that absorb sulfur from the soil as they grow. This chemical is stored within the onion’s cell walls (or membranes). When those membranes are broken by our knives, they release a number of enzymes and a chemical called amino acid sulfoxide into […]
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My son has been going through a phase recently where all he wants to eat is “crunchy” food. No, not the good kind of crunchy, but the fried kind. He won’t tell me exactly where or how he’s been eating French fries, but I can tell he has. Enter into healthy food mom mode. I […]
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Summer is coming! Me and my family are planning to take a road trip south to visit my parents. They escaped the worst clutches of winter a few years ago and now every summer my husband and I take the kids down for a week or two to see their grandparents. But that always means […]
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A little while I wrote about this awesome avocado fries recipe. My son’s been going through that phase where he needs them. Of course, Husband said that he was tired of eating fries of any sort without having a burger (he thinks he’s a Grill Master) to go with them. So fine. We can have […]
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Salad dressing is really what makes or breaks a salad. It can easily change the healthiest salad in the world into an unhealthy salad. Choosing a salad dressing is one of the key decisions that goes into making a salad because so many of us make the mistake of believing that the dressing we chose is a healthy […]
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Who doesn’t love spicing up their meals or drinks with some cinnamon? This spice, known for its flavour, is extremely versatile and can be added to just about anything: meat, eggplant (sautéed with soy sauce and cinnamon, yum!), oatmeal, coffee, hot chocolate, pancake mix, even water – and much more. What’s more, cinnamon is jam packed with […]
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If you’ve never tried lentil burgers, this is the recipe for you. It started as a foods class recipe and turned into a new favorite of mine. I’ll be making these at home quite often. I now have plenty of frozen lentils and brown rice to make these scrumptious burgers. I was truly impressed by […]
