Recently I was given a great opportunity to become a regular contributor on WholeLifestyleNutrition.com and this week I had the privilege of writing a blog post on using natural, unrefined sugars in desserts and snacks (includes a delicious recipe for Cinnamon Apple, Pear, and Almond Crumble). Sugar is such a prevalent part of our food […]

Setting Up A Standard Two months ago I wrote about our “time of de-processing“; a two-month experiment we were embarking on in order to launch ourselves deeper into eating real, wholesome foods. This was our attempt to “cleanse” our bodies from some of the processed foods we ate during my first trimester of pregnancy, and […]

The Salmon “Special” One afternoon I came home with salmon. Trinidadian Salmon, to be specific. I had never heard of Salmon from Trinidad. I reasoned that since the market was using the origin of the fish as a selling point, it had to be good. The only way I can really describe my husband’s reaction […]

Mmmmmm, the rich fragrance of gooey, smouldering, sizzling,  and eventually flaming cheese-like substance wrapped so delicately in plastic–or maybe that’s the “cheese” itself–searing ever so elegantly atop the grill. Two years ago the waft of this aroma sent my stomach turning. Fortunately, this year I was further along in my pregnancy–12 weeks instead of 5–allowing […]

My sister came to visit and bake Christmas cookies with me on Thursday. She and I are both fairly new to motherhood; myself in just 17 months, and her only 4 months with my baby niece. As we took a lunch break from our rigorous baking, she and I discussed  the rather extreme and irrational fears […]

I realize I’ve had a slight hiatus in blogging. Trust me, it has not been specific to blogging. No, I fear this hiatus also enveloped my cooking, pursuit of good food, judgment of what good food is, and consumption of real food. What could cause such a detour in what seemed so strong–our pursuit of real […]