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6 Easy appetizers you can make with pantry staples
Are you planning a get-together or need something to bring to a holiday gathering? I find that planning and purchasing the ingredients for appetizers can be fun but also a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing recipes! Inevitably I find myself at the grocery store buying expensive ingredients I don’t usually use – and so may not use all of. This week I started thinking about how helpful it would be for budget, food waste and overall simplicity purposes if I could make several easy appetizers with ingredients that I already have on hand. I started to look around for recipes that will use items I already have…
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10 of my Favourite Easy Vegan Snack Ideas
As I wrote about previously, I’m currently in a lot of pain and am not able to move much. This means my day is focused on very few things such as physio exercises, taking care of my injury, and food. Because of that, I thought I’d share some of my favourite vegan snack ideas. As I mentioned in my post about my injury, my focus is a little limited, so this post might be short or disjointed (or both!). I appreciate you reading on as I share some of my favourite vegan snacks and focus on healing my body. Healthy Eating to Heal my Body Being that I feel like…
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Why I Love my CSA Box: Fresh, Local, and Sustainable
It’s finally here: CSA box season! The first communications about the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program began to go out in late winter and I could hardly wait until June when the program started – and now it’s here! There are so many reasons I love being part of these programs and so wanted to share a few reasons why they are such a great experience for ourselves, our communities, and our planet. 1. Freshness: CSA boxes provide subscribers with some of the best fruit and vegetables – mine harvests the same day as pick up! Unlike supermarket vegetables and fruits, which may have traveled hundreds or even thousands of…
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Eat local in every season: 3 ways to use rhubarb
It can be challenging to eat local outside of the summer season in southwestern BC. The crops that grow are somewhat limited compared to the abundance of summer, and sometimes you have to be a bit creative to use what’s in season. Rhubarb is a cold weather plant that begins to produce early in the year and so is a great way to add variety to local fare in the spring season. Rhubarb was always in our garden growing up, and we used it mostly to make each other cringe by eating it raw, and in coffee cake. However, there are many more ways to use rhubarb than just these!…
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How to maximize protein intake with vegan foods
Why maximize protein intake? For the last year and a half or so I’ve been struggling with some health issues that seem to have finally been tied to variations in blood sugar. I recently purchased and used a continuous glucose monitor to try to correlate what I eat to how I feel, and ultimately to improve my day-to-day functioning – and wow was it ever eye-opening! The benefits of protein for my own health became immediately apparent as I monitored food intake against blood glucose and realized how key protein is to maintaining balance in glucose, which is the power system for our whole bodies! When I eat enough protein,…
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6 Easy ways to reduce our climate impact
Have you ever wondered if you’re doing enough when it comes to reducing your climate impact? There are definitely days that I see a news headline or the latest report on the impacts of climate change and feel overwhelmed by the current state of our planet and my ability to make meaningful change. However, looking back across many of the posts Alison and I have shared, I realize that there are many good, small things that I’ve changed for the better. However, they’ve become so routine that I don’t think about or give myself credit for them! This post is part of the Climate Change Collective, a group of environmentally-minded bloggers…
