How to Love Your Liver!

How to Love Your Liver! Struggling with digestion of rich meals and fats? Irritable? Chronically fatigued? Oily-looking bowel movements? Undesirable cholesterol levels? Skin issues? Allergies? Sensitive to medications, supplements, fragrances and/or fumes?  These are just some of the signs that your liver needs some love. The liver is a detoxification powerhouse and the body’s filter…

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The Hormone Ripple Effect: Understanding How Shifts Impact the Whole Body!

The Hormone Ripple Effect: Understanding How Shifts Impact the Whole Body! Whether you’re experiencing premenstrual syndrome or are in the thick of your perimenopausal or menopausal journey, strategic diet and lifestyle supports establish and maintain a solid foundation for your gut, liver, adrenal and reproductive health!  Every woman’s experience differs, being highly dependent on overall…

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A Thriving Gut = A Thriving Brain! Gut Health is Brain Health

A Thriving Gut = A Thriving Brain! Gut Health is Brain Health Take care of your gut bugs, and they’ll take care of you!  We are what we eat, digest, and absorb. The trillions of gut bacteria in our gastrointestinal (GI) tract play a pivotal role in our physiological functioning. Our gut bacteria have a…

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Autoimmune-Friendly International Travel Tips!

Autoimmune-Friendly International Travel Tips! If you’re doing any international plane travel this summer, or any sort of plane travel with changing time zones that impact your circadian rhythm (and where your Immune System can take a hit!), there are small, yet HIGH-IMPACT things we can do to help support our gut and Immune System through…

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Pink Pitaya and Pineapple Ice Cream

Pink Pitaya & Pineapple Ice Cream Dairy-free ice cream lovers! This homemade, exotic flavour option is your next go-to flavour! An easy swap for conventional ice cream with just 4, nourishing, health-building and anti-inflammatory ingredients. Why do I NOT recommend conventional ice cream options? Because they’re a ticket to digestive discomfort and inflammation – plain…

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Pitaya-Lemon Coconut Tarts

Pitaya-Lemon Coconut Tarts Happy LOVE MONTH everybody! I just HAD to create some festive and new Valentine’s Day baking this year, and my gorgeous organic, freeze-dried Pink Pitaya powder from Canadian brand SMOOVâ„¢ is the perfect star ingredient! Raw, no-bake desserts are the perfect fit for those who have no desire to spend hours in…

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Chocolate Peppermint Protein Bars

Chocolate Peppermint Protein Bars Chocolate and peppermint-lovers UNITE! Your dream dessert bar awaits, this holiday season! If you’ve never incorporated PROTEIN into your baking, NOW is the time. Protein-powdered, rather than sugar-powered, is next-level baking…or in this case, ‘no-bake’ baking! When baking is balanced with fiber, fat AND protein (like your main meals of the…

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Pumpkin Chocolate Vanilla Protein Cookies

Pumpkin Chocolate Vanilla Protein Cookies HAPPY HALLOWE’EN to you! It’s pumpkin season! And I’ve got a protein, fiber and fat-powered cookie for you! These Pumpkin Chocolate Vanilla Protein Cookies are MY kind of Hallowe’en candy! Why? Because they not only taste incredible in the moment, you continue to feel awesome in the moments and hours…

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(Raw) Maqui Berry Pie

(Raw) Maqui Berry Pie As we venture closer and closer toward the Fall season – the gorgeous colours, flavours and feels! – this (Raw) Maqui Berry Pie is an incredibly easy-to-make, no-bake dessert for you and yours to enjoy! Once I became a Culinary & Holistic Nutrition Practitioner years ago, and deeply developed my from-scratch…

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Maqui Berry and Basil Ice Cream

Maqui Berry & Basil Ice Cream Where my dairy-free, ice cream-lovers at?! Swaps for conventional products (like ice cream!), that have nourishing, health-building and anti-inflammatory ingredients instead, is a quick-and-easy way to keep unnecessary inflammation and gut disruption at bay. If you’ve been following my nutritional + lifestyle content for some period of time now,…

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