Food

Finding a good place to eat is like searching for a partner – you have to go through a lot until you find a winner. Thankfully, more and more restaurants, cafes, and street carts are adding high quality, good tasting, allergen-free friendly items to their menu for all us folk looking for a healthful dinning out experience.

Not only that, but more and more new companies are popping up that have a passion for delivering wholesome products that everyone can feel good about eating.

Here are a couple of gems I’ve found that are supporting my pursuit to health.

Jukebox Burgers, Montreal

Some may indulge in chocolates, candies or other sweet things but me? I’m a burger and fries gal. I don’t enjoy them often but when I do, I go all out. Kevin and I were on one of our weekend adventures recently when we heard an ad for Jukebox Burgers on the radio. I haven’t…

Healthy food for moving

When we were planning our move, we had a bunch of moving companies visit the house to take a look at everything in it and provide us with a quote. During the process, each representative suggested that we throw out the items in our pantry to save on weight and reassess how many dishes and…

Aux Vivres, Montreal

I’d never been to a full-on vegan restaurant until we visited Montreal earlier this month. There’s such a healthy, take-care-of-your-body, organic pulse to the city, it’s fabulous. Just as I had with Crudessence, I went to Aux Vivres twice. Partly because I was in the mood for another vegan meal, and also because I couldn’t…

Crudessence Restaurant, Montreal

It’s a hard knock life for raw foodists here in cow town. Not only does the climate not support a raw diet; being that it’s Winter practically all the time here, the raw resources in this city are practically nonexistent. Saying it’s a challenge being a raw vegan in Calgary would be an understatement. Heck,…

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My Mom used to make my sister and I smoothies for breakfast quite frequently. They were usually a combination of almond milk, frozen berries, bananas, and bee pollen. It was good, but it lacked pizzazz! Now, I try to get creative with smoothies to get me excited to wake up in the morning to enjoy…