Healthful Pursuit

Twitter Giveaway: $50 Kaia Foods & LÄRABAR Prize Pack

January 10, 2011

What better way to kick off the week than with a chance to win healthy, tasty snacks? In my world, nothing’s sweeter. The Prize Valued at over $50: 2 – 12oz. bags of Dates and Spices Buckwheat Granola*organic* from Kaia Foods 2 – 12oz. bags of Raisin Cinnamon Buckwheat Granola*organic* from Kaia Foods 1 –…

No Bake Chewy Carob Squares

January 9, 2011

I was in the mood for something sweet today. We’ve been living on soup, casseroles, soup, and more casseroles this week. As much as I love these warming foods this time of year, I was dying for a chewy dessert and a tall glass of almond milk. Thankfully after two tries, and a pair of…

Journey to Health: Gratitude

January 9, 2011

In last week’s post we talked about ingraining positive eating habits, personalizing our nutrition to fit our body type, and expanding our body-mind by embracing gratitude, love, breathing, relaxation, and awareness [referred to as growth values]. Many of us are consumed by what to eat and what foods we should avoid. But choosing healthy food…

Vegan Creamy Carrot Fennel Soup

January 8, 2011

My favourite soup has to be the pureed variety. In fact I’ve been known to blend regular soups that many would feel should not be blended, including this weeks Immune-zing soup. Soup just tastes better to me when it’s been blended. Blended soup is similar to hot vegetable smoothies, and who doesn’t like those? Okay,…

Biscuit Topped Chicken Pot Pie

January 7, 2011

After 3 attempts, and so many leftovers I don’t know what to do with, I think I’ve finally nailed this one. I think this has to be one of my largest challenges yet. I don’t have a good track record with experimenting with chicken, which is why you don’t see a lot of chicken recipes…