5 results for month: 01/2015

Chocolate breakfast smoothie

  An easy way to stay healthy is to make delicious creations that are simple to create. This is a simple smoothie recipe that can be built on. I make this every morning using a magic bullet. Any blender or even food processor will work great as well! The recipe: 1 frozen banana 1 tbs organic seed or nut butter 1 tbs raw cacao cover with water or almond milk blend ingredients and enjoy outside with a smile! Raw chocolate. Did you know that chocolate is good for you? Raw cacao contains magnesium, a heart healthy mineral along with essential minerals such as calcium, sulfur, zinc, iron, copper and potassium. Raw chocolate ...

Granola Bar Recipe

This granola bar recipe is originally from one of my favorite cookbooks called Whitewater cooks by Shelley Adams. I adapted the recipe to use ingredients I had in my kitchen. This is a perfect morning meal to accompany Bulletproof coffee. It's a great snack to take along for a hike, ski, camping or fishing. Granola bars are an easy snack to stock cook. I always put half of the bars in the freezer for later. If I have granola bars, I'm less likely to grab a quick snack from the store containing ingredients I can't pronounce. These are very tasty and very easy to make! Granola Bar Recipe Ingredients 1 cup of organic butter 1 1/2 cups organic ...

Comforting Borscht recipe

Borscht is the perfect comfort food to warm both body and soul.   Borscht originated in Ukraine. The common Borscht recipe adapted as it crossed borders through Eastern and most of Central Europe. The following adaptation of a comforting Borscht recipe is a Russian Doukhobor Borscht recipe. This recipe differs as cream is added during the cooking process instead of a dalop of sour cream, placed in each bowl afterwards, as a garnish. This famous  soup has LOTS of delicious butter in it. It's best to cook with organic and grain fed (cow) butter. The amount of healthy saturated fats and fat soluble vitamins in good quality butter ...

Alice & Kelly’s Wedding

Alice & Kelly's Wedding October 4th was a wild day for weather but a beautiful day for Alice & Kelly's wedding. This lovely couple got married and Mother Nature behaved during the most important parts of the day. The ceremony was beautiful and dinner went off without having to provide little umbrellas for all the food. Shortly after 12:30 the ceremony took place at the bride's parent's home in North Bay. A heartfelt and warm ceremony in the backyard the couple's closest family and friends in attendance. "Pick a seat, not a side" was the perfect reminder that two young people were joining their lives to become one family. What a ...

5 NYE Resolution Tips to Keep You on Track

January is the busiest sales month of gym memberships for  the entire year. Gym staff see high volumes of people eager to fulfill resolutions and change their lives. However, when March comes around, the regular flow of clientele returns and the once eager lot go back to their routine, while locked into paying monthly fees. Don't get me wrong, I wholeheartedly encourage healthy lifestyle changes.  I agree that the one element necessary to change one's current paradigm, is the decision to do so. Deciding to make a lifestyle change, setting realistic, attainable goals and revising them daily are key factors to success. Remember (here comes the ...