Hi there! The recipes in this E-book were selected especially to help strengthen your immune system.  Delicious and nutrient dense, you’ll be building your immune system while enjoying precious time with your family cooking from scratch.  Any questions, please contact me.  This is a free download .  […]

  You’ve tried everything:  valerian root, melatonin, GABA, passionflower, lemon balm, milk and honey and prescription medications but nothing is getting to the root of your bout with insomnia.  With modern stressors, poor eating habits and a disruption of our circadian rhythm due to excess […]

Chocolate?  Healthy for my body?  Yessirree!  Well, let’s talk about what’s healthy about cacao first before you jump on over to the nearest gas station and start loading up on Kit Kat 2 for 1 deals.   The first important thing to know is that a […]

As a kid, I always enjoyed a couple of handfuls of trail mix as I headed to skating practice.  That was many decades ago when peanuts were welcome at school along with almonds and walnuts.  At that time, even M&Ms seemed to be an acceptable […]

Arugula and Macadamia Salad with Strawberry Vinaigrette (The “No-Brainer” Brainy Salad) Nitric oxide doesn’t sound like something that should be good for us. You might be thinking it sounds pretty close to those nasty cancer-causing chemicals found in things like deli meat and bacon (nitrates). […]

Most of us have heard that salmon contains omega 3 oils–a very good thing for your body. Maybe less of us know the specific benefits but we eat it anyway believing in its mystical healthy powers.   If that’s all you ever know about it, […]

Ever since I found out my daughter had a mild sensitivity to dairy, butter has been literally off the table.  I felt really bad doing so because many times she’s remarked with a big smile on her face that butter is her favorite food.  And […]

Back in the nineties, I think I ate more salads for meals than anything else.  That seemed noble and ultra-health conscious at the time and I was supremely proud of myself to have such fortitude and vigilance in the face of university parties and family […]

641.5 is my happy place in the library (the Dewey Decimal stamp of all things cooking).   You can imagine my thrill when I came across a cookbook, The Wikaninnish Cookbook (641.5971 to be exact), straight from the place my husband and I spent our honeymoon!  […]

    If you’re a bit like me, when I eat a salad, I have this smug little look upon my face that says, “look at me, eating this salad and getting all healthy.”  Well that’s not exactly what I’d say but I do congratulate […]