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What’s So Great About Kiwi?

Can you tell I’m fantasizing about about being somewhere else… perhaps somewhere tropical? If you’re headed to such a place, good for you (said almost totally sincerely!). You should definitely

Nutrition

What’s So Great About Swiss Chard

My doctor is a pusher. No, no not that kind of pusher (in fact she’s a little skimpy with the drugs…which I’m told is a good thing!) but she regularly

Round-Ups

Roundup: Snacks For Peace

As far as we’re concerned, you can really never have enough snacks lying around the house. They’re a bit like sleep or time, the more you have the better off

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What’s So Great About Barley?

Self Magazine recently wrote about the ten foods we should resolve to eat this year. Kind of a nice concept, right? You get to actually add things instead of always

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Chef Notes: Oat Risotto with Minty Peas

Risotto is one of my favorite dishes. It makes a terrific side dish but can also make a delicious one pot meal. Yes, yes, yes…if prepared traditionally it does take

Nutrition

What’s So Great About Water

This post was originally posted in July 2013. However, with a polar vortex consuming many parts of North America, we wanted to stress the importance of drinking water. With housing

Chef's Notes

Chef Notes: An Easy Holiday Entree of Duck Breast

Nothing says the holidays to me quite like duck.  There’s just something warm and comforting about it. I love duck confit, which is a bit heavy for summer fare, and

Nutrition

What’s So Great About Ginger (Bread Men)?

Hush now, it’s the holidays. We’ve actually done a post on ginger in the past but I thought it was worth mentioning again because that’s just how much I care

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Roundup: Baking Week (or Get Your Cookie On)

We interrupt our regularly scheduled healthy food posts to bring you cookies! Yup, that’s right. It’s the holidays and we’ve gotten over the fact that sweets are just going to

Products

Food Find: Ontario’s Own

Meet our favourite new product line: Ontario’s Own. This small, lovingly prepared range of food is made without preservatives or additives – just fantastic local ingredients. We love knowing where