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4 Ways Meal Planning Will Change your Life

When we are hungry, we are more likely to grab the first thing we see. When we have a plan in place we can make more nourishing and nutrient dense choices leaving us with more energy and feeling our best! Read more to learn 4 reasons why I love meal planning, and why you will love it too!

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Cream of Celery Soup for a Good Gut

This celery soup is, light flavourful and perfect for a warm day. Whats even better, it’s good for your gut! The digestive benefits of celery are partly due to its diuretic effects — and also because it boosts circulation within the intestines, therefore helping improve digestion and relieving bloating and puffiness from water retention. It can provide polyphenols (can boost digestive and help protect again disease) and fiber and that may have prebiotic like effects, supporting the growth of good bacteria in our gut.

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Gluten Free Spinach + Chickpea Roti

I have always been an Indian food lover and I am SO glad Scott is too. He always asks for this recipe! It is super easy to make and the flavours are incredible! If you think you don’t like Indian food - give this a try, I think it might just change your mind. It has a mild curry flavour and familiar texture to ease you into the beautiful world of Indian cuisine :)

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Improving Nutrition through Interior Design

Have you ever thought of how your kitchen design affects your diet?

The way you eat + what you eat?

I can’t wait for the day when we build our own house + I get to design my own kitchen. Big, beautiful + bright! I I don’t know the exact design that I would like, but I do know which elements are important to me. For now…. it’s a fun challenge to make the best of the kitchens we have had in our rentals.

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Parsnip Fries with Lemon Cashew Cream Sauce

Fries before guys? Am I right? ;)

Having a wide variety of veggies in our diet is important for a healthy microbiome. But I get it - sometimes plain veggies can be boring….that’s why I like to spice it up + make food fun! Like turning veggies into fries. These make a great snack or side for your dinner. Now it’s time to get cookin.'

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Meat Sweats Pie

My my brother and I got creative and made a gluten free meat pie to add to our traditional Christmas eve feast! Maybe it will become part of yours too.

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Greek Platter

Get the authentic Greek platter experience at home here! The ingredients are simple, delicious + will save you a lot of money by eating in!

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Gluten Free Fried Chicken

Chicken thighs aren’t as bad as people claimed they were when low fat diets were all the rage. Not only do chicken thighs taste better and have more moisture, the darkness indicates that it contains more iron, they are inexpensive AND they contains higher amounts of saturated + monounsaturated fat… which are in fact good for us - of course when eaten in moderation.

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