I love playing tourist in my own town. Every once in awhile on a Sunday, I pretend I'm on vacation with a couple of good friends, throw on the running shoes and go on an urban walkabout. Toronto's one … [Read more...]
Curried Tempeh Burgers
May 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
BBQ season is upon us in Toronto, and for every ten or twenty carnivores who show up at the staff picnic with their Gordon Lightfoot Burgers (mushrooms, cheese, onions) from the Healthy Butcher, there … [Read more...]
Ume Apple Buckwheat
May 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Chilled buckwheat noodles and greens together make a wonderful salad. Add an ume-apple dressing, a ripe avocado and some toasted seeds, and you have a delish, easy-to-prepare vitamin and … [Read more...]
Dreams to Reality Experiment
April 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Kelly Sullivan Walden, dream therapist, author & hypnotherapist We've all heard about the law of attraction, affirmations, vision boards, and goal setting...yes? Well... according to the … [Read more...]
Groovy Urban Gardening
April 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
"I did not own the land and I was feeling out of luck; all I had to grow my own food was my old gray pickup truck..." From the guys who brought us King Corn comes a homegrown, song-filled YouTube … [Read more...]
Oil-Free Spinach Salad
April 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
OOH this big fat spinach salad from "Feel Good Fast: Spring!" was so delish I wanted to share the combo with you ~ the zing from the lemon juice and spiciness from the ginger are nicely balanced with … [Read more...]
Love Your Planet
April 22, 2010 By 1 Comment
Nature makes me silly happy. I love to skinnydip in a warm Canadian lake in the mountains on a hot summer afternoon after baking in mud from the Dead Sea. Or bathe in the healing waters of a hotspring … [Read more...]
Eating Local While Traveling
April 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
All over North America, people are getting hip to the pleasures and benefits of shopping at their local farmers' markets. Not only do you shrink your carbon footprint buying local, the food is way … [Read more...]
Beauty & The Toxic Beast
April 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I'm lost down the rabbit hole of this detailed look at chemicals and "nanoparticles" in cosmetics and body products by David Suzuki and wanted to pass on the map so you could join me;) While … [Read more...]
Asparagus for Love & Beauty
April 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
There's a reason asparagus is wildly abundant at this time of year at farmers' markets across North America. Nature knows our body is in need of a spring cleanse, and asparagus is a superb and … [Read more...]
Great Spirits Ranch
April 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
I'm throwin' down some wild rice and wild mushrooms on a flame, dancing, clapping, lapping the warm Malibuian currents lofting three California condors, majestic, soaring, uniting the sacred, healing, … [Read more...]
Easy Almond Hummus
April 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hummus, a lifesaving staple for chuppies, isn't just for chickpeas. I like to make hummus with pinto beans, great northern beans, black beans or green lentils. For a totally raw and totally delish … [Read more...]
Spring Fling Things
April 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In many ways, springtime is really the beginning of the new year. It's when everything in nature wakes up. The earth begins to warm, animals emerge from their winter dens and we get the urge to open … [Read more...]
Road to the Midnight Sun
March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Wildlife, natural hot springs and a signpost forest await the Alaska Highway adventurer The retired gentleman filling up his monster RV with expensive low-grade gas at the tiny station in Toad River … [Read more...]
Spring Macro Special
March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Spring has turned up at the markets in the form of fresh, fleshy asparagus, crisp kale, dainty greens and baby broccoli. The spirit in nature right now calls for simplicity in cooking. Savor spring … [Read more...]
Animal Lovers Galore
March 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Yes, it's the event we most look forward to in Venice every year - the post-Genesis Awards Animal Lovers Brunch. It's grown in size and legend in four years and every year beautiful new people attend, … [Read more...]
Pina Mimosa Smoothie
March 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
As the weather warms, the days lengthen and our winter's excess starts to melt away from our bellies, our bodies naturally start to crave lighter, fruitier, more tropical foods. When we're in tune … [Read more...]
Put your Dreams to Work
March 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
The other day after a vigorous yoga practice, I took half an hour to luxuriate in the warmth and silence of the steam room. After about 10 minutes in the heat, I entered that delicious realm of … [Read more...]
“Cream” of Collard Greens
March 8, 2010 By 2 Comments
This is one of my ultimate favorite comforting soups on a cold fall or winter day, and it has also become a fave of some of my clients in my Toronto lunchtime organic vegan soup and smoothie delivery … [Read more...]
Holy YikeBike Batman!
March 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Your green commute just got charged with a bat cave load of cool - a whole new class of personal transport invented in New Zealand as the simplest way to get from A to B with the aid of a machine … [Read more...]
