There are very few foods that I associate with summer more than fish and chips. It’s a bit messy but it was always our go to choice for picnics on the beach when I was growing up. Having to fend off the seagulls and getting sand in some bites was all part of the fun. The downside is that fried, processed flour (used in the outside breading) is one of the worst things we can put in our bodies from a nutritional point of view. Continue Reading →
Grilled Ginger Lime Halibut
I like cooking with halibut because it is a really dense, heavy fish in texture but the flavor is so light that it completely takes on whatever marinade or sauces you put with it. It is a more expensive fish but it is very nutritious, being high in B vitamins (including the hard to get B12), vitamin A, and the minerals phosphorus, potassium and zinc. Continue Reading →
Sauerkraut Coleslaw
Raw sauerkraut is incredibly healthy for the probiotics it contains but I normally find it to be quite unpleasant to eat. It has a very strong flavor that does not blend well with many other foods. I have tried it in several scenarios over the years, looking for a way to make it palatable and I have finally succeeded with this coleslaw. Continue Reading →
Hungarian Cucumber Salad
Food doesn’t always have to be perfectly healthy. Sometimes it is about remembering, sometimes it is about connecting. This was my favorite salad when I was a kid, in fact it was the only one that I willfully ate. 
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Chorizo Prawn Pasta
This is my all time favorite kind of food- messy, warm, nourishing and full of flavor. It is going to be bleak and rainy for the next few days so I wanted some healthy but hearty comfort food to pack for my lunches. Continue Reading →
Chickpea Carrot Salad Boats
Endive leaves are a perfect way to make anything into finger food. I like to fill them up with salad for healthy but delicious and easy to eat appetizers. Since they are a type of lettuce leaf this is basically salad within a salad. Continue Reading →
Greek Salad Skewers
I love Greek salad, it is one of my favorite dishes on a warm evening but it can be kind of awkward to eat, especially in restaurants when they leave huge cuts of vegetables to be fancy… although I think it is secret laziness at the root of that trend. I needed some snacky food for a girls evening and I wanted something that would be easy to eat but was still healthy and fresh. When you skewer a salad it turns into easily controllable finger food, Continue Reading →
Slow Cooker Bone Broth
This stuff is liquid gold for our insides. I like to make it in a slow cooker instead of on the stove because I find that less evaporates and you end up with more broth at the end. The bones add high levels of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, protein and collagen- all essential for our own bone, joint, skin and hair strength. The particular protein it contains is in the form of amino acids called proline and glycene. Continue Reading →
Guerrilla Gardening
I think that one of the root causes of the obesity epidemic and skyrocketing rates of diseases caused by poor lifestyles (like diabetes and cardiovascular disease) is our general disconnection from the food we eat. We go to the store and it is all packaged very prettily, the vegetables have little to no dirt, the meats are quite indistinguishable from their original forms, free of feathers and all their other parts, nuts and seeds are already shelled and beans are free from their husks. Continue Reading →
Salmon Yam Cakes
Living so close to the ocean, I never saw the point in buying canned salmon, we have large fillets available in every store. But then I saw the fanciest, most expensive canned salmon brand on sale- when there is a sale on something I have never tried I take it as a sign that the time is now. Continue Reading →