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The Best Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe

Pumpkin recipes abound this time of year. I’ve put up a few myself. So many of them call for pumpkin puree and most of us then hop over to the store and buy a can of pumpkin. But see, pumpkin doesn’t grow in cans. It grows from the ground and grows a-plenty locally and it really isn’t that much trouble to do the right thing by your pumpkin and make your own pumpkin puree from scratch.

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10 Essential Health Habits for Fall

It’s going to get chilly out there soon, friends. This time of year is always bittersweet – we hate saying goodbye to the sunshine, but we love saying hello to warm soups, cuddles by the fireplace, and crunchy leaves under our feet. You might be thinking it’s too soon to talk about essential health habits...

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5 Ways to Help Your Children Eat Their School Lunch

With kids in school for most of the year, we want to make sure they are eating as much of their meals and snacks as possible. There are many reasons why your child may not eat well at lunchtime – maybe you have a chatterbox on your hands who just loves to catch up with...

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17 Surprising Sources of Gluten

There is a wide range of gluten issues ranging from diagnosed celiac to suspecting that when you avoid gluten, you feel better. Some time ago, I interviewed Dr. Davis, author of Wheatbelly about the effects of wheat, gluten being just one part of the picture. But gluten, all on its own, also carries a rather mighty...

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From FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) to JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out)

We’ve all done this at one point: we’re out for dinner and constantly check our phones, we double-, triple- or quadruple-book our schedules to have social plans, or we stalk other people’s photos and posts on social media. This is the condition of FOMO, or “Fear Of Missing Out”. What does FOMO look like? Researchers...

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Easy Dairy-Free Ice Cream Recipe + 11 Awesome Topping Ideas

If I could use a season to describe myself, summer would definitely be the one. It’s my favourite time of year – between spending time in nature, hanging out in the sunshine, sipping summer mocktails, and eating a ton of delicious foods like this no-churn easy coconut ice cream, summer is so sweetly awesome. I also appreciate...

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Episode 14: How To Improve Indoor Air Quality (And Why It’s Critical) with Mike Feldstein

Have you heard that we can go 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, but only 3 minutes without air? And yet, we spend a lot of time thinking about our food and water, don’t we? In this episode of On My Mind, we’re talking all about air and air quality. I’m thrilled to...

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The Simplest Homemade Blueberry Jam

Blueberry season is very important for our family. Specifically, wild blueberries. The adventure usually begins in early August when wild blueberries first start appearing in stores and markets. My husband Josh begins by getting a base price for an 11-quart wood basket. The prices start higher when the berries first come out and over the...

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How to Make Sauerkraut

When I began my career in culinary nutrition, homemade sauerkraut was a dying art. Over the years while I was teaching in-person classes, I made it my mission to bring it back to my community and typically had a sauerkraut demo on the docket. Thankfully, fermented foods like sauerkraut are experiencing a popular resurgence and...

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9 Summer Staycation Ideas For The Whole Family

In my youth, I had the fortune of travelling a lot. It was my passion and I was working on building a business around it (a women’s travel-zine turned website intended to be a hub for women travellers to connect and find resources – but alas, a story for another day). But in all of...

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