Seed Cycling
Foods have the ability to balance our bodies and support healing. Adding in small amounts of certain foods regularly can have a profound impact on your health. Seed cycling is one way to do this. Seeds are considered YIN foods [...]
Seasonal Fruit Bake
Seasonal fruit bake As many of you know, particularly if you’ve worked with me in the clinic, I’m somewhat obsessed with warm foods. Warming foods - slightly or doing a long slow roast, adds warmth to the foods and can [...]
Are You Tired or Just Saturated?
Are you tired or are you just saturated? I’ve spent much of my life saying I’m tired. It was a way I justified taking time for myself. If I was "tired" then I could opt out of something. It made [...]
Seasonal Transition Salad
Ingredients: 4 cups mixed greens or baby spinach or kale 1 Red or yellow peppers, thinnly sliced 2 Thinly sliced green onions 1 lg Fresh tomato, diced 1 carrot - shredded Cube tofu into 1"cubes Saute the pepper in [...]
Opportunity through loss, transitions and unexpected events
I’m currently in a state of transition. It was also my birthday recently, which marks the passing of time, the passing of another year. A marking of my birth. I love the ritual that comes with my birthday - I [...]
Celery Soup
Celery is considered cool, sweet, spicy and slighty bitter according to Eastern Medicine. It also works on the Liver system along with the lungs and stomach. It's been shown to help with dizziness associated with hypertension, it's anticancer, helps to [...]
Weeding Life – What needs to go.
Weeding Life -What needs to go. I just spent my early morning meditation time in my garden. I sat out there to be surrounded by nature as I watched the light rise. I have a small garden…and it is wild. [...]
A Supercharged (Non) Coffee
Supercharged “coffee” - A creamy, dreamy, and nutrient-packed drink to start your day Letting go of a morning coffee is one of the hardest things for some people. The ritual, that perk up and the brightening effect, and not to [...]
Build Your Blood Beet and Cherry Borscht
4 large beets, cleaned 1 pound cherries, pitted 1 teaspoon fresh lemon or lime juice 1 cup plain full fat yogurt (non dairy or regular) ¼ cup sour cream (regular or vegan alternative) You made add a small pinch of salt [...]
Leftover Loving Frittata
Leftover Frittata This is a super versatile recipe that makes a great breakfast, lunch or dinner option that makes wonderful use of leftover veggies or meat. The key if you’re using fresh ingredients is to cook them before you mix [...]