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Recipe: Stir-Fried Vegetables with Udon Noodles
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Marvellous Meatless Meals‘. When thick, chewy udon noodles are mixed with colourful stir-fried vegetables, there’s no need to coax the...
Recipe: Glaze for Lentil Loaf
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Marvellous Meatless Meals‘. To prepare the glaze: INGREDIENTS 2 Tbsp of ketchup 2 Tbsp of sweet chili sauce 1 Tbsp...
Recipe: Root Vegetable, Bean and Barley Bowl
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Marvellous Meatless Meals‘. My family loves this colourful dish, and so do our dinner guests! Serve it with crusty rolls...
Featured Book: 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens
Author: Lorraine Johnson Publisher: Harbour Publishing Book Publication: 2017 PRESS RELEASE: Lorraine Johnson, one of Canada’s preeminent gardening authors, has expanded and revised her popular reference book for...
Marvellous Meatless Meals
Tips and Recipes to Help You Lighten Up Your Menu for Early Spring Dining All winter long, my sturdy cast iron pot serves me well as I prepare heavy stews and soups. But with the advent of spring, the stew pot is packed away and out comes the wok and saucepan as I turn to lighter fare for family dinners.
Sacred Journeys: How Doing Good Can Make You Feel Great
Since I moved up to the Ottawa Valley from Toronto 20 years ago, the winter temperatures have definitely been getting milder. When I first arrived,...
How Your Liver Makes You Angry
Chinese Medicine Explains How Depression, Anger, and Grief – are Linked to Cancer and Other Diseases Depression is a broad subject, and a condition which...
Saving Lives: Against All Odds
Dr. Jozef Krop Awarded 2017 Dr. Rogers Prize – Groundbreaker Award “We discuss forests, agricultural land, plant and animal life, but virtually ignore the real...
Woodford Files: A Liver Detox Can Improve Your Mood
With the spring equinox around the corner, sap is rising in the trees and chi is rising in the liver. All those rich comfort foods...
News Briefs – March 2017
VEGETABLE PIGMENT MAY SUPPORT INTELLIGENCE Scientists have found evidence that links consumption of a pigment found in leafy greens to the preservation of what is...
Book Review: A Plant-Based Life
Author: Micaela Cook Karlsen Publisher: Amacom, New York Book Publication: 2016 For those wanting to lose weight while enjoying healthy and delicious meals, A Plant-Based Life: Your Complete Guide...
Woodford Files: The Romance Between Our Genes and Microbes; 3 Herbs to Stoke the Fire in Our Bellies
Gung Hay Fat Choi! Happy lunar new year. The Chinese astrologers say that this new Year of the Rooster brings awakening as it crows each...
Benefits of a New Year Detox
For thousands of years, human beings lived as hunter-gatherers; a few hours of work each day devoted to gathering and preparing food, and the rest spent socializing with their family...
Stoke Your Digestive Fire to Boost Your Energy and Clear Inflammation
As the raw food movement gains enthusiasts worldwide, you will often hear them say that raw food is best for health because it is highest in nutrients. Technically...
The Human Super-Organism
“Humans without microbes are sick. Microbes without humans have no home.” (Rodney Dietert, PhD, The Human Super-Organism, 2016) For the past century, scientists have assured us that they knew what made us tick
News Briefs – February 2017
OMEGA-3s LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE IN YOUNG ADULTS A study has found that healthy young people may be able to help prevent the onset of high...
