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Sweet Potato Mash with Vanilla Bean
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘CULINARY SPICES THAT HEAL‘. This recipe was formulated by the co-host and chef of Healthy Gourmet, Ezra Title https://www.chezvousdining.ca (Makes...
Gentle Healing Dal
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘CULINARY SPICES THAT HEAL‘. Garam masala is the most aromatic and fragrant of all Indian spice blends. Compared to store-bought...
Warming Quinoa Porridge
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘CULINARY SPICES THAT HEAL‘. This hot cereal takes just a few minutes to prepare and showcases the warming spices cinnamon,...
Ginger Chai
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘CULINARY SPICES THAT HEAL‘. My all-time favourite fall and winter beverage, this comforting drink is anti-inflammatory and calming without making...
Rain On A Distant Roof: A Personal Journey Through Lyme Disease in Canada
Author: Vanessa Farnsworth Publisher: Signature Editions Book Publication: 2013 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control stunned the world in August 2013 by revising the number...
Grow Fresh Greens in Your Kitchen Garden
Harvest Sprouts and Micro-greens All Winter Long Using the Agriculture of Tomorrow Food… we all need it! And for our health and healing, fresh food...
News Briefs – October 2013
BROCCOLI COMPOUND MAY PREVENT OSTEOARTHRITIS Researchers have found that sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli, may play a key role in preventing, or slowing the...
Traditional Chinese Medicine for Allergic Asthma and Cough
Allergic asthma has become an epidemic in Westernized countries, showing dramatic increases over the last few decades. In Ontario, according to a 2010 study published...
Vitamin C and Lysine Powder Help Prevent Heart Attacks
History has shown, time and again, that mankind is not kind to new ideas. For example, in 1847, one maternity patient in six who entered...
A Homeopathic Perspective: On Naturally vs Artificially Acquired Immunity
When I hear stories of medical miracles, those people who have managed to beat the statistical odds of their particular disease or ailment, I’m less...
Elder: Herb of the Year 2013
A Valuable Flu-Fighting Ally for Your Fall and Winter Medicine Chest “Elder has been revered since antiquity as a virtual medicine chest. Prominent in folklore,...
Asian-Style Fermented Vegetables
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Preserve Your Harvest the Old Fashioned Way‘. This is similar to “kimchee” which is traditionally made out of Chinese cabbage...
Fermented Berries
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Preserve Your Harvest the Old Fashioned Way‘. These make delicious topping for yogurt, ice-cream and breakfast cereals. You can use...
Hungarian Fermented Garden Cukes
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Preserve Your Harvest the Old Fashioned Way‘. I got this recipe from my Hungarian mother-in-law. They call these “sun-cooked” pickles...
Fermented Eggs
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Preserve Your Harvest the Old Fashioned Way‘. If you find traditional ‘vinegar’ pickled eggs way too sour – you’ll love...
Traditional Sauerkraut
From the Vitality Food Feature ‘Preserve Your Harvest the Old Fashioned Way‘. INGREDIENTS green cabbage (shredded) 3 to 5 Tbsp sea salt (or to suit...