by Michelle | Nov 20, 2012 | Diet/Lifestyle, Health, Healthy Tips, Inspiration, Meal Ideas, Travel
The desert is serene and all the buildings are extremely calming. A few weeks ago, my fiance and I went to Tucson to visit his family and we were lucky enough to stay with them in their beautiful home. Their house was amazing, welcoming and better than any hotel I’ve...
by Michelle | Nov 14, 2012 | Desserts & Treats, Gluten free, Healthy Tips, Meal Ideas, Raw, Recipes
Yesterday was Diwali and while I am not the religious type I did grow up in a partially Hindu household. Diwali is the festival of lights where the goddess Lakshmi is worshiped, and many, many desserts are made and consumed! I remember Diwali being a really festive...
by Michelle | Nov 4, 2012 | Diet/Lifestyle, Gluten free, Health, Inspiration, Meal Ideas, Raw, Recipes
Last weekend I participated in a Living Foods Retreat at Awenda Provincial Park. The weekend was jam packed. There was a lot of food, conversation, activity and rain! We had wheatgrass and banana cream hot cacao, raw pad-thai and sprouted quinoa couscous, nori rolls...
by Michelle | Jul 19, 2012 | Desserts & Treats, Gluten free, Healthy Tips, Inspiration, Meal Ideas, Raw, Recipes
This past weekend I celebrated my birthday with my fiancé’s family. In total there were 3 of us who had birthdays in July. Since I had a birthday dinner/trip to NYC I thought making a cake (ok, it’s a pie but I’m just going to refer to it as a cake- well,...
by Michelle | Jul 16, 2012 | Healthy Tips, Meal Ideas, Travel
A week or so ago I was lucky enough to fly to New York with my fiancé (which was nice since he couldn’t come with me to Lisbon). Our weekend in New York more than made up for our failed attempt last year during the hurricane scare! This year we had something else to...
by Michelle | Jul 12, 2012 | Healthy Tips, Meal Ideas
For the past few weeks I have been enjoying adding fresh dill to my salads. Yes dill, the same dill found in dill pickles. Dill gives my salads a great flavor punch and nutritional punch too. It is loaded with powerful antioxidant protection. In particular some of its...
