Sooth your mind and body

Cold days bring hot drinks. There’s nothing quite like the comfort of sipping on a warm drink when you’re freezing cold!
The holiday season brings lots of fancy hot drinks; peppermint hot chocolate, chocolate dream latte, gingerbread cappuccino. They sound and taste delicious but you might find yourself sipping on hundreds of empty calories.

Instead, turn to the ancient classic, tea. There are hundreds of varieties, fruity, herbal, green, etc. Green teas provide antioxidants and can help fight off cancerous cells and may even slow down the process of ageing! Warm teas can help with digestion and will keep your hunger at bay between meals.

I’m going to share my favourite holiday (actually, all year long) tea recipe!

Cranberry Spice

Cranberry or Berry Tea (loose or packaged)
A cinnamon stick
Pinch of Nutmeg
Agave or honey
Sliced orange and lemon

Steep all the ingredients together and enjoy this healthy hot drink! Bundle up! ❄️⛄️🍵

Ever lasting garden

It’s always nice to get flowers (I’m a sucker for flowers!) but after a few days the flowers fade away. What’s better is to nourish your own garden.

The garden is like our life. Instead of waiting for someone else to bring happiness into your life take action and plant the seed of happiness within yourself. Nourish it with love, good food, exercise and water. Soon, flowers will blossom and they will continue to blossom as long as you provide a good environment for it to grow.

Take action and plant your seeds today – watch and see the flowers blossom! 🌷💐🌸

Healthy Sorbet!

Berries – jewels of the earth! Raspberries, blue berries, strawberries! Berries are a great source of fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. Studies have shown that berries can help with weight loss, reduce your insulin and improve your mental functioning. Most importantly, these beauties taste as great as they look!

As a student I realize fresh berries can be a little pricey, especially during the winter season. Head over to the freezer section and grab a bag (or a few) of unsweetened berries (ingredients shouldn’t have anything other than berries). This will save your wallet but have all the benefits of fresh berries.

Simple Sorbet
1 cup of frozen berries (your choice)
1/4 of Greek Yogurt or 1/4 cup almond milk (vegan option)
Optional – agave to taste

Blend these ingredients up and enjoy a healthy and delicious frozen treat!

Superfood Staple! Part 1 – Cauliflower Rice

Go out and grab some cauliflower! This is the first of many posts I will be writing about this incredible vegetable.

Cauliflower might not seem too appeal but it can be transformed into many of your favourite foods without the fat or calories! Cauliflower is a great source of Vitamin C, Folic Acid and is loaded in fiber which will keep you feeling full for longer.

Today, I’m going to share Cauliflower Rice and Risotto!
Wash and chop your cauliflower into florets and pop it in the food processor. Keep pulsing until it reaches a granular texture (you may need to scrap down the edges). Put your grated cauliflower into a microwave safe dish, sprinkle a bit of water and heat it for 1-2 mins (dependent on how much cauliflower you have and how cooked you like it). Presto, cauliflower rice! A great, healthy low cal, low carb alternative to rice.

To make risotto, simply put your Cauliflower Rice in a non-stick pan, dice up some vegetables and add some low-sodium vegetable broth and seasonings.

Enjoy! Next Cauliflower recipe will be Alfredo Sauce 😋!

Watching your waistline? Eat chocolate!

Chocolate lovers watching their waist lines don’t need to feel deprived! You can have all the flavour AND health benefits of chocolate without the sugar and the processed fats! The answer has been sitting in your baking pantry all these years: unsweetened cocoa powder. With rough 20cals per tablespoon, a little goes a long way!

Cocoa powder has antioxidants which can protect the body from harmful toxins and may even reverse some cellular damage. It also has flavonoids which can improve your cholesterol and help your cardiovascular system!

So, next time you’re trying to fight off a chocolate craving give in! Add some unsweetened cocoa powder to your oatmeal, coffee or just about anything you like!

Eat up! 😋💃