Watermelon Salad

Its a Summer long weekend!  And I hope the weather people are wrong about the weather (go away rain!).   When planning for the weekend at the cottage, we can often be left standing in our kitchens and grocery stores scratching our heads for quick healthy recipes.   Try reaching for the watermelon and make a cucumber watermelon salad.  It is quick, easy and it’s refreshing for these hot summer days.

Watermelon Salad

Ingredients

  • 6cups mixed greens, washed
  • 3 cups cubed watermelon
  • 1 ½…

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Summertime Long weekend! Burgers, mmm

Long weekends are fantastic but long weekends in the summer are by far the best!   Whether you spend it with family, up at the cottage, in the city by the lake or relaxing at home there is often one thing in common, BARBEQUE!

Now as holistic nutritionists we should be shaking our heads and warning you against Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Heterocyclic amines (HCAs), Advanced glycation…

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Cha cha Chia!?!

Most of us know this familiar tune and instantly think about animal/head shaped pottery that grows “hair” but the word Chia in the health industry is a bit different.  Chia is a seed; it’s a desert plant that is part of the mint family.  The seeds are no bigger than a poppy seed and can be black, grey or white in color.  If you see…

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Rice Bowl

This week we are featuring a recipe out of our Nutritional Journal.  See the journal isn’t only for recording your dietary intake and staying organized; it has 12 healthy recipes for each month of the year.  We are doing our January recipe, because this is a time for fresh starts and after these enjoyable holidays we are all going to be in need for…

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Nutritional Balance now starring on YouTube!!

Who doesn’t love YouTube! It has everything…. literally everything.  Some good, funny, and some really bad! And unfortunately it can be very addicting!!  But like we said it’s sometime for the better :) why you ask? Because Almond Coconut treats have landed on YouTube!!

People love our almond coconut treats and love new recipes…or at least we do :) So we have braved the cameras and walk you through,…

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