It’s Organic Week once again! This year, we decided to go a little more in-depth about organic food. More often than not, I get comments from people who don’t understand the difference between organic and conventional food. I mean, besides the price, of course. Today, I want to talk about one organic standard in particular: […]
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Chances are, if you spent your summer in Toronto, you didn’t get a whole lot of sun this year. It may have saved us on our sunscreen budget, but it means not-so-good things for our Vitamin D levels. Generally in Canada, we have 3-4 months where we can soak up enough rays, but this year […]
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It’s no secret that I love a themed dessert. With school back in session, and with apples back in season, what could be better than an Apple For The Teacher Apple Crisp? I came up with this recipe a few years ago while mucking about in my kitchen and, funnily enough, all the ingredients are […]
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When I was growing up, the thought of eating blue-green algae would have grossed me out. Heck, the fact that seaweed was in my toothpaste was enough to (according to the vernacular of the era) “gag me with a spoon”. But now, I’ll gladly throw back a shot of E3 Live without batting an eye. […]
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With all the food bloggers, misleading news stories, and documentaries around today, it’s not surprising that I often hear, “What should I eat?!?” Do you follow the advice of your vegan friend, or does that paleo blog know where it’s at? All the advice seems contradictory. And what’s worse, just when you think you’ve got […]
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I think we can all agree that this summer’s weather has been, well, not so hot. Nonetheless, we’re supposed to be getting some warmer weather soon. It’s just around the corner. The Weather Network PROMISES. So we may be in need of some popsicles. Popsicles are one of my favourite things to DIY. All you […]
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Zinc is a fantastic nutrient, useful both inside our bodies and out. In summer, many of us use zinc topically, in our fantastic natural sunscreens. Unfortunately, putting it on our skin doesn’t translate to healthy zinc levels underneath the skin. Do you know if you’ve got enough in your life? Zinc: What Is It? Coming […]
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It’s OFFICIALLY summer!!!! We’ve dealt with a really wet spring here in Toronto. Hopefully things will start to dry up now, and we can get on with summer activities! I don’t know about you, but to me it just doesn’t feel like summer without roasting a couple of marshmallows. I don’t get away somewhere campfire-able […]
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If you’ve been on Instagram lately, chances are you’ve heard about La Croix Sparkling Water. It has become the unofficial non-alcoholic beverage of choice of cool kids everywhere. And now you can join them! La Croix has made the jump into the Canadian markets, and promptly followed with a jump onto our shelves. We’ve got […]
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More and more, you’ll notice a little colourful icon on our products. It’s blue, and it’s green, and it features a tiny genderless human waving. Or a bird trying to eat the word “Fairtrade” below. Well, whatever it looks like to you, this is it: What is it? Where did it come from? Is it […]
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