Food

This recipe is one of our family favourites. The seared scallops satisfy our seafood cravings and add a touch of elegance to any dinner or gathering. Carrot purée is often made with browned butter, but the cashew butter in this recipe adds a toasted, nutty flavour, along with the benefits of healthy fats, fibre, and plant-based protein.

Wrap up your morning with this savoury and satisfying Spinach Omelette with Spiced Squash, filled with vitamins A, C, K, and folate. This dish offers a range of health benefits due to its contents’ unique nutritional properties and bioactive compounds. It’s also a great way to incorporate vegetables into your breakfast routine!

This protein-rich bowl features tender grass-fed steak slices, perfectly cooked eggs, and an array of colourful vegetables. It’s a healthy Western-style breakfast that is rich in heme iron, which plays a vital role in immune function, and makes a balanced and nutrient-forward meal to keep you energized throughout the day.

These vibrant muffins are not only visually appealing, but they also make a nutritious breakfast option. Packed with berries, oats, and protein powder, they provide a wholesome start to your day.

Green tea and citrus each offer several health benefits, and, when consumed together, they enhance each other’s positive effects. Start your day with a burst of antioxidants, protein, and vitamins in this refreshing smoothie bowl. It’s a delicious way to support your immune system first thing in the morning.

Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup. Its broth gives off a heady, spiced fragrance that makes you feel taken care of. This comforting and nourishing pho combines the healing power of high-protein chicken broth packed with gelatin, aromatic spices, and fresh herbs. It’s an ideal choice for supporting immunity and healing from the inside out during cold and flu season.

There’s slaw that most of us are familiar with and then there’s our Crunchy Cabbage and Kale Salad that puts an entirely new spin on what a cabbage and kale salad should taste like. A great stand-alone dish, this can also be served with grilled meats or seafood.  

When show-off tomatoes and cling-free peaches are in season, this combo salad ticks all the boxes. The flavour combination coupled with fresh mozza cheese and the salty tang of olives shows summer at its finest.

There’s nothing tastier than slightly salted seafood paired with crisp veggies for the perfect umami combo on a hot summer day. That’s the beauty of poke. And it’s such an easy dish to prepare. What was once predominantly eaten in restaurants is now often being prepared at home.

These summer vegetables are a win-win. With a drizzle of the freshest extra-virgin olive oil and a well-aged balsamic, it’s about as close to the flavours of Italy as you can get.

This recipe is super easy to assemble and is perfect for a summertime appetizer. The beauty of homemade flatbread is that you can make the dough ahead and freeze for later use. Stockpile a few balls of dough. Nothing quite beats the freshness.

Move over potatoes and yams. There’s a new favourite on the block, and it bakes up sublimely. These rutabaga fries are a winner—they hold their shape, making them ideal for dipping. Delicious served as a side to any main course, they’re a great source of fibre, low in calories, and super-rich in potassium.

This wholesome and savoury take on a traditional sausage roll is a scrumptious way to incorporate more plant-based goodness into your diet. Lentils are a nutritional powerhouse. Enjoyed worldwide, they provide a good amount of protein and fibre per serving along with a healthy dose of B vitamins, folate, iron, and potassium.

This is a great recipe to prep on the weekend to utilize throughout the week. The homemade crackers are packed with fibre-rich oats and flaxseeds, providing a satisfying crunch and a boost of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Paired with an avocado ranch dip, this nutrient-dense snack is perfect for kids (and parents) on the go.

These easy-to-make, protein-packed lunchbox bites are a great way to fuel the whole family through the afternoon. Seeds such as pumpkin and hemp are surprisingly high in protein, even surpassing most nuts. If you’re feeling a bit decadent, feel free to sub out the apricots for a good handful of dark chocolate chips.

These delightful mini quiches are a delicious blend of convenience, nutrition, and flavour. Egg protein is recognized as highly digestible, an excellent source of essential amino acids, and important to skeletal muscle health.

This delicious twist on classic banana bread, packed with whole-food goodness―and gluten free to boot—is sure to become a lunchbox staple. The use of buckwheat flour adds a subtly earthy flavour that perfectly complements the natural sweetness provided by the ripe bananas.

This is a great pick­me­up recipe, whether it’s enjoyed as a snack or a dessert. The protein­rich yogurt and polyphenol­rich fruits help your body make feel­good neurotransmitters to uplift you, and the magnesium­rich chocolate helps you feel calm. Simply spread yogurt out on a baking sheet and go nuts with the toppings you love.

Sarah: Many years ago, I went on a women’s retreat and fell in love with a sweet potato noodle dish they served, a recipe by Rachel Molenda. This dish is inspired by that. Sweet potatoes provide vitamins, phytonutrients, and fiber to support your gut and neurotransmitters to help you feel balanced, focused, and joyful. You’ll love this creamy and tangy almond butter sauce—it works on any vegetable, so sub in whatever you have.

Salad may seem like an odd thing to eat for breakfast but, truthfully, many people around the world do eat it for their morning meal. We often think of sweet things when we think of breakfast, but why not get in your rainbow of veggies and fiber early in the day? Plus, salad for breakfast can be refreshing and invigorating. Eating colorful, fresh vegetables, especially in the morning, energizes your brain and body. We have a deep love for Middle Eastern flavors, which is why this salad slightly resembles tabbouleh. The star spice here is sumac, which you can find at most grocery stores—it’s a gorgeous reddish purple and tastes lemony. This salad’s high fiber content promotes blood sugar balance, which helps keep energy levels and mood stable. and steady.

Chickpeas are high in protein and B vitamins, which help support healthy neurotransmitters and a good mood. We love the yogurt here because it’s an easy way to incorporate probiotics into a savory meal, so they can strengthen your gut to keep you feeling healthy and uplifted.

Sun-kissed blueberries, silky tofu, and fragrant edible lavender team up to make a bowl of flavourful nutrition to breathe new life into your breakfast routine. You can even add a few spoonfuls of muesli to the topping for a more substantial meal. The pudding also works as a healthy dessert or even a post-workout recovery snack. Culinary lavender is typically cultivated from Lavandula angustifolia plants and has a lot less oil than the aromatic lavender used in perfumes or soaps, which you should not use in recipes.

This satisfying Thai-inspired salad provides a riot of texture, flavour, and visuals. And its ingredients house troves of nutrients and antioxidants. If you wish this salad to be more in the spirit of truly raw, use peanut butter made with raw peanuts or make your own using unroasted peanuts.

It’s here: the no-bake cake of your dreams. It’s tender, it’s cakey, it’s naturally sweetened and warmly spiced, and it’s rich in beneficial fats and dietary fibre. The creamy cashew frosting is the icing on the cake, so to speak. For a grain-free option, you can replace wheat germ with coconut flour. Other garnish options include blueberries, cacao nibs, or even edible flowers.