Anything you buy in a coffee shop can be replicated at home, saving you $5-$7 dollars a pop and supporting the building up of a Culinary Nutrition-focused pantry of goods! Here is my take on a homemade, dairy-free 'London Fog'! (Dairy-Free) London Fog Yield: 1 serving (about 1.5 cups) Ingredients: 1.5 cups plain/unsweetened almond milk (or homemade almond milk!) 1 tbsp. collagen powder/peptides 2 tsp. coconut butter 1/2 tsp. alcohol-free vanilla extract 1/2 tsp. raw, unpas

I'm a HUGE fan of a high-quality protein and fat-powered breakfast that can be prepared in just a few minutes the night prior to enjoying it! Cue the "Overnight Oats"! With so many ingredient combinations and flavour profiles available as options, Overnight Oats make for a versatile and reliable breakfast that keeps me satiated leading up to lunch! When we're considering how to incorporate high-quality protein into our breakfast, we can consider relying on: Raw nuts and/or se

Who doesn't love a great pancake?! Especially a protein-powered pancake?! I'll be honest, I don't make pancakes and waffles that often, but when I do, you bet they're going to use a high-quality, gluten-free flour, along with some high-quality protein and fat and one of my favourite fruits! Protein-powered breakfasts are a game changer! Due to the fact that carbohydrate fuel (particularly carbohydrates more simple in structure, such as flours and fruits) convert into glucose

In needing to change up my smoothie game as of recent, and given that I found myself staring at an almost-full container of Moringa sitting on my counter(!), it was time to pick up that Moringa and experiment with it! It is a pretty new ingredient to me, in terms of incorporating it into my day-to-day, so I'm excited to rely on it more often in the near future! Moringa, from the Moringa oleifera tree native to northern India, is highly valued for both its nutritional properti

Homemade nut and seed milks are not only incredibly pure, refreshing and delicious, they are extremely easy to make! The beautiful thing about nut and seed milks, like juicing, is that by extracting the fibre, you are left with a nutrient-dense beverage made very bio-available to the body. This means the nutrients are quickly and easily absorbed into the bloodstream. In the case of organic nuts and seeds, you're getting double-whammy: high-quality protein AND a high-quality

My first post of 2018! A high-quality, plant-strong, fuelling breakfast certainly needs to be balanced and source energy from complex carbohydrates (i.e. whole grains, fruit, vegetables), protein (i.e. nuts, seeds, nut/seed butter, high-quality protein powder) and high-quality fat (i.e. avocado, nuts, seeds, coconut oil, flaxseed oil). Even more ideal is when a breakfast can largely be prepared the night before, with the finishing touches added the morning of! Cue this Maple

'Tis the season for pumpkin anything and everything, including this Pumpkin Hemp Sunflower Smoothie, inspired and adapted from "One Green Planet"! Possessing welcoming flavours of the season of Fall now upon us, including pure pumpkin and nutmeg, this not-too-sweet and pleasing smoothie is just what the season ordered! And now, the recipe! Pumpkin Hemp Sunflower Smoothie Yield: ~2 cups Prep Time: 5 minutes Ingredients 1.5 cups plain/unsweetened (or homemade!) almond milk, or

A chocolate-flavoured smoothie is my jam, so any smoothie with raw cacao as an ingredient is calling my name! Given the many nutritional benefits of raw cacao (see nutritional highlights below), it allows for guilt-free intake of this smoothie, whether it be for breakfast, as a snack, or as pre- or post-exercise fuel. As a balanced recipe containing complex carbohydrates (i.e. banana), a high-quality source of protein (i.e. hemp seeds and fermented protein powder) and a high-

Homemade nut & seed milks are not only incredibly healthful, pure and delicious, they are not complicated to make! Since learning how to make my own, I've now become preoccupied with experimenting with different spices and flavour so as to have a multitude to choose from, and this one is no exception! You're sure to love this recipe! The beautiful thing about nut & seed milks, like juicing, is that by extracting the fibre, you are left with a nutrient-dense beverage made ve