Healthy Living

Nuts to You Cashew Berry Smoothie

  Nuts to You Cashew Berry Smoothie Delicious, nutritious and near-instant to make! It’s a quick, high-protein smoothie that will power you through your morning. 1 cup milk or non-dairy alternative 1 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries, blueberries or other fruit 1/2 banana 2 tbsp Nuts to You Organic Cashew Butter (add more to taste!) Place Nuts to You Cashew Berry Smoothie

DIY Citrus Infused Household Cleaner

  DIY Citrus Infused Household Cleaner This recipe for homemade all purpose citrus cleaner not only smells great but is non-toxic and cost effective to boot! 1-2 quarts white vinegar 3 cups combination of orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, or pomelo fruit peels 3-4 drops 100% pure orange, lemon or grapefruit essential oils ((optional)) 1-2 quart DIY Citrus Infused Household Cleaner

Winter Citrus Salad

Winter Citrus Salad Salad doesn’t have to be green! This winter, when citrus is at its best, make this delicious, zesty and immune-boosting salad! 2 Blood oranges ((substitute tangerines if blood oranges can’t be found)) 1 Pomello ((substitute grapefruit if required)) 1 Naval orange 1 shallot, chopped salt (to taste) 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil Winter Citrus Salad

What’s The Deal with Farmed Fish?

James Tober, The Sweet Potato’s red seal certified butcher & fishmonger, provides his thoughts on farmed fish I’m not a city guy. I grew up in the country, hunting and fishing to help fill our freezer for the winter – and fill it we did, with moose, bear, deer, pickerel, salmon, bass and smelt, all What’s The Deal with Farmed Fish?

Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Salad

The Sweet Potato Toronto - watermelon, cucumber, purple onion and feta salad

  Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Salad Honey Vinaigrette 3 tbsp honey 3 tbsp lime juice 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil pinch of salt freshly ground black pepper (to taste) Watermelon Salad 2 lb watermelon (peeled, cubed) 2 English cucumber (cubed) 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves (torn) 1/4 cup fresh mint leave (torn) 1/2 cup crumbled Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Salad

The Sweet Life: Cottage Experiences in The City

While spending the summer at a cottage up north would be ideal, not all of us have access to vacation properties or have the ability to take time off to leave the city in the summer. Luckily for us here in Toronto, there are plenty of ways to experience cottage life right here in city.

Alternative Menstrual Products

Please note – in this post we are using, to the best of our ability, medical terminology to refer to the anatomy of folks assigned female at birth. We think it’s a good thing to be informed about the products that we use on and in our bodies. In Canada, there are lots of government Alternative Menstrual Products

Elder-Power Smoothie

  Elder-Power Smoothie Elderberry can be used preventatively, or at the onset of a cold or flu to shorten its duration. It’s used in herbal medicine to help relieve symptoms like cough, sore throat and catarrh of the upper respiratory tract (mucus discharge and buildup). Try this kid-approved recipe for an Elder-Power Smoothie and toast Elder-Power Smoothie

Talkin’ Grass Fed with JT

On the eve of launching our grass-fed beef line at our butcher counter, we talked with our Master Butcher, Red Seal Chef James Tober, about grass fed beef: What’s special about it? Why should we care? And how should we cook it?

What about MCT’s???

What’s the deal with mct’s??? There’s been a lot of talk lately about Medium-Chain Triglycerides (or MCT’s), and we’ve been getting a lot of questions about them. So let us try to answer some of the most common: