Get Healthier

In the grocery store I see specials on white flour, sugar and walnuts, just in time for baking season.  Consider modifying some of your holiday recipes.  What about using half whole wheat flour?  I recommend Camino sugar (at Save-on and health food stores) as a substitute for white sugar.  It is less refined and easier for [...]

Bremner’s blueberry, bluepom and cherry juices

On Saturday I went to the Westcoast Women’s Show in Abbotsford. Bremner’s juice was in the food aisle and we sampled a few of their juices. Yum! They use blueberries from Delta to make their blueberry juice and cranberries from Fort Langley to make their cranberry [...]

During the summer we often use our barbecue to grill meat for dinner.  There are many places to buy organic meat and meat without antibiotics in BC and the Vancouver area.  In addition to purchasing it in some health food stores, you can also find it in these stores:

In Surrey/Langley/White Rock:

JD Turkey Farms – free range [...]

Health food stores are a good place to find less common foods (quinoa, spelt, tapioca flour) so that you can add variety to your diet and avoid foods you are intolerant to.  They are also a great place to buy healthier versions of some packaged foods.  Keep in mind that even though they are selling it in [...]

One of the best places to buy healthy food is at farmer’s markets.  If you also consider the entertainment value of the music, interesting booths and people watching, it is well worth the drive to get there.  My favourite is the White Rock Farmer’s Market, which is on Sundays from 9am-1pm.  I have bought organic [...]