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Mushroom Barley Soup takes the chill off winter

Serves: 6 Serving Size: Approximately 2 cups Nutrition Information: 190 kcal, 1 g fat, 0.3 g saturated fat, 37 g carbohydrates, 9 g fibre, 7 g protein. This recipe was developed by Progressive Foods Inc. and appears in Pure Prairie Eating Plan, by Dr. Catherine Chan and Dr. Ronda Bell

Chocolate Chip Cookies with a twist

You can’t go wrong with chocolate chip cookies, but sometimes you want something that aspires to greatness.

An Apple a Day may not be enough

If you think smart and heathy, your eating habits will follow suit

Smoothies: Are They Healthy?

Sometimes a drink is not just a drink, especially if the ingredients and calories are not even close to what you thought you were consuming

Top 10 Greens for Spring

Greens make your garden beautiful and provide tasty fare for your table, too

Comfort Food Comes Clean

We went to the experts with queries about food, eyesight and eye exercises, and asked about the roles that vitamin D and Aspirin play in cancer prevention

Roasted Squash Soup with Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Feed your brain with this tasty soup by chef Anne Desjardins, the owner of the restaurant l’Eau à la Bouche in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec. This soup is one of 100 recipes available in Mindfull, an e-cookbook published by Baycrest, a cognitive neuroscience research institute in Ontario. Ingredients 1 butternut squash (about

Vegans Have Fun, Too

The Great Life Cookbook: Whole Food, Vegan, Gluten-Free Meals for Large Gatherings By Priscilla Timberlake and Lewis Freedman, RD “Nearly every Friday for the last 17 years, we have hosted locally grown, macrobiotic vegan dinners in our country home in upstate New York,” writes Priscilla Timberlake. “Our intention with this

Counter the additives in snack food

Here are a few easy recipes to replace your munchie-aisle favourites

Should we be eating like cavemen?

Our bodies evolved to a hunter-gatherer diet