Blog Topic: Nutrition

CIH Buddha Bowl Recipe

Sweet Potato Kale Chickpea with Tahini Dressing 2 Tbsp olive, melted coconut, or grape seed oil 1/2 red onion, sliced in wedges 2 large sweet potatoes, halved 1 bundle (227 g) broccolini, large stems removed, chopped 2 big handfuls kale, larger stems removed 1/4 tsp...

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Food and Mood

Food and Mood

  I get irritable for no reason I'm not me. This isn't me. My emotions are all over the place I get emotional for no reason and it bothers me Everything in life has a rhythm.  The moon, the water, the plants.  and of course our moods have a rhythm. That's...

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Beyond Mindful Eating

Beyond Mindful Eating

Eating mindfully doesn't mean we have to eat in silence or without pleasure and fun.  Eating healthfully doesn't mean you can't enjoy your favorite foods.  The new term is Compassion Inspired Eating. Compassion is gentle, relaxed without struggle. It means giving...

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Johanne’s Tofu Satay

Johanne’s Tofu Satay

Artist Johanne Galipeau is a long term friend offers this simple, heart warming meal on cold, winter nights.  2 cloves garlic – minced 1 tablesp vinegar 1/4 c. peanut butter 2 tablesp. vegetable oil 1 teasp grated ginger root 2 teasp honey 1/4 c soya sauce 1/2 teasp...

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Kindfulness

Kindfulness

Mindfulness practice helps us become more aware of what we are experiencing, while we are experiencing it. So we can start to observe ourselves when we are feeling different emotions and reactions and learn how not to react in the moment.  It helps if we can do this...

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Self-Compassion with Our Eating

Self-Compassion with Our Eating

Self-Compassion is needed whenever I find myself: disapproving and judgmental fixating on nutrients or calories focusing on what's wrong with my body eating more than I want or less than I need binging or purging believing that this pain will never change angry at...

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Eating to the Point of Energy

Eating to the Point of Energy

"that point in the meal when you finish still feeling a little hungry, but the kind of hungry that can easily be translated into a hunger to do the next thing." Marc David, Institute for the Psychology of Eating There is a radical new way (which really is a age old...

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Eating out and about

Eating out and about

AT … WHAT TO EAT … the movies Small popcorn without added butter or margarine Frozen fruit yogurt Water or small size of fruit juice … the mall Stir-fry vegetables/tofu with steamed rice Bean burrito (ask for whole wheat) Sandwich or wrap on sprouted whole grain,...

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