Registered Holistic Nutritionist & Fitness Consultant

  This quick and easy spinach salad is the perfect snack or lunch. It's filled with nutrients of all sorts! If you want a more sustaining salad, feel free to top it with a hard boiled free-range organic egg or some raw nuts and seeds.  Image from Respect Natural Ingredients: 1 (6 ounce) package fresh baby spinach 1 cup chopped cucumber 1/4 cup sliced fresh mushrooms 1/4 cup chop...

  This salad packs a delicious plant-based protein punch!  It’s perfect to take to work for lunch as it’s incredibly sustaining, and will give you long lasting energy to avoid that mid-afternoon trip to the vending machine. And bonus, it also has great anti-inflammatory properties!   Ingredients: ½ cup quinoa 1 cup vegetable stock (or purified water; stoc...

  During my university years, I used to take a study break (or a few) and walk to the nearest coffee shop to have one of my favourite desserts; date squares.  I must have deluded myself in thinking that these were healthier because of the ingredients like dates and oats.  I was blind to the hydrogenated fat, refined sugar, sulfite-loaded dried dates and other not-so-healthy ingredi...

  Beyond Vitality presented at the Trinidad and Tobago World Peace Festival at the beginning of June. It was a wonderful event! As exhibitors, we showcased raw superfoods, whole food bars, raw cereal and sprouts. I was astonished at the number of people who wanted to learn how to sprout from their own kitchen, and especially with the kids who were interested.  I caught this one little g...

  It's easy to make your own vinaigrette to drizzle over raw leafy greens, pasta salad, steamed vegetables and anything you can imagine!  Try this nutritious olive oil and vinegar based vinaigrette on your next salad.       Ingredients: 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/2 cup Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar 2 teaspoons onion, very finely minced 3 garlic gloves, very fin...

This is a simple, yet classic ceasar salad dressing that is great as a starter.  Add the dressing to your crunchy romaine lettuce and top with homemade whole grain croutons, some sprouts, hempseeds and a touch of parmesan cheese for the perfect ceasar salad.     Ingredients: 1 free-range, very soft egg (boiled 1 minute) 2 cloves garlic, crushed ½ tsp unrefined sea salt...