Registered Holistic Nutritionist & Fitness Consultant

  This pumpkin puree makes the perfect natural, homemade baby food or can be used to make soup, baked goods, shakes, sauces, pumpkin filled pasta and much more. Just make it and use it fresh, or freeze it for later. Add some nutrition to your recipes with vitamin and mineral rich pumpkin!    What you’ll need:  one small pumpkin 1 cup water chef's knife food pro...

  Callaloo is the national dish of Trinidad and Tobago. It’s full of nutrients and especially rich in iron, folic acid and lycopene. Sometimes it's a soup and other times it's a thick sauce to accompany meat or vegetables. There are several ways to make it, some like adding crab or salt fish, or keeping it vegetarian with provisions (root vegetables), split-peas, okra, or other leafy g...

  This nourishing vegetable stock is simple yet very flavorful, and can be used in any soup recipe to enrich the taste.  Make sure to save and freeze all your vegetable scraps in advance, to avoid having to buy fresh veggies.   Imige taken from Simple Bites Ingredients and Procedure: Put vegetable trimmings and peelings – onions, potatoes, carrots, leeks, celery (and le...

  This makes a very hearty and thick vegetarian (vegan) split pea soup. To make it thinner, simply reduce the amount of split peas or add more water. This soup is highly nourishing and full of flavour!   Image from Fried or Sizzlin    Ingredients: 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 bay leaf 4-6 cloves garlic, minced   2 cups dried split pea...

  After a long and wonderful vacation with much indulgence and some late nights, I felt the need to give my immune system a boost, especially with the recent outbreak of Dengue here in Trinidad and Tobago.  Some fresh juicing, much needed sleep, exercise and miso soup did the trick.  I recommend its use for healing. Miso is a paste made from fermented soybeans, sea salt, and koj...