Healthy Power Chocolate Chip Cookies Rating: 51 Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 15 minutesTotal Time: 25 minutes Sweets and desserts always taste good, but sometimes the effect they have on the body is not so good. Desserts cause blood sugar level to increase, which can lead to a variety of [...]

Italian Bean and Tomato Soup Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 45 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour Yield: 4Calories per serving: 149.3Fat per serving: 3.9g A savory medley of legumes and vegetables simmered in a rich sauce, this soup is the perfect meal for a cold winter’s evening – especially when served [...]

There are many reasons why you may want to grow your own grapes. For example, you may want to save a little money on your groceries, or you might only want to consume organic grapes instead of grapes that are sprayed with chemicals and pesticides. However, not everyone can grow [...]

Gardens are good ways to grow your own vegetables, cut down on your grocery bill, and an excellent way to deal with kitchen waste through composting. Gardening has become a popular environment friendly activity like installing solar panels and recycling. However figuring out how to dig, compost, plant and care for the entire [...]

Whether or not you have tried a bit of dried seaweed at an Asian restaurant, you should carefully consider the possibility of adding this sea vegetable to your diet. The health benefits of this Asian staple are amazing, and you can doctor it up in a variety of ways to [...]

As critically thinking consumers are beginning to realize, food labels are not immune to the elusive wordplay and downright deception used by major manufacturers and advertisers. The use of words like “natural” and “organic” on custom product labels, for example, is so widespread that many consumers can’t distinguish between the [...]

Tomato Tofu Stuffed Eggplant (Vegan) Rating: 51 Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 45 minutesTotal Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes Yield: Serves 4Calories per serving: 139.0Fat per serving: 8.4 g A Mediterranean dish that is enjoyed from Turkey to Spain, stuffed eggplant suits a variety of flavors and ingredients. Using the [...]

Seed Soldier, scientist and agricultural activist Dr. Vandana Shiva recently sat down with another favourite of mine: Canadian media icon George Stroumboulopoulos, for this wonderful interview in which she speaks of the importance of biological diversity— as well as the ties between the food, seed and pharmacological industries that threaten [...]

Summer and barbecuing go hand-in-hand. Eco-friendly families are concerned about the release of carbon dioxide during the beautiful weather and Fourth of July season. Research scientists from the US Department of Energy, provide data that the Fourth of July season releases approximately 225,000 metric tons of this toxin into our [...]

When it comes to agricultural pollution, few sources compare to what the beef industry emits annually.  But if eco-friendly consumers needed another reason to refuse red meat, it’s the findings of a recent Harvard study that links the food source with 10% of early deaths in the industrialized world.  In [...]