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Holiday (Nut Quinoa Millet) Loaf The healthiest protein and grains, gluten-free and plant-based (vegan) too…The most delicious, holiday meal ever. When I think of creating memories around a dinner table and I need a beautiful, healthy ‘family meal’ – this is my ‘go-to’ recipe. This fabulous main entrée does it all. It has two optimally nutritious seeds/grains in it (Quinoa and Millet), I like it for it’s comfort food quality in cooler weather and it is great as a ‘leftover’ lunch or dinner the next day (I love this loaf used for sandwiches the next day). Nuts, Quinoa, Millet and Lentils make this loaf super spectacular and super-charged full of nutrition. You’re getting your healthy complete protein, essential complex carbohydrates and TONS of fibre and high quality fats all in one package – Your tummy will thank me. This turned out so incredibly delicious, I can’t wait for an occasion to make it again.…

The older I get, the faster life flies by and summer, is well….sort of over, and we are now approaching fall? Saying that, we now get to focus on savoury comfort foods at Kelly’s Bake Shoppe and LettuceLove Cafe  (Erinn’s favourite time of year!). As I said in an earlier post, I LOVE pumpkin every day of the year, it doesn’t have to be cold weather for me. Pumpkin is a warming or comforting flavour, it’s easy to work with and totally full of a different kind of nutrition, that we really don’t get enough of during the other seasons. Pumpkin is incredibly rich in vital anti-oxidants and vitamins like Vitamin A (a cancer protective anti-oxidant and one serving of pumpkin gives us 246% RDA). This humbly healthy vegetable is very low in calories yet a tremendous source of Copper, Magnesium (Bone Health), Calcium (who needs a cow?!), Phosphorus, Potassium. It is also…

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