With the holidays officially behind us and a brand new year ahead, my husband Allen & I wanted to kick off 2014 with a renewing detox. We felt it would be a great way to give our immune systems a boost by ridding them of the impurities that undoubtedly built up over the very indulgent holiday season. This is our first time doing a weeklong detox, so we definitely wanted to avoid any extreme juice-only cleanses. Instead, we chose a food-based plan consisting of nutrient dense foods that are easy on the digestive system.

After researching several detox plans/rules, I pulled together a week’s worth of recipes below drawing heavily from Whole Living’s detox menu and Goop’s winter detox, since they share the same medical expert. I tried to choose recipes that had a lot of overlapping ingredients to cut down on costs and chopping/prep. On Sunday…

Are you ready to get the healthy eating back on track after the indulgence and partying of 2013?
Whether your trousers are feeling a bit tight or whether you simply want to banish the sluggish feeling of winter comfort eating… it’s time to feel re-energised and ready for a healthy, happy 2014.

Did you make any foodie New Year’s resolutions this year? I’ve already spotted lots of great blog posts about reducing meat, dairy, refined sugar etc.
I haven’t made a resolution as such, but I would really like to include more raw food into my diet this year – one of the big motivators was Vegfest London back in October. The cookery demonstrations were great fun and featured lots of raw food ideas that got me really excited. ( I never thought I would write ‘raw’ and ‘excited’ in the same sentence!)
Chad Sarno, an awesome chef and…

As many of you already know, kale is very good for our health since it is loaded with all kinds of antioxidants and essential nutrients. So, here is one of my family’s favorite kale recipes that we first tasted at a favorite restaurant on Cape Cod.

~ A head of cauliflower, chopped into small florets

~ About 8 cups of rinsed kale

~ 1/2 cup of sprinkled blue cheese ( optional)

Chop half a head of cauliflower into small florets and saute in a tablespoon of olive oil at medium heat for three minutes. This will soften and crisp the cauliflower and remove some bitterness.

Remove from skillet and sprinkle over half a head of finely chopped kale. (Kale tastes better in smaller pieces!)

Drizzle two tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Sprinkle with pepper and garnish with small crumbles of blue cheese.

Serves…