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Plant-based weekend Menu (A guide for sharing great food with friends, without the fuss)

by Shauna Gardiner August 31, 2020

Last weekend some amazing old friends from Calgary came to spend a long weekend with us. It has been 12 years since we left Calgary for Kelowna, and until now, …

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What is the Healthiest Diet on the Planet?

by Shauna Gardiner May 3, 2020

These past 7 weeks have been quite eye opening haven’t they? This experience has shed some light on our food systems and how reliant we are on others for our …

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Eating for the times

by Shauna Gardiner March 24, 2020

We all know that these are crazy times. Situations are unfolding that are unprecedented in the human race. I want to share my thoughts and feelings with you as we …

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Aging! Who me?

by Shauna Gardiner November 30, 2019

Last weekend was filled with cooking, eating and celebrating my birthday. I am so grateful to be alive and healthy on this big ball we call Earth. My friends and …

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Soy- it is healthy? What do I do with it? and stories of Breast Cancer

by Shauna Gardiner September 19, 2019

Today’s topic is a food that has been both demonized and hailed as life saving… Soy, namely tofu. It is one of those touchy topics that sometimes makes people a …

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Grandma Katie’s Oat Bran Muffins

by Shauna Gardiner July 12, 2019

This past weekend, our 18 year old daughter went on a road trip with friends to the Calgary Stampede. I dropped her off and anxiously watched as she and three …

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VegFest and compassionate living

by Shauna Gardiner May 31, 2019

This past Sunday a small group of caring Kelowna women and men hosted VegFest, a celebration of all things vegan. They called it VegFest, instead of Kelowna Vegan Festival, which …

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Mighty Miso Soup and a 50th Birthday celebration!

by Shauna Gardiner April 12, 2019

Somehow spring seemed to have disappeared today and I found myself shivering in my parka as we planned out the irrigation and planting at our community vegetable garden.   I felt …

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Cheezy Black Bean Chili and Healthy Eating

by Shauna Gardiner January 29, 2019

Our weather here in Kelowna this January has been amazingly warm and sunny,  but still, it is the season for pulling out our pressure cookers and cooking up hot chilis …

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Africa! Kenyan Irio

by Shauna Gardiner January 10, 2019

I’ve been a bit of a slacker lately… If I had been really organized, I would have arranged for my posts to be completed and set to post on preset …

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My name is Shauna and I am a passionate Whole Food Plant Based mom of two teenagers, eager to share knowledge of the benefits of a plant based diet.

Plant Based Nutrition Certificate, T. Colin Campbell Centre for Nutritional Studies, E-Cornell University May 2016 | Nutrition and Healthy Living Certificate, E-Cornell, September 2018 | Bachelor of Education, University of Saskatchewan

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