by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 23, 2025 | Food, Health Tips, Recipe
The holidays are a time for gathering with family and friends. And part of that is enjoying delicious food and drinks! Whether you’re hosting a festive get-together or curling up with loved ones by the fire, these non-alcoholic and nourishing beverages are sure to...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Apr 21, 2025 | Food, Health Tips, In the News, My Nutrition Book, Recipe
I thought I’d share an excerpt from my book, Modern Chinese Medicine Food Cures: A Personalized Approach. I chose my segment on egg substitutes because it’s always good to have options, whether you’re looking to avoid buying eggs or you simply ran...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | May 19, 2024 | Food, Recipe
Before I lived in Japan (1995-97), matcha was something I had never heard of in Canada. I had it only in hot water as a ceremonial tea in Japan, so I was surprised when I returned to Canada and it became popularized here in matcha lattes. You NEVER add milk and/or...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 29, 2021 | Digestion, Food, Healthy Habits, immune boosting, immune system, Recipe
Sauerkraut Recipe Today I hosted an online gathering of friends. Pre-COVID, we used to meet at my place to do crafting, but a couple of months ago I decided we have to meet up again now, so I checked in with them about teaching each other something in an online group....
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 14, 2020 | Food, Recipe
Well, I’m actually not a big fan of ice cream. I mostly lost my appetite for ice cream while working in ice cream shops as a youth. I started to loathe the delicious dessert because of scraping and wiping ice cream off too many surfaces, freezing my butt off...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jun 2, 2018 | Food, Recipe
I normally have oatmeal for breakfast and I prefer this non-ice cream non-dairy ice cream as a snack, but you can have it for breakfast, if you like. In fact, the reason why I thought about this is because one of my patients told me that she makes something along this...
