by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jan 30, 2014 | Food, Recipe
I didn’t know that I would love borscht so much, but yum! Borscht Recipe Immune boosting, warming, and pretty easy to make 1 medium onion (diced)4 cups broth (chicken or vegetable)1 cup water4 medium red beets (peeled and diced)1 large potato (diced)2 carrots...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 18, 2013 | Digestion, Food, Recipe
Ok, so mulled wine isn’t the typical for healthy recipes. But is a holiday one. And it is delicious. While I rarely have alcohol, a bit of this before a large meal may help you digest your food! I’ve included the herbs chen pi (tangerine peel) and shan zha...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 28, 2013 | Food, Recipe
What’s better than a pumpkin spice latté? A pumpkin spice power smoothie! Why? Because… 1. Though the caffeine of a latté will give you energy initially, many feel the post-caffeinated crash a couple of hours later. This smoothie–with its blood...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Sep 29, 2013 | Food, Recipe
I’m off on holidays this October, heading to Italy! So, I thought my good friend, Chef Luisa Rios’ recipe for zucchini cakes would be a great recipe to share because I read that zucca is the Italian word for pumpkin or squash and so zucchini was derived...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 8, 2013 | Food, Recipe
You may not expect to read about a food truck drink on a health blog. Certainly, many of the options available from food trucks are not health foods, though there are now better options than there once were–hot dogs, chips, and pop. It was at the Kitsilano...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | May 8, 2013 | Food, Recipe
I love food! But I’m not fond of cooking. I like a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, but sometimes find it challenging to implement enough in quantity and variety. So, I bought a Nutribullet. I thought about buying a Vitamix. I thought about that for a LONG...
