Warm, simple, and deeply grounding, this adzuki bean porridge is a return to slow nourishment. Truth be told, it was actually my go to one-pot breakfast during my early postpartum days! Made with a blend of adzuki beans, black beans, black-eyed beans, creamy taro and gently warming ginger, it's the perfect meal for the transition into Winter and requires both minimal prep and washing. This may be your next default meal too! In Ayurveda, beans can be drying and difficult to d

I remember Tahl Rinsky (from Haum Yoga in Byron) once writing about breastfeeding her firstborn in the middle of the night and thinking, “If I don’t feed this baby, she will die. ” That’s a lot of responsibility. How incredible that life really is so fragile! Yet how simple the solution can be if we want to maintain it. Some of you may already know that Dean and I are now new parents! We had a secluded home birth with our amazing midwife ( Midwife Rach ), and chose to keep bu

Skip the store-bought dumplings this time and try making your own. Dean and I have been spending our date nights leaning into simple, tactile rituals, things we can do with our hands, side by side. Dumpling-making has become one of them. It’s grounding, quietly connecting, and leaves us with something nourishing for the days ahead. This is a slow and grounding recipe to make with friends or a loved-one. Quite a few of you asked for the recipe, so here it is. It’s simple, nou

Convenience is something most of us were never taught to question. It quietly entered our lives under the promise of ease, efficiency, and freedom. Faster meals. Faster communication. Faster solutions. And somewhere along the way, we began to equate convenience with care for ourselves. But convenience is not as promising as it seems. It’s led us to trade food, our natural medicine, for pills and prescriptions . It has trained our nervous system to expect immediacy and teache

Serves: 90 loads Time: 5 minutes We’ve been making our own laundry detergent and it's the easiest thing to do.... I'm wondering why we haven't incorporated recipes like these into our school curriculum. Not only is it simple, low tox and effective, but creative too. My favourite part of this process is having the luxury of changing up the essential oils and scents to our liking with each wash. Here’s our quick non-toxic laundry detergent that lasts a minimum of 90 loads of re