healthy lifestyle Archives - Kels in Wonderland

July 27, 2020

How to Make a Smoothie Bowl

Banana Strawberry Orange Pineapple dairy free smoothie bowl

+ Pink Smoothie Bowl Recipe If you have internet, and enjoy food, it’s likely that you’ve seen a beautifully curated smoothie bowl pop up once or twice. As a busy mom of twin toddlers, I make almond beverage based smoothies using Natura dairy-free beverages for the kids pretty much every day – but never thought of trying out a smoothie bowl for them. Smoothies have been a hit and I’ve learned that it’s the only way they will consume most vegetables, for sure anything green. But, for whatever reason, they LOVE a green smoothie. Don’[...]

LIFE

April 22, 2019

Why You Should Try a Plant-Based Omega-3

Omega-3s. You’ve heard of them and you’ve probably heard you should take them, but maybe you don’t know why. Let’s break it down real quick. Something you won’t know about me is that in my first second third life (I’m on the fourth now, lol) I was a certified personal trainer focusing on performance-based nutrition. I spent a lot of time helping people build nutrition plans to improve their quality of life – ironically only to let my own slide when becoming a mom – and it was a job that brought me so much joy t[...]

Food & Drink, LIFE

February 27, 2019

Food Guide 101 For Busy Moms

It’s been one month since Canada’s new food guide was released, and a lot of people are saying, "Yay!" to the new guidelines. However, some people (aka moms) are also saying, “Yay, but how am I really supposed to do that?”read more

LIFE

August 16, 2016

How I Find My Calm

Here's a not so shocking secret: I feel stressed out almost all the time. Specifically when I'm working on my computer for long periods of time -- which sucks, considering I work in the digital realm -- but more generally, I feel it at some point every day. Sometimes it's easy to pinpoint the source of my stress, and sometimes the smallest, most insignificant things can get to me. When I get super stressed out I get really anxious and irritable. I have really awful PMS and period cramps. I can't fall asleep or stay asleep for more than 2 hours at a time (and no,[...]