Sari, Author at Alive+Fit

March 22, 2025 Sari

Spuds: a humble superfood

By Sari Huhtala

I remember my mother recounting her childhood days, with siblings gathered around the dinner table, a dozen hungry mouths ready to dig into a meal of potatoes and baked bread. I wondered how on earth they sustained … [More...]

Natural Health

March 22, 2025 Sari

Three-ingredient homemade wraps

By Sari Huhtala

Inquiring minds want to know how on earth bread manufacturers need 15 plus ingredients to make a tortilla wrap, when you and I can make our own wrap in less than five minutes, from beginning to end, … [More...]

Vegan

March 22, 2025 Sari

Energy lover’s breakfast

By Sari Huhtala

This super easy, superfood breakfast bowl combines the protein power of nut butters in a delicious sauce, drizzled on top of antioxidant-packed berries and fruits. Sprinkle on a few superfoods and you have the perfect breakfast to … [More...]

Recipes

February 20, 2025 Sari

Eating for your chakras: hearty Moroccan stew

By Sari Huhtala

This nutrient-dense, hearty stew is always a crowd pleaser, and its blend of healing spices add extra nourishment for the body. It was gifted to me about 15 years ago at a chakra workshop that I was … [More...]

Natural Healing

February 20, 2025 Sari

Turn your smoothie into a super elixir

By Sari Huhtala

Smoothies may not be top of mind during the winter months, but with a little ingenuity you can turn your everyday ho-hum smoothie into a powerful health tonic that needn’t even be icy cold. Plus, you can … [More...]

Desserts

February 20, 2025 Sari

Super simple homemade chocolate turtles

By Sari Huhtala

This recipe for homemade chocolate “turtles” is a spinoff of a chocolate date bar that was featured in Alive and Fit last year. I created it one day thinking about how to use up some leftover pecans, … [More...]

Weight Loss & Fitness

February 20, 2025 Sari

Grow your own dirt-cheap pea shoot microgreens

By Sari Huhtala

Several times I’ve bought ready-to-eat pea shoots from a grocery store, and it wasn’t until this winter that I realized how easy it is for me to grow my own organic pea shoot microgreens from regular dried … [More...]

Vegan

January 22, 2025 Sari

Gluten-free “breadless crumbs” that double as protein powder

By Sari Huhtala

This easy gluten-free, homemade breadcrumb substitute doubles as a protein powder for your smoothies, soups and stews, and is a fabulous way to add a nutritional boost to your meals.

Dealing with a surplus of yellow split … [More...]

Remedies

January 22, 2025 Sari

Everything you ought to know about baking soda, but never thought to ask

By Sari Huhtala

Baking soda is the key ingredient in some indigestion elixirs, but this natural mineral does more than just trigger burping. Science has shown it can help with everything from slowing the progression of kidney disease to eliminating … [More...]

Weight Loss & Fitness

January 22, 2025 Sari

Sardines: a nutritional champ

By Sari Huhtala

As a Scandinavian, I was raised on delicacies like pickled herring on open-faced rye bread, which later gave rise to sardines on rye. By the time my children were three I had trained their tastebuds to love … [More...]