Sari, Author at Alive+Fit

March 22, 2022 Sari

Easy peasy slow cooker beans

By Sari Huhtala

These homemade beans are perfect for people on the run, and oh so tasty. If you haven’t read the ingredient label on canned beans lately, now’s a good time to start. Conventional canned cooked beans are prepared … [More...]

Remedies

March 22, 2022 Sari

Homesteading: stocking up your spice rack

By Sari Huhtala

If you’ve ever grown oregano in your garden, you probably realized this prolific perennial produces enough to satisfy the ongoing needs of an Italian eatery. I’ve discovered an amazingly easy way to dry and save those excess … [More...]

Vegan

March 22, 2022 Sari

Power-packed vegan grilled “cheese”

By Sari Huhtala

Give this vegan grilled “cheese” sandwich a try. You may find it tastier than a grilled cheese made with those plastic-wrapped, fluorescent-coloured, cheese product slices, and undoubtedly much healthier.

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups water

1/3 cup rolled

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Natural Healing

March 22, 2022 Sari

Exercise, statins, age deplete CoQ10, vital for heart health

By Sari Huhtala

Who knew that taking statins, cholesterol lowering drugs, can interfere with your body’s natural ability to produce a coenzyme vital for heart health? Seems a little counterintuitive, but researchers have found statins “routinely result in lower levels” … [More...]

Weight Loss & Fitness

February 25, 2022 Sari

Between the lines: Cancer surge linked to mass marketing aimed at women

By Sari Huhtala

For over 40 years women used caustic Lysol and Dettol as a vaginal douche, even recommended by doctors, or so the media touted, and until the late 60s Lysol was considered the number one birth control agent … [More...]

Holistic Nutrition & Prevention

February 25, 2022 Sari

Health savvy: ways to avoid toxic BPA in canned foods

By Sari Huhtala

When I first started publishing Alive and Fit in 2007 I had an interesting conversation with a naturopath. She was treating a three-year-old who had started her menstrual cycle. The cause? Xenoestrogens, estrogen mimickers, from bisphenol A … [More...]

Weight Loss & Fitness

January 25, 2022 Sari

Health savvy: 5 top health-wise shopping tips

By Sari Huhtala

Last week at the grocery store I interrupted a woman as she was grabbing a bag of cultivated frozen blueberries out of the freezer, to let her know for a dollar more she could buy frozen wild … [More...]

Soups

January 25, 2022 Sari

Vegan pea soup

By Sari Huhtala

I’m convinced the sweet flavour of leeks turns an everyday pea soup into a palate-pleasing meal that even those who snub their noses at pea soup would enjoy. Those who don’t normally enjoy a typical ham-based pea … [More...]

Recipes

January 24, 2022 Sari

Farmhouse bread

By Sari Huhtala

I love baking this bread. It not only requires no kneading, it’s hearty and delicious, and it looks like something one would buy from a fancy bake shop. Your family will be wowed!

Farmhouse bread

3 1/4

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Desserts

December 13, 2021 Sari

The 3-ingredient cookie

By Sari Huhtala

I can’t think of an easier, more versatile cookie recipe than this one. It literally is made with three ingredients, it’s vegan, gluten-free, and healthy enough you’ll want to serve it to your kids for breakfast.

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