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Rev up your kitchen and do some smart spring shopping. Here are ten simple ingredients that you'll always find in my shopping cart. They'll look and taste great in your kitchen too!



Whole grains
There are many ways to pack your lifestyle with the even energy and nutrition of whole grains. Oatmeal for breakfast, whole grain bread in your lunch sandwich or barley in your soup for dinner are just a few. I never leave the supermarket without some of them!

Fish
Nowhere else in nature will you find such an ideal blend of great flavour, high protein, low saturated fat and life giving omega-3 fatty acids. Salmon and sardines are some of my family's favourites; we eat more fish than meat on a weekly basis!

Blueberries
Nature's anti-oxidant powerhouse. The deep blue colour of these tasty berries gives them the single highest concentration of anti-oxidants in nature. That means they not only taste great in your oatmeal but they help your body get rid of cellular debris. When fresh blueberries aren't in season, frozen ones will do just fine.

Green leafy vegetables
Dark green spinach and kale pack a nutritious punch. They're low in calories and high in vitamins, minerals and fibre. The darker green the better. A colourful meal is a healthy meal!

Carrots
These are my three-year old son's favourite snack food. They get their orange colour from a nutritious pigment called beta-carotene that your body turns into vitamin A. Gabe has a carrot just about every day and hasn't turned orange yet!

Yogurt
This is my favourite dairy product. It's full of flavour and loaded with protein, vitamins and minerals like calcium. It's also packed with live bacteria! Don't worry, they're friendly and will help your system perform at its best.

Water
If food is the fuel of life then water is the oil. I'm in the habit of drinking six to eight glasses a day. There's nothing wrong with my country tap water but sometimes I like to keep bottled water around for convenience. Drink up!

Flax
Nature's miracle food. Flax oil is packed with the same omega-3 fatty acids that make fish so good for you. Even better, the seeds are packed with protein, fibre, vitamins, minerals and the phytonutrient lignin. For a true healthy boost grind your own seeds or buy flax meal then add some to your breakfast every day!

Dark Chocolate
My favourite food is actually good for me! Dark chocolate is loaded with disease fighting anti-oxidants and lots of minerals. But not all chocolates are created equal. Choose one with at least 70% cocoa. Candy bars and white chocolate don't contain enough real cocoa powder and are too full of fat and sugar to be healthy.

Tea
Believe it or not if you enjoy a cup of tea you could be less likely to have a heart attack. Research shows that tea can also help reduce the risk of certain types of cancer. Tea is loaded with system-scrubbing anti-oxidants making it the perfect break from the busy world!