Good Eats

Making Kombucha

April 03, 2020

sola skincare kombucha recipe

Kombucha is good for gut health and full of healthy probiotics. Plus it just tastes good.

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Swiss Mountain Shortbread

December 16, 2019

Since I received these cookies in a cookie exchange from my friend’s mom 10 years ago (Hi Mrs. Copes!!), this is one recipe I make each holiday season. They are delicious.

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Good Eats // Summer salad with killer dressing

May 26, 2017

salad solaskincare
The salad I eat daily, deconstructed.

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How Overeating Sugar Affects Our Skin's Health

April 04, 2017

Eating Too Much Sugar

We all love to indulge in a treat once in awhile, but overeating sugar can negatively impact our skin’s health. Read on to learn more about how sugar affects our skin.

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Wellness Ritual: Nightly Herbal Tea to De-Stress

February 24, 2017

 

Herbal Tea Flat Lay
The ritual of drinking herbal tea has many health and wellness benefits. Our body relaxes priming the body for restorative sleep, sipping warm herbal tea also dilates the lymphatic channels ensuring the flow of toxins and waste and many herbal teas have healing properties and are often chock full of anti-inflammatory ingredients.

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Making your own Sauerkraut

September 07, 2016

We made our own Sauerkraut, find out how and why.

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Make your own Almond Milk

July 01, 2016 1 Comment

almond milk recipe
Homemade almond milk is healthy, inexpensive, easy to make and totally delicious! Whether you're dairy-free by choice or you just like to mix it up when it comes to milk options, homemade almond milk makes a tasty alternative to conventional dairy.
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Our go-to granola bar recipe

March 01, 2016

We try to make lots of healthy snacks at home so we don't need to rely on a lot of store-bought packaged snacks. They're often healthier, more cost effective, create less waste, and just taste better.

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Oat Flour Pancakes

February 06, 2016

oat flour pancakes sola skincare

A Saturday morning tradition

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

January 06, 2016

The girls had some friends over after school and I wanted to bake some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, containing less sugar than an old recipe I’ve used in the past.

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Hot Cocoa Mix

December 23, 2015

Consumable gifts are great. They are green, usually come in reusable packaging or glass, and almost always guaranteed to be delicious. Well, I suppose that last point isn’t always true, but for the most part it is :)

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Homemade Carrot Coconut Curry Soup

November 24, 2015

Recently we purchased a spray-free veggie box from local farm God’s Little Acre in Surrey BC. The box was *full* of amazing veggies. I looked at all the wonderful carrots, and thought… soup.  I needed to make soup.

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