To me, it’s shocking it has taken me this long to post about one of my favourite and oft used quickie meals. Really, there’s not much to it. It’s simple. It’s quick. And there is no recipe, per se. But I feel the need to show you how awesome and meal-like a humble breakfast sandwich…
Archives for August 2013
How To: Healthy Sides – Sugar Snap Pea Slaw with Sesame Miso Dressing
You know those foods that you just can’t stop eating. No matter how full you may be, there is some pull that keeps your hand from reaching in the bag or your spoon from dipping into the bowl. I promise you that this salad will make your fork continue to scrape your plate. The sugar…
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Roasted Tomato Soup with Parmesan Crisps
Whether you notice or not, we categorize each of our new posts. If you shift your gaze slightly to the right (and you’re on a home computer) you’ll see we even have a category tab. We’ve got quickie meals, healthy snacks, big batch meals and about 10 others. Recently, we’ve felt the need to add…
How To: Homemade Granola Bars – Banana and Cranberry Granola Bars
We are big granola bar eaters in this household. They really are the perfect grab and go snack. And prior to our first homemade batch, I would scout out the grocery stores for when our favourite brands were on sale. But after seeing just how easy it was to make my own, no sales are…
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Grilled Peach Farmers’ Market Salad
I really hope you have access to a farmers’ market. If you do, I really hope you take advantage of it. Eating ‘local’ has become remarkably trendy. The local food movement is not just a focus of hardline environmentalists either. Making choices to support our local growers and communities has become popular. Yay! I take…
How To: Snack Healthy – Vanilla Cinnamon Peanut Butter Popcorn
Popcorn – the perfect movie-watching-baseball-enjoying snack. I think my husband could live on popcorn alone. And it seems I have also become somewhat of a popcorn addict. At 33 weeks pregnant, I seem to be having a pregnancy “craving” of sorts. Or, just an excuse to eat this crunchy addictive snack every night of the…
How To: Quickie Meal – Tomato, Basil and White Wine Mussels
It recently occurred to me that we’ve never posted a mussel recipe. Which is basically, unforgivable. What could be more perfect for a back to basics, quick and easy, (mostly) healthy cooking blog? Nothing, I say. Please accept my sincere apologies. Mussels are an inexpensive, easily accessible and unbelievably simple to prepare meal option. I…