Howdy y’all! Everyone have a good weekend? How amazing was this past Saturday’s weather? I mean it was practically t-shirt and shorts weather. Do you know what else kind of weather it was? Salad for dinner weather. This spring season is also the season we have salad for dinner about twice a week. I love…
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How To: Healthy Sides – Honey Roasted Carrots with Tahini Yogurt Sauce
Grilling season is almost upon us! Woo hoo! FINALLY! After enduring a long and extremely cold winter, I can now see the light! This past weekend the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and I bought my first pair of capris for this season. Spring is here! Time to break open the bbq and…
How to: Quickie Meal – Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce Pizza
Italian-thai fusion. So hot right now. Or, I made that up to hook you. But please friends, for the love of Pete, you’ve got to try this. I’ve seen different takes on the thai/pizza infusion throughout the blogosphere and while intrigued, have always been a little skeptical. I decided to revamp a recipe from Kevin…
How To: Quickie Meal – One-Pot Farro with Chickpeas, Tomatoes, Kale, and Feta
Mondays after a long weekend are always rough. You’ve had a blissful three day weekend to celebrate Passover or Easter, the weather was actually spring like for one of the days, and the sun was shining most of the weekend. And then comes Monday – back to the grind. I also had the lovely…
How to: Recipe Makeover – Twice Baked Chipotle Sweet Potatoes
Coming up with new, exciting ideas for the blog can be challenging. My fave is to use the seasons as my guide, because fresh seasonal food is always inspirational. But y’know…March in Canada is just real bitch for seasonal produce. Hurry uuuup rhubarb! After a good powwow with the gals in my office, I’ve got a…
How To: Slow Cooker – Lentil and Carrot Curry Stew
As of this past Friday, it is officially spring! Can we finally say good bye to that cold winter weather?? I am so done with the heavy winter jacket, boots, hats, and gloves. Bring on the capri pants, tank tops, and spring jackets. Now winter isn’t all doom and gloom – there is one…
How to: Make your own – Indian Saag with Tofu
I just realized…this post can totally do double duty as a St. Patrick’s Day post. Because green! I was a skeptic the first time I tried saag (with paneer, a fresh indian cheese) many moons ago. It’s not super, um, visually appealing let’s say. But the flavour. The flavour, guys! I can’t even remember where…