Beans beans the magical fruit…the more you eat, the more you… add plant-based protein and fibre to your diet! What? The intention of todays post was to share a delicious and easy recipe for a meatless main using beans. (Shout out to my colleague and dedicated blog follower Lynn who inspired this recipe with her…
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How to: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Crisp mornings and cool nights mean fall is totally here. Love it. In the kitchen, this means it’s comfort food time! Soups, stews, casseroles and slow cooker meals are now making their way onto my weekly menu. Hallelujah! This week, I was inspired to use squash after a phenomenal dinner at Yours Truly. One of the courses…
How to: Frittata
Have you adopted the meatless Monday thing? All the cool kids are doing it. We’re a mostly meatless home these days, but we do an official meatless Monday with friends of ours and alternate hosting duties each week. What I won’t tell you is that we pair our meat free nights with the Bachelor/ Bachelorette/…
How To: Braised Beef
We’ve recently been posting many vegetarian focused recipes and tips. We both tend to cook very “veg-centric” meals at home, and truly think a meal centered around whole grains and seasonal veggies is delicious…seriously! But there are times when only a succulent and juicy piece of red meat will do. And that time, is now!…
How to: Big Batch Casserole-Cauliflower Mac and Cheese
I think that the word casserole can sometimes have a negative connotation. Maybe when you hear casserole you think of a super creamy and stinky tuna casserole? Or maybe you associate it with “leftover night” from your childhood where all the previous days leftovers were thrown together and baked in the oven, to try to create a new…
How To: Order in Easy and Healthy
Most nights of the week, we are pretty good at getting a home cooked meal on the table. And generally, when we want to eat out…we eat out. But there are just some nights when a longer than expected day at work leaves you drained and even too tired to heat up any leftovers or…
How to: Salmon made Easy, Easier and Easiest
It occurred to us that we’ve really been focusing on vegetarian recipes, but I swear, we’re omnivores! Let’s ease in to animal products shall we? Fish is on regular rotation in both our homes, and the usual suspects for weeknight cooking include salmon, trout and tilapia. Salmon has great flavour and texture and it’s a…