Sale on avocados this week! Needs some ideas? In addition to this wicked salad, here are 4 more from our kitchens to yours: Chocolate Avocado Mousse Fettuccine with Creamy Avocado Sauce Avocado Chicken Salad Classic Guacamole This salad is a really easy and fresh side. Serve along side fish, chicken, anything barbecued or toss in some…
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How To: Healthy Sides – Mexican Street Corn Salad
It may seem a bit early in the season to be sharing a recipe featuring corn but I just couldn’t help myself. Two reasons for this – 1. It SO felt like summer this past weekend. And summer equals barbecue. And barbecue equals corn. 2. My daughter’s new favourite food – corn. Hence – if…
How To: Seasonal Cooking – Spinach Salad Bowls with Candied Walnuts and Honey Basil Dressing
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…
How To: Healthy Lunch – Curry Roasted Butternut Squash, Chickpea, and Kale Salad with Tahini Dressing
It’s time to get back to reality folks. The holiday season has come and gone, school is back in session, and vacation time is over. I must say, I really didn’t mind being at work over the past two weeks. There was no traffic, I got the best parking spots, and everyone just seemed happier….
How To: Seasonal Cooking – Farro Salad with Roasted Winter Vegetables, Tofu, and Goat Cheese
I posted a teaser pic of this salad on instagram and claimed we had a new favourite grain in town. Move over quinoa – farro has arrived. I’m a sucker for texture and farro has got me hooked. It’s like the chewier and heartier cousin to brown rice. And it combines perfectly with a smattering…
How to: Healthy Sides – Warm Roasted Cauliflower and Barley Salad
Salads are healthy. Yet, I’m cold. Ergo, my new rule is warm salads only. Because winter blows. Barley has been my muse lately. The first time I made this salad, it was with leftover barley from my frozen burrito recipe. I like to make a whackload at once and eat it in everything. It’s super…
How To: Healthy Lunch – Asian Tofu and Vegetable Chopped Salad
I always know that summer is over when I have to don a long sleeve shirt before heading out on my early morning run. Fall is nearly here and that means winter is also just around the corner. Sorry to burst your warm weather bubble. Growing up my family would escape Canada’s very cold winter…