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Category: Nutrition

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Chickpea, Miso & Tahini Sauce

03.10.2015

Filed Under: Nutrition, Kid Friendly, Egg Free, Main Course, Vegan, Healthy Snacks, Healthy Food, Lunch, Dinner, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free

I remember this time of year as harvest when I was growing up on a farm near Lethbridge. The harvest of the acres and acres of grain fields but also our garden. Digging up and storing potatoes, carrots and onions from my parents’ gigantic garden. With seven children in our home it meant we survived […]

Quinoa & Coconut Breakfast Bowl

01.10.2015

Filed Under: Healthy Food, Breakfast, Nutrition, Dairy Free, Kid Friendly

My furnace crashed a few days ago and I’m certain that I have been frozen since. It’s back up and running this morning thankfully and thanks to the angel of a man at the gas company for doing me a favour. Still not able to drink a smoothie or eat anything cold I came up […]

Roasted Carrots & Fennel with Tahini Dressing

Filed Under: Egg Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Kid Friendly, Main Course, Healthy Food, Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables, Nutrition, Dinner

Even as simple as roasted vegetables are I still find them the most satisfying part of autumn meals. Ask me if I love a raw carrot as much as a roasted carrot and I will quite likely not choose raw. Transforming simple ingredients into a beautiful dish is what I love most. Topped with a […]

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

22.09.2015

Filed Under: Baked Goods, Healthy Snacks, Healthy Food, Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables, Nutrition, Breakfast, Kid Friendly

Chocolate zucchini cake is a nostalgic treat for me. This cake makes me think of home and childhood memories including my sister blowing out candles on a very similar cake recipe to this. It’s been one of my sister’s birthday cakes since I can remember. When I came across a recipe in one of my […]

Beet, Basil & Lime Pesto

18.08.2015

Filed Under: Healthy Food, Paleo, Gluten Free, Kid Friendly, Nutrition, Healthy Snacks, Egg Free

I have a crazy addiction to beets. I’m usually roasting a pan of beets every week for tossing in salads and making beet dips. This dip was designed with one of my clients in mind. She will probably read this but she has sensitivities to everything (almost everything) including garlic, dairy, lemon and nuts. You […]