a homage to adventure & plant-forward eating
I’ve been making tzatziki at home for years, so I thought it was time for me to finally share a recipe here! Tzatziki dip comes together in ten minutes with just a handful of ingredients, resulting in the creamiest and most refreshing dip. I love …
It’s no secret that I love chocolate. I have never been huge on candy, but chocolate is something that I always keep on hand. I especially love dark chocolate. If we’re getting specific, I love the Lindt Excellence Ecuador 75% Cacao chocolate the most. I …
Nothing says summer to me like fresh, local produce. I’ve grown vegetables for years and have always found it to be very rewarding as well as very fun. When I was a little kid living in Toronto, my best friend Jenny and I used to grow potatoes in her back garden. When the potatoes were ready to harvest the two of us would dress up like pioneers (keep in mind we were like seven years old haha) and dig up the potatoes. Once we had successfully extracted all of the potatoes from the ground, we would take them inside and clean the skins of before chopping them up and making baked French fries. The first year that I grew vegetables in my own garden was when I was 11. I used old crates to grow peas, beans, tomatoes and, what I’m convinced were, the world’s smallest carrots. Now I have a decent sized vegetable garden along the side of my house where I grow tomatoes, root veggies, zucchinis, squash, herbs, beans, peas, peppers, cucumbers and raspberries. Continue reading Mixed Berry Summertime Scones
Not gonna lie, this was a really fun recipe to create. I got to combine three of my fav things: bread, grilled food, and za’atar spice blend! Woo! I’ve made this recipe before using spelt flour (which worked great), but I wanted to try to …
I have very fond childhood memories of my older sister, Emma, whipping up a batch of rice crispy squares after school, which we would then devour whilst watching The Ellen Show. Oh, to be 9 years old again.. But seriously, rice crispy squares are a classic treat.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I work at a bakery, which is pretty ironic considering that I can’t eat 99% of the product that we sell. Lucky for me we do have delicious gluten free and vegan muffins (yay!). Honest to God the vegan muffins that we sell are better than most regular muffins that I’ve had in my lifetime, no joke. Since I love these muffins so much I decided to have a go at making them at home. In my version I swapped refined sugar for maple syrup and I used a blend of chickpea, almond and buckwheat flour to make it not only gluten free, but grain free as well. The three flour blend gives the muffins a very nice texture, I’m quite pleased with how they turned out. Continue reading Vegan Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins
By taking a quick glance out the window it looks as though it’s April out there. Everything is wet, there are only tiny patches of snow remaining and the sky seems to be eternally grey. In case you didn’t know, April is one of my …
During this time of the year I think we all could use a bit of a pick-me-up, right? I’m usually pretty tired when I get home from work, but the fact that it starts to get dark at around 4:30 is definitely not helping to …
There are some things that just put me in a really fantastic mood. Making a perfect batch of hummus is one of those things. You may think that that makes me very lame, but my argument is that you have to enjoy the little things in life and celebrate small victories, you feel? Continue reading Perfect Roasted Garlic Hummus
If you know me, you know I have an array of odd food obsessions. Hummus, anything with sweet potatoes, sushi, watermelon, just to name a few. I also adore nut butter, especially almond based nut butters (I’m not a fan of peanut butter). Honestly, I …
