Category: Recipes

Corn-free Tortilla Chips and Summer Salsa

Corn-free Tortilla Chips and Summer Salsa

The tortilla chip is a marvelous thing. It’s salty, crunchy, textured, and goes well with just about anything. If you’re not down with corn, or you’re looking for a light summertime snack, the classic tortilla chip just doesn’t fit the bill.

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Deluxe Cherry and Fennel Salad

Deluxe Cherry and Fennel Salad

We made it to Calgary! The dogs are ecstatic, we’re overjoyed, and the car is happy to be resting. When I was in Calgary a couple of weeks ago to look for a home for us, little pieces aligned and, miraculously, Kevin and I were able to get our Airdrie home back. The universe works…

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Healthy Lemonade

Healthy Lemonade

I got home from Calgary late Sunday night and all I could think about was lemonade. Not just any lemonade, the (good) homemade stuff. The 10 lemon crushing, finger stinging, water and sugar boiling, lemonade. And not just a glass of it, I wanted a big ‘ol pitcher of it.

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No bake Cinnamon Raisin Granola Bars

No bake Cinnamon Raisin Granola Bars

I’ve never been evacuated from my home. I’ve never shoveled wet mud over my basement windows, or stacked sandbags in front of my garage. I’ve never had my home torn into pieces by a river. I’ve never seen my valuables soaked in 8 feet of water. I’ve never had to pick pine needles from my…

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Vanilla Nut Hemp Milk

Vanilla Nut Hemp Milk

Oh jeez, Calgary is rocking my world right now. I’m happy. I’m smiling. I’m all lit up. I attended my sister’s convocation (the scientific cookie of the family!), spent Papa’s day with my Dad, girls night with Mom… it’s been nourishing.

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4 New Recipes and Dairy-free Alternatives

4 New Recipes and Dairy-free Alternatives

Banana soft serve, a simple tomato salad, chocolate spread and flat bread… I’m sharing 4 delicious (new) recipes today that’ll ignite your creativity around all the yummy things that you can do with goat dairy. It’s a recipe party up in here!

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5 Ingredient Hazelnut Toffee Squares

5 Ingredient Hazelnut Toffee Squares

Food memory throwbacks are the best kind of memories. The smells, the tastes, they’re essential to our life experience and should continue to be experienced even if  allergies, sensitivities, or a change in eating style threaten to ruin the show. Allergies aside, I bet there are a handful of foods that ignite your creativity, stunt…

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My new Omega 8006 Juicer

My new Omega 8006 Juicer

I am overly impressed with my new Omega 8006 Juicer. The feed chute on the 8006 is fairly small, so produce needs to be cut up into tiny small pieces. The prep work required to make a juice is longer than with my previous Breville juicer, but the juice that comes out of this beast…

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Sweet Potato Chocolate Milk

Sweet Potato Chocolate Milk

Have you ever had one of those months that’s so packed with activities that you’re not sure if you’re going to mentally, physically or emotionally live to tell the tale? June is shaping up to be one of those months. While everything that’s going on is a bit overwhelming, it’s also very exciting, momentous, and…

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