Happy Thanksgiving! I’m currently working on thanksgiving dinner #2. Yesterday I made 2 pumpkin pies and a pumpkin pudding to send off to a big family dinner I could not attend. All desserts were gluten free and the 2 pumpkin pies were vegan. 1 pie I made with canned pumpkin and the other I made…
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Salad for the Season
This week I could not bring myself to have my nutritious, spirulina, protein punch of a morning smoothie… it was just too cold to swallow So, I had to make a warm breakfast smoothie (more on that in another post). Living in the Northern hemisphere, Fall forces a change in the way I eat. Fresh salads…
Champ
While visiting my grandfather’s hometown in County Down, our relative took us out to a fancy luncheon. When the waitress asked our choice of side for the meal a unanimous “Champ” could be heard. Champ is quite simply the best mashed potatoes you will ever have, but I might be biased. They are also very spring-like…
It’s All Good: BOOK REVIEW & CANDY BARS
Gywneth Paltrow and Julia Turshen wrote a very yummy, good-for-you cookbook called It’s All Good, published in 2013. It was a follow up to their first smash hit, My Father’s Daughter. The central themes of My Father’s Daughter were family, tradition, and comfort. In It’s All Good Paltrow and Turshen focus on foods that will make you feel…
Corn Fritters
I had the recent revelation that one of my favourite easy, breezy meals of summer could be made in the winter (albeit with the help of out-of-season frozen or canned vegetables)! Enter: a bag or can of frozen, organic, non-GMO sweet corn. Why didn’t I think of this before?! It’s affordable and even quicker and easier…
Crunchy Craving
This time of year, after a couple months of soft and soothing comfort food (soups, stews, pastas, potatoes), the palette craves a good crisp, crunchy bowl. Rather than instant comfort, it provides energy necessary to get us through the rest of the cold Canadian winter – a thought that perhaps is the most comforting of…
Lunch out of Nada
When you need a good, wholesome lunch but have nothing much in the cupboard this is a tasty meal to turn to. Open-face tuna melt with a side of greens -Take a slice of bread, could be the end of the loaf, could be a little stale, beauty is it doesn’t matter cuz you’re toasting it. I…
The More Muffins the Merrier
Made a few heaps of healthy muffins. Froze them. Now I have a freezer-full of tasty treats to-go. Do you have any favourite muffin recipes? Share the muffin love with me, please! I prefer low-fat (using applesauce or oil instead of butter), wheat-free (I like using spelt, brown rice flour, almond meal, buckwheat) or vegan muffins…
Honey-Thyme Parsnips
Roast parsnips are one of my favourite winter side dishes. These fair organic beauties came from the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market. Naturally spicy and sweet, the unique flavour of parsnips is enhanced by a drizzle of olive oil, honey and a sprinkle of thyme, salt and pepper. Method: Heat oven to 200C/400F Peel or scrub parsnips Halve or…
Cake fit for the King
Elvis Presley was born on January 8th, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. When you have multiple loved ones who share the King’s birthday, it seems only right to make their cakes as delicious as possible – Graceland good. Although I feel a Peanut Butter cake would be more up Elvis’ alley, this Black Forest cake was…
Island Hearth 