Main Courses, Recipes
Red lentils and quinoa are both great choices if you want to make a quick meal. They cook in less than 15 minutes so are easy to make if you don’t have a lot of time. If you can, try to soak them in water for at least 2 hours before. Grains contain phytic acid...
Dressings and Sauces, Main Courses, Recipes
When you’re making a new dish, it’s best to do all of the prep work first. Take out your knife and chopping board, so you can get all of the vegetables sliced before you begin cooking. Use this time as a chance to practice remaining present. Try to stop your mind from wandering and be completely...
Dressings and Sauces, Main Courses, Recipes
When people try to cut down their meat intake, they often assume that a life of stir-fries will lie ahead of them. This is definitely not the case! One of the main things that changes a vegetarian meal is the sauce. Pesto is a great sauce option that adds taste and nutrients to your meal. ...
Main Courses, Recipes
An easy way to eat a tasty and nutritious meal is to make a vegetable brown rice pasta dish. Although we tend to think of pasta as “full of carbs” or a “starchy” meal that leaves us feeling heavy, it can actually be a healthy alternative. I make these kind of dishes a lot in the...
Main Courses, Recipes, Soups and Stews
If you want to start eating healthier, make sure to have complex carbohydrates cooked ahead of time. Things like lentils, brown rice and quinoa all fall into this category. If you open your fridge and see the cooked grains, rather than seeing their raw form in the cupboard, it will be much easier to transition...
Dressings and Sauces, Main Courses, Recipes, Snacks
One of my favourite things to make are vegetable rice wraps. If you don’t live in a large city with a variety of grocery stores, rice wraps should be easy to find in the ethnic section of your supermarket. They look hard and brittle at first but all you have to do is dip them...
Main Courses, Recipes
With the pesto recipe that I posted a few days ago, I experimented with a few different pesto uses. It’s great to use as a pasta sauce, as a spread or as a dip. I also mixed it with rice which is shown in the photos below. After cooking the brown rice, I stirred in a few spoonfuls...
Main Courses, Recipes
I stopped by my local Farmers’ Market this weekend and picked up some rainbow chard. The colours are so beautiful! I had some other vegetables at home as well so I threw them all in a pan and cooked them with quinoa. Swiss chard is one of the top “nutrient dense” vegetables you can eat. ...
Main Courses, Recipes
In my previous blog, I posted a chickpea curry recipe that I made. I added it on top of brown rice but made extra on purpose so I would have it for leftovers today. I decided to add quinoa to it for a different twist. I blended it together, added some fresh herbs and made...
Main Courses, Recipes
It’s been chilly lately so I decided to make a curry dish. Curries are a great warming meal to have when the nights start to get colder. This is a great month to blend seasonal foods. The days are usually still warm but the nights begin to get colder. While you can still enjoy local...
