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I started making lunch and began to cook some vegetables, when I noticed that I didn’t have any grains left in my cupboards to eat them with. Usually I keep a supply of rice pasta, lentils, quinoa or brown rice in my cupboard that I use as the base of my meals. I decided to just keep...
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This is a word I use for meals that contain some leftovers and some new foods. It’s a great way to plan a meal if you have a few leftovers but not enough for an entire meal. I had a small amount of my Chickpea and Avocado Salad left from yesterday and a few other...
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There are many benefits to eating foods in raw form. Some people are “raw foodists” and don’t eat cooked food at all. They believe that heating food over 118F destroys many of the nutrients and diminishes the natural life energy. If you think about it, a cooked seed won’t grow, but a raw seed will. ...
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Whenever I can’t decide what to make for dinner, I usually just combine a lot of different foods into a pot. This is a great way of discovering new tastes, as well as using up what is in the fridge. In this case, I had chickpeas, quinoa, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, coconut milk and snap peas. ...
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I have been on the search for the perfect veggie burger recipe for years. I’ve tried lots and continue to try many different versions of recipes. There wasn’t too much in my fridge or cupboard since I just got back from vacation so I attempted a veggie burger with what I had. I didn’t have...
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Whenever I see a boxed or canned version of a meal, it always makes me curious as to how it’s made. I used to have falafels when I was younger and they usually came in powder form. You simply added water and stirred it up. Most grocery stores now sell frozen falafel burgers or boxed falafels...
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I know this sounds like a funny name for a salad but when I looked down at it, those were the only colours present. I didn’t plan it that way, it just worked out like this. It was delicious though so I’d really recommend it. The green things…avocado, green beans, snow peas, cucumbers, arugula (rocket),...
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Ever since I made a yogurt dressing a few days ago, I’ve been excited to try another one. I had some fresh herbs at home so decided to mix them with yogurt and see what happened. I also had lots of garlic, lime and green chilies on hand so I blended these as well. It...
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Whenever I can’t decide what to make for dinner, I usually just cook some vegetables, add vegetable stock and then add quinoa or brown rice to finish it off. This is what I decided to do today. Depending on how much stock you use, it can either become soup or stew. I didn’t have much stock...
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My fruit bowl looked like this today, so I tried to decide what to make with it. The limes, garlic, ginger and chilies stood out, so I thought I’d make green curry. Most recipes advise using pre-made curry paste but I wanted to attempt my own. The four ingredients I already listed above were a...
