Dressings and Sauces, Recipes, Salads
When the days start to get shorter and the sun shines a little less, what’s the best thing to do? Make a colourful salad to bring a little summer and freshness back into your life! When the winter gets colder, it’s common to crave comfort foods such as starchy root vegetables, soups and stews. These...
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...
Dressings and Sauces, Recipes, Snacks
When most of us think of pesto, we assume it’s either A) a green paste that is added to pasta and other dishes or B) a paste that is made with pine nuts and Parmesan cheese. These are the traditional ingredients to make pesto but there are many other ways to make it. Generally speaking, along with garlic, salt and olive oil, it...
Dressings and Sauces, Recipes, Salads
Often I make a few salads to leave in the fridge overnight and marinate. Salads without lettuce are great because they don’t wilt and can last longer. If you want to use lettuce, just add it as your base when you take your pre-made salad out of the fridge. As always, try to add fresh sprouts...
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. ...
Dressings and Sauces, Recipes, Salads
This salad is packed with nutrients, minerals, vitamins and fibre…everything that your body is looking for in a meal! I usually try to make some whole grains ahead of time so that they’re prepared and ready to go. In this case, I had red lentils and quinoa already cooked. As a reminder, soak them in water...
Articles, Nutrition, Recipes, Salads
Once you have made a dish, it’s a good idea to make enough so that you have leftovers. The problem with leftovers is that often people get bored with eating the same thing for the next few days. In my last blog post, I added a recipe for a Quinoa Broccoli Salad. The next day I...
Recipes, Salads
During the summer months, a quinoa salad is a great option to have if you don’t feel like hot dishes but still want something with lots of protein. First, I cut up the veggies…broccoli, cauliflower, spinach and Swiss chard. Next, I steamed the vegetables for a few minutes. These vegetables are easier to digest when lightly...
Recipes, Salads
A great way to enjoy a nutrient dense meal is to add falafel to your salad. It is packed with lots of nutrients and minerals that will give you energy, rather than zap it instead. It is possible to buy falafel mix in a box and add water. Most mixes I’ve encountered are made with whole...
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...
