-
Summer Chill (Gazpacho with Basil)
•
Montreal weather patterns seem to live by the catch-phrase “go big or go home.” We receive frequent weather warnings, which advise us to keep our pets, small children and elderly indoors. The past few days have come with such warnings – today’s was aptly titled “High Heat and Humidity Alert.” A raunchy 42 degree…
-
Spring Fresh (Avocado & Mango Salad)
•
I’d like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest welcome to my most desired season: springtime. While blooming flowers begin to paint the city with their limitless palette and scent the warming air with their intoxicating perfume, while the days get longer and the skirts get shorter, and while the sunshine begins to…
-
Move Over, Minnestrone (Vegetable Soup)
•
I am generally not a soup person. The idea of having something that’s both liquidy and chunky at the same time on my spoon just doesn’t jive in my head, nor does it feel right in my mouth. That being said, there have always been a few exceptions: matzah ball soup, for one. And,…
-
Juiced Up (Juice Recipes)
•
Juice cleanses (also known as juice fasts or juice feasts, depending on who you ask) seem to be all the rage these days. Popping up everywhere from celebrity gossip rags to health food blogs, many raw foodists, foodies, and everyday people swear by them. I’ve read multiple claims that a diet consisting of fresh…
-
Rockin’ the Roquette
•
Nothing says summer like a fresh, hot corn on the cob. Sitting around with friends at a cookout, rolling the cobs in butter, burning the tips of my fingers. Chomping down, sucking out each and every kernel until it’s filled up all of the gaps in my teeth. Sweet sweet corn, how I’ve missed…
-
Eat Your Veggies (and your burgers, too!)
•
Veggie burgers are not hamburger substitutes, I don’t care what any restaurant claims. You can fire grill it, BBQ it, smother it with ketchup until you can barely taste it, but in the end, it’s just not a beef patty. It’s a veggie patty. Now, to my knowledge, chicken burgers do not try to…
-
Good For The Heart
•
Many of you might recall a little jingle from childhood, you know, the one that relates beans with flatulence a certain bodily function that shall remain nameless. Well, that little ditty also suggested that beans are good for your heart – and that was smack on! While it is widely known that beans are…
-
CooCoo for Coconut
•
Last week started off on quite a poor note for me: on top of having to deal with a broken bed and a wintery slap in the face in the form of an ice storm, I had to deal with some less-than-pleasant stomach issues which landed me in the dreaded waiting room of a…
-
You Just Might Make Friends With Salad. (This Time).
•
I’ve never liked lettuce. Being a vegetarian for so many years, this fact has often startled people. Each time that I tell someone that I dislike lettuce, the reaction that I receive generally follows the same pattern. It begins with a baffled, “but how could you not like lettuce?” And is often followed by…
-
Three Minute Masterpiece
•
Rice wraps.If you haven’t done so already, I strongly urge you to get on the bandwagon. Light and easy to work with, rice wraps are a fail safe go-to anytime that I need a quick-fix meal. Thanks to their neutral taste, they can be stuffed with pretty much anything that you desire. I could…