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Homemade Mustard
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Did you know that you can make mustard at home from scratch? Did you know that mustard requires no cooking? No fancy ingredients, and no fancy equiment. Today, I’ll teach you how to make your very own homemade mustard from scratch, using ingredients that you likely already have in your kitchen. This no-cook mustard…
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Easy Curried Lentil & Vegetable Soup (Vegan)
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This easy lentil soup is warm and nourishing, full of vibrant flavours and colours. It’s is a hearty pick-me-up, a real hug-you-from-the-inside kind of meal. My veggie-filled lentil soup is naturally vegan, and comes together in a pinch. With my easy instant vegetable broth trick, you’ll never need store-bought again! I posted this photo…
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5 Ingredient Instant Pot Red Rice (Vegan)
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Spanish-style rice, red rice, tomato rice, spicy rice… whatever you call it – this really is my absolute favourite rice dish, and it’s made in the Instant Pot (which is not actually called the InstaPot, as I only recently learned!) Actually, it’s SO easy and SO tasty that we’ve made this easy instant pot…
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Za’atar Pita Pizza
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The idea of za’atar pizza came to me one evening when I was craving both a pizza and a za’atar. I opted at first for za’atar, as it’s faster, it was late, and I was feeling rather lazy. I mean, Wednesday night at 7pm isn’t exactly the optimal time to start making a pizza…
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Markouk, Chickpeas, & Mushrooms with Sumac Spiced Yogurt
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Living in Montreal, we have the privilege of shopping at a variety of different markets from all over the world, all within a 60km radius. From Lebanon to China to the Caribbean to Russia, there is a little corner for everyone, and every food. It’s truly heavenly for foodies like me – having a…
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Mediterranean Eggplant & Tomato Relish
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Ajvar! Caponata! Pindjur! If you’re of North American descent, chances are, you’ve never heard any of these words. They’re in fact three different condiments from various parts of the world, whose ingredients differ regionally. What they often share is a beautiful base of eggplant and tomato. Ah, the eggplant-tomato combo. Where have you been…
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The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2015
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year… The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! This year, I opted for a simple cookie that could easily be transformed. Enter the Brown Sugar Cookie – made three ways! One is filled with nutella, topped with cocoa. The other is filled with and rolled in sesame goodness.…
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Chopped Salad with Lentils
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One of my favourite late summer meals is a large, hearty chopped salad. Take the time to chop properly – a little prep goes a long way! I make many variations of this, usually just using whatever is in the fridge, and then adding a legume (chickpeas or lentils are my go-to, but any…
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Tandoori Cauliflower
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So I realize that this is the second time in a row where I devote an entire post to a whole-roasted vegetable. But, trust me, this is SO worth it. Have you ever whole roasted a cauliflower? If you haven’t, you pretty much have to do it. Like, right now. It’s so easy, so…
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Whole. Roasted. Onion.
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Stop what you’re doing right now, and go roast an onion. No, seriously. Everyone needs this in their lives. You see, I have an allergy to raw onions, and partially cooked ones don’t usually do too well with me either. Then today, seemingly out of nowhere, an idea came to me – why don’t…