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Vibrant Beet Soup
This warming, vibrant soup is easy to make, uses few ingredients and is ultra nourishing. A powerful blender helps get the texture extra velvety.
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Easy Homemade Gnocchi & Creamy Spinach Sauce
Potato sales are plummeting in North America, so as consumers, we can help by consuming more potatoes. I feel pretty passionate about this, so I’m doing my part: I’m making gnocchi. Many moons ago, I shared my favorite recipe for sweet potato gnudi. Gnudi and gnocchi are both dumpling style pastas, except gnudi is…
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Roasted Veggie & Quinoa Bowl with Okonomiyaki Sauce
This time-saving recipe is genius for a few reasons. First, it enlists the help of the microwave to pre-cook the sweet potato before roasting. This saves over 20 minutes of roasting time, allowing you to start prepping right after work and have dinner on the table before sunset. The second major time saver is…
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Jalapeño Cauliflower Fritters with Chili-Lime Sauce
Imagine this: a latke and a pakora come together, tossed with jalapeño and cheddar. Yes, it IS as great as it sounds! These shallow-fried little fritters are crispy on the outside, while somehow magically fluffy on the inside. It’s peak veggie season at the market right now, and I scored myself a giant…
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Cream of Celery Soup (100% Vegan!)
Too often, I find celery in my fridge that’s looking past it’s prime. Wilty, limp, not so green. Sometimes, I’ll chop it, freeze it, and save it for vegetable stock. However, if you’re freezer is looking as full as mine is I’ve got a delicious solution for you: soup it up! It’s amazing how…
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Mini Vegan Mushroom Pot Pies
Single-serving meals always make me happy: they make plating a breeze, they freeze well, they are darling to photograph – and, most excitingly, they give me a reason to use my favourite Le Creuset ceramic dishes. I’ve always had a soft spot for pretty dining accessories, even more so now that I’m upping my food…
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Stewed Chickpeas with Caramelized Sweet Potato
Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi have written some of the most delicious recipes that I have ever tried. The pair have a way of taking whole foods and transforming them into vibrant, flavourful dishes that absolutely never disappoint. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the duo, they are the co-authors of the Ottolenghi and Jerusalem cookbooks.…
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Vegan Sweet Potatoes
When a “Let’s empty out the fridge and cook all the things,” dish becomes a “Let’s definitely make this again, like, all the time,” kind of meal, I know it’s time to blog. This is one of those amazingly delicious get-your-omnivore-friends-to-love-vegan-food recipes. Seriously, this stuff tastes like love and comfort. A hearty, healthy, nutritional…
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Eat Green
Here’s a great, super fast, super easy vegan meal packed with flavour, packed with protein, packed with nutrients, and oh-so-green! I found some beautiful asparagus this week at my local grocer (nice, thin stalks & bright green in colour, which is what you should look for when choosing asparagus!) Inspired by Ottolenghi’s newest book, Plenty…
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Warm Up (Mushroom Risotto with Thyme and Cheddar)
It’s that time of year again, Montreal! You know, that season that isn’t quite a season? For those of you who don’t live here, let me fill you in. We’ve had the kind of days that’ve started off in cozy sweaters and boots, and have ended off in shorts and flip flops. We’ve seen…