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Oatmeal Molasses Cookies
Easy one-bowl Oatmeal Molasses Cookies. Kids love these soft cookies. Perfect for the lunchbox. Vegan and Nut-free. This is the cookie for when you want something easy to whip together and easy to eat. These cookies are surprisingly addictive. I find these soft...
Savoury Scones with Feta Cheese and Olives
Melt in your mouth savoury scones are packed with creamy feta cheese and olives. This scone recipe is gluten-free. Flaky, crusty bread filled with cheese. Is ther anything better? Maybe when it comes with olive too. ...and when the cheese is creamy feta cheese. That...
THE LATEST RECIPES
Perfect Oven-Roasted Red Potatoes
Hardly a recipe, but the best thing to do with mini red potatoes. Perfect roasted red potatoes....
Baked Stuffed Tomatoes
Filled with crunchy Itailian flavours, these easy Stuffed Tomatoes make a perfect vegetable side dish. Gluten-free.
Easy Steamed Baby Bok Choy
Prepared simply, Steamed Bok Choy, tossed in a spicy lime and sesame dressing, is an easy fresh...
lentil salad with roasted red peppers
A hearty lentil salad tossed with warm and sweet roasted red peppers in a simple tahini dressing for a simple, packed lunch. Vegan and Gluten-free recipe.
Oven Roasted Maple Glazed Carrots
Glazed Carrots make an easy holiday sidedish. These vegan oven roasted carrots are glazed with...
Roasted Turnip and Root Vegetable Mash
This is perfect holiday – thanksgiving, Christmas, you name it feast – dish. It covers off the mashed sweet vegetable requirements in a new and unexpected way. I have now decided that the vinaigrette may very well be the best thing to ever happen to a turnip.
THE LATEST RECIPES
Coconut Banana Bread
A very special banana bread – lime, coconut and a little bit of rum will make this Coconut Banana Bread your new favourite.
Multigrain Scones with Walnuts
Crunchy bits of goodness. These multigrain scones make a filling breakfast treat - full of millet,...
Curried Carrot Soup
A simple soup with warm sweet spices and coconut milk - Curried Carrot Soup. This creamy soup is...
Stuffed Butternut Squash with Rice and Lentils
This is it, this is the star of our holiday dinner table. A spiced rice and lentil stuffed squash.
Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
A dense pumpkin cake covered in the fluffiest cream cheese frosting, caramel and pralines, because...
No Oil Seed Crackers
Gluten-Free and Vegan, these seed crackers are made without added oil. Chickpea flour adds protein.
Easy Weeknight Meals
Coconut Red Lentil Curry {Instant Pot, Vegan, Gluten-free}
Simple Coconut Red Lentil Curry. Super easy weeknight meal. Instant Pot recipe. I'm not gonna lie....
Vegan Lasagna Soup – Slow Cooker Method
This Slowcooker Lasagna Soup is exactly what you wanted on a busy weeknight.A healthy, hearty, mostly hands-off family favourite
Vegan Lasagna Soup – Slow Cooker Method
This Slowcooker Lasagna Soup is exactly what you wanted on a busy weeknight.A healthy, hearty, mostly hands-off family favourite
Summer Pasta Salad with Tofu
This is laid back, no-fuss, hot weather food. This is for when it is too hot to cook food. Tofu makes this simple salad a hearty summer meal…
Chickpea and Sundried Tomato Soup
A hearty and full-flavoured vegan soup. This soup freezes well too – great to have stashed in the freezer for quick meals.
Spicy Turkey Enchilada Soup
A spicy and healthy use for those holiday leftovers. Black beans, tomatoes and jalapenos make a healthy and hearty slowcooker meal.
LUNCH BOX SNACKS
Apple Oatmeal Muffins
A simple cinnamon muffin packed with nutritious oatmeal and fresh fall apples. Pack these in the kids lunch box for a healthy low-fat snack.
School Safe Snacks for the Kid’s Lunchbox
Just solving your school snack lunch packing emergencies! These are packable and freezable, healthy and nut-free
Carrot Cake Breakfast Bars {vegan}
Carrot Cake Breakfast bars. I know! My kids were pretty excited about having carrot cake for breakfast. A simple little breakfast bar that will make a few mornings easier. Not too sweet but sweet enough for first thing in the morning. Make ahead and grab and go.
Pumpkin Spice Bread
This Pumpkin Spice Bread is an easy quick bread. Healthy and vegan with a little extra sweet on...
The best way to measure flour for home baking
Many professional bakers will insist you need to measure flour and other dry ingredients by weight...
Perfect Banana Muffins
A simple banana muffin packed with dates and walnuts. Dates add a soft extra sweetness. Skip the walnuts if you want to pack this is school lunches.
VEGAN RECIPES
Apple Pie Bread
A vegan apple pie bread packed full of apples and cinnamon and drizzled with a sweet cinnamon frosting.. it tastes just like an apple fritter! I love it when everything comes together in a loaf of bread just the way I wanted it to. I wanted this bread to be so full of...
Red Potato Salad with Sweet Corn
TexMex Red Potato Salad - this salad is packed with fresh summer sweet corn, tomatoes and sweet red onions all tossed in a creamy jalapeno and cilantro dressing. This is ready for your next summer BBQ. Let's pretend it is summer and the summer sweet corn is ready.......
No bake chocolate oat bars
These supper yummy peanut butter and dark chocolate oat bars are so simple you can make them in 15 minutes. Fudgy, No-bake, vegan and gluten-free.
lentil salad with roasted red peppers
A hearty lentil salad tossed with warm and sweet roasted red peppers in a simple tahini dressing for a simple, packed lunch. Vegan and Gluten-free recipe.
Vegan Blueberry Muffins
Using frozen blueberries means you can have fresh blueberry muffins anytime you want. Vegan blueberry muffin recipe. This is my go-to recipe. The recipe I reach for when I want to whip up a batch super quickly in the morning before the kids crawl out of bed. The...
Vegan Lasagna Soup – Slow Cooker Method
This Slowcooker Lasagna Soup is exactly what you wanted on a busy weeknight.A healthy, hearty, mostly hands-off family favourite
SLOWCOOKER ReCIPES
Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Soup with Parmesan
This creamy tomato soup uses up the last of the best fresh summer tomatoes to make a rich and comforting soup in the crock-pot or slow cooker.
Slow Cooker Black Bean, Corn, and Barley Burritos
I think we all know how much I love taco / burrito recipes and I really love when they can be made in my crockpot. This is super quick for busy weeknights.
Chickpea Cacciatore
A vegan version of an classic italian stew. Chickpeas, sundried tomatoes and artichokes in a rich sauce simmered all day in the slow-cooker
Roasted Butternut Soup with Coconut Milk
For those busy days when you want that I slaved in the kitchen all day bowl of goodness but didn’t have all day to slave away in the kitchen.
Spicy Turkey Enchilada Soup
A spicy and healthy use for those holiday leftovers. Black beans, tomatoes and jalapenos make a healthy and hearty slowcooker meal.
Butternut Squash Vegetarian Chili {Slow Cooker Recipe}
A warm, slightly sweet and vegan chili. It tastes like fall. And I know it is good for you. Filling and comforting. Perfect for taking the chill from your bones after a long fall walk.
FANCY DESSERTS, COokies and Cakes
Pumpkin Spice Layer Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
A dense pumpkin cake covered in the fluffiest cream cheese frosting, caramel and pralines, because...
Apple Pie Bread
A vegan apple pie bread packed full of apples and cinnamon and drizzled with a sweet cinnamon...
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake
Try this classic crumb cake recipe to take advantage of fresh summer fruit like Strawberry Rhubarb. Sour cream adds richness.
No bake chocolate oat bars
These supper yummy peanut butter and dark chocolate oat bars are so simple you can make them in 15 minutes. Fudgy, No-bake, vegan and gluten-free.
Peanut Butter Banana Cake
Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Cakes – with extra chocolate and taste just like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. A healthy after-school snack cake.
Caramel Banana Cheesecake
Banana Foster in a Cheesecake. Boozy bananas in brown sugar and caramel sauce, but also, it is a cheesecake.
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