Minestrone Soup is a hearty and healthy plant-based meal, and totally doable on a weeknight when you have an instant pot to help you out. How about a warm bowl of hearty, comforting soup? It’s soup season, and there just has not been enough soup in our life lately. Soup is often part of my…
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Cream of Garlic Soup {Vegan}
Originally posted in December 2012, I’ve updated this post and recipe with new photos and useful tips. This simple creamy garlic soup is vegan and is easy to whip together with simple ingredients. Definitely pungent, but in all the good ways. I am certain this is my Polish grandfather’s recipe. While he never made anything…
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart {Vegan}
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart is for when you need something creamy and chocolatey and easy to make. Vegan. No-bake. Peanut-buttery. And everything you ever wanted in a chocolate pie. I’ve taken a bit of break from sweet things. It’s been long enough. Today I’m giving you the best vegan chocolate pie you will ever…
Apple + Berry Baked Oats {vegan}
Looking for a healthy make-ahead breakfast? This is it. This berry baked oatmeal is heavy on the fruits – 3-1/2 cups! Vegan and easy to throw together on the weekend to eat during the week. One-bowl recipe. Baked oatmeal is an easy addition to your weekly meal prep routine. I like to make a batch…
Vegan Skillet flatbreads
Making your own bread does not need to be complicated. This easy flatbread recipe is vegan, requires no yeast, no rising time and very little kneading. Up-level your next soup, wrap or hummus with homemade bread. Making your own bread is crazy satisfying. Something about turning flour into bread is magical and worth every bit…
Barley Salad with Sweet Onions + Sundried Tomatoes
Sweet onions and whole grains make for a hearty whole-grain salad. This barley salad makes a great lunch or side for a large gathering. I believe barley is completely under-appreciated. As far as whole grains go, it hardly ever gets mentioned. Barley is hearty and filling. I love the nutty and chewy texture. It deserves…
Easy Potato Curry with Roasted Cauliflower + Greens
Easy Potato Curry with Roasted Cauliflower and Greens – this plant-based, vegan meal comes together in about 30 minutes. Cauliflower is roasted in the oven until sweet and caramelized while the potatoes are simmered to make a quick sauce. It’s sweet and fragrant. And best of all quick. Happy New Year! Happy New Decade!! Can…
Easy Green Pea + Feta Pasta
Truly a less than 30-minute meal – this green pea and spinach pasta will be on the table in about as long as it takes to boil the water and cook the noodles. Considering that the sauce is full of good for you veggies – this is one you will want to keep in your regular dinner rotations.
10-minute Peppermint Fudge
This fudge recipe is so easy. Just 3 basic ingredients and 10 minutes of work. Make a batch tonight, and give it away tomorrow. Its that time of year when you are rushing around for a last-minute gift or treat for some get-together that you’ve forgotten… or basically time just got away. And it is…
Lentil Taco Meat
A vegan substitute for Taco Tuesdays! Lentil Taco Meat is so easy to make. The carnivores in your life will be happy. This recipe makes a double batch – 2 x 2 cups batches. Use one tonight, freeze the other half for another time. This lentil taco meat is a gamechanger. It is so easy…
Orange Glazed Carrots with Feta and Mint
Simple glazed carrots taken to a whole new level. Crumbled feta, fresh mint and chopped candied pecans add sofistication to an otherwise ordinary sidedish. Glazed carrots are a simple side dish that work nicely on any special occassion dinner table. Add a few extras – like crumbled feta cheese and chopped pecans and instantly you…
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 molasses cookies are loved by kids. Not too sweet, not too spicy….
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 is the best. The kind that comes in tubs and…
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 (ounces or grams) vs by volume (cups or mls) to get the best results. Measuring flour by weight is far more accurate and will ensure consistency in your final products. However… How to measure flour In my opinion, this…
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.
Healthy Walnut Scones
Crunchy bits of goodness. This healthy scone recipe is dairy-free and makes a filling breakfast treat – full of millet, oats, and walnuts. You will love these crunchy walnut scones! This is an old favorite recipe of mine. These scones are so packed full of textures – walnuts, millet, poppy seeds, and oats. All things…
Curried Carrot Soup
A simple soup with warm sweet spices and coconut milk – Curried Carrot Soup. This creamy soup is vegan. As soon as the days get shorter and colder, I crave soup. And as of yesterday, winter is here my friends. I am cold and need warmth. This soup is warm, and the sunny bright colour…
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 why not. Fall cakes are my favourite! I like the rich dense flavours and spices. I feel like nuts are welcomed. As is caramel. Pumpkin. Not that I don’t like summer, but you know that feeling of happiness when you…
No Oil Seed Crackers
Gluten-Free and Vegan, these seed crackers are made without added oil. Chickpea flour adds protein.
Soba Noodle Salad with Vegetables and Spicy Peanut Sauce
Soba Noodle Salad in a Spicy Peanut Sauce. A fresh main dish salad. Soba noodles are healthy alternative to wheat noodles and make for a yummy quick meal.
Easy Black Bean Taco Bake
Everyone needs a taco casserole in their life. This is my recipe. This vegetarian taco bake is always a crowd pleaser.
Easy Apple Pie Jelly
This might be the easiest fall jelly you wil ever make. Apple Pie Jelly. Go grab some cider while the orchards are making it fresh and make some.
Perfect Banana Muffins {vegan}
A simple vegan 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.