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Roasted Chickpea Potato Bowls
Roasted Chickpea Potato Bowls. This whole meal is made on a couple of sheet pans and roasts in the oven while you get other stuff done! I love meals like this. Healthy. Vegan. Plant-based. Can we talk meal-prep for a minute? Over the years I have tried every approach to meal prep and meal planning...
Spiced Brown Sugar Cookies with Almond Flour
A soft and chewy and well spiced brown sugar cookie. Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and ginger. I've added almond flour to guarantee that perfect texture and chewiness. Rolling the cookies in sugar before baking adds a bit more crunch and texture. These sweet cookies are addictive. I was super happy about these cookies. They crinkled just...
Instant Pot Italian Minestrone
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...
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 No-Bake 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. Served with a slight peanut butter coconut sauce, and this pie becomes a rather sophisticated tart. I've taken a bit of a break from...
Apple + Berry Baked Oats {vegan}
Looking for a healthy make-ahead breakfast? This is it. This berry baked oatmeal is heavy on the fruits - 3-½ 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 10-minute peppermint fudge recipe is so easy. Just 3 basic ingredients and 10 minutes of work. Make a batch tonight, and give it away tomorrow. Fudge is gluten-free. 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...
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 walnut 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 favourite recipe of mine. These walnut scones are packed full of textures - walnuts, millet, poppy seeds, and oats. All...
Curried Carrot Soup
A simple soup with warm sweet spices and coconut milk, this Curried Carrot Soup will become a fall favourite. This creamy soup is vegan and is ready in about an hour for an easy healthy and cozy meal. As soon as the days get shorter and colder, I crave soup. And as of yesterday, winter...
Unstuffed Winter Squash with Spiced Rice and Lentils
Perfect vegetarian main for the holiday table, unstuffed winter squash with spiced rice and lentils will please everyone
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? If pumpkin spice was a cake, this would be it. Check out these pumpkin spice recipes! Pumpkin Spice Loaf, Pumpkin Spice Pudding, and Pumpkin Spice Waffles. Fall cakes are my favourite! I like the rich dense flavours and...
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 Vegan Banana Muffins with Dates
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.
Easy Tortellini and White Bean Soup
This easy tortellini soup is hearty, filling and full of flavour. A quick weeknight meal. Beans and kale add protein and nutrition. Tortellini soup may be the only acceptable use for store-bought tortellini. Store-bought Tortellini is not just for pasta I confess that I used to buy a package of stuffed pasta almost weekly. I'd...
Easy Oven-Roasted Red Potatoes
Hardly a recipe, but the best thing to do with mini red potatoes. Perfectly roasted potatoes in about 20 minutes. So easy! This is hardly a recipe. And I don't have a story. But... I will tell you, my kids make these for us all the time and they are the best potatoes ever. Obviously...
Easy Spinach Lasagna with Portobello Mushrooms
This is a light and fresh spinach lasagna. Layers of ricotta and mozzarella between an easy tomato basil sauce and packed full of spinach and mushrooms. For the times when you just want a fresh veggie-based lasagna - this is your recipe. Lasagna does not have to be dense and heavy. This is my favourite...
Strawberry Rhubarb Marmalade
Strawberry Rhubarb Marmalade - a quick and easy small batch jam. Just enough for you and a friend.
Roasted Beet & Carrot Salad
A salad or a side dish, this is a colourful way to eat your veggies. Roasted beet and vegetables in a sweet tahini dressing. Vegan and Gluten-free.
Smoked Cheddar and Cauliflower Frittata
A rich and decandant frittata with smoky cheese and caramlized roasted cauliflower. This one will impress.
How to make Applesauce in the Instant Pot
Homemade applesauce. It is so easy in an Instant Pot! It is the best tasting applesauce! You will love it.
Quick Pickled Red Onions
This spicy pickle is perfect for BBQ season..... add it to your burgers, doggies or anything else that goes in a bun.
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 vegetable side dish. The first veggie bin of the year arrived last week ( #teamleeandmarias 🙏). You would have thought it was Christmas. My son hauled that Rubbermaid into the house and ripped off the lid to see...
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 apples -...
Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake
Try this classic crumb cake recipe to take advantage of fresh summer fruit like Strawberry Rhubarb. Sour cream adds richness.
Sweet Corn Potato Salad {vegan, g/f}
Tex Mex style red potato salad is packed with fresh summer sweet corn, tomatoes, and sweet red onions all tossed in a creamy jalapeno and cilantro dressing. Perfect for your next summer BBQ. Vegan & Gluten-Free. Let's pretend it is summer and the summer sweet corn is ready.... This sweet corn potato salad reminds me...
Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata
Frittata's and I go way back. This Spinach and Goat Cheese Frittata is packed with greens and veggies, is ready in about 20 minutes. Easy vegetarian weeknight meal.
Easy Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili {Instant Pot Recipe}
This Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili recipe is sweet and spicy. This is a Instant Pot recipe. Yes, rich and satisfying chili is possible on a weeknight.