What I love about food is that it doesn’t just keep us full and healthy, but it also has an interesting way of evoking certain feelings and memories. For example, when I think of minestrone soup, I think of my dad getting us takeout from one of the neighbourhood pizza...
Healthy Dinner Ideas Under $20
One of the most common misconceptions (in my opinion) is that to eat healthy, you need to spend a fortune. Not true. If you shop wisely, focus on seasonal ingredients and pantry staples, you can easily make a variety of meals for less than you would expect. I've highlighted some...
Healthy-ish Rice Crispy Treats
There's really nothing I love more than a theme. I love to take the "norm" and dress it up for any holiday or occasion. You can imagine then, how much I would love a holiday like Halloween. Costumes, decorations, scary movies (the cheesy ones, not the really scary ones) and...
Healthy Lentil Soup Recipe
It's as simple as this, once the leaves start to change colour, and there's a nip in the air, it's soup season! I love making a big batch of soup on the weekend and having meals for the week. Soup is such a great vehicle for veggies and protein. You...
My Rosh Hashanah Dinner Menu
When we bought our condo, my only requirement was that we had space to host our families for the holidays. We bought a big dining room table, and enough dishes and cutlery to comfortably host up to 16 people. I was so excited to finally be able to have the...
Creamy Spicy Garlicky Orzo
This is one of those recipes that came together in a pinch, but was too delicious not to share. I had done a haul on Naturamarket, and was looking for a way to use the gluten free orzo I ordered. I also had a whole plan last weekend to recipe...
Greek Style Veggie Platter
There's really nothing I love more than feeding my friends and family. One of our first must have purchases when we moved into our condo last year was a huge dining room table, and table setting to be able to host 16 people. Clearly, as times have shifted since this...
Zucchini Pizza Boats + Leftovers Pasta
As you all know (or maybe don't, but I'm about to tell you), I am ALL about meals that can be reformatted into different meals. You might be wondering what that means, so I'll elaborate. I love to spend time building a recipe that I can then Frankenstein into something...
Nicoise Salad with Creamy Lemon Garlic Dressing
There's no better way to beat the heat than with lots of cold food. Our food preferences tend to shift as the weather warms up regardless, but with this last heat wave, the desire for colder foods has only increased (the thought of having the oven on more than necessary...
Asian Chicken Meatballs
As I'm continuing to experiment with ground chicken recipes, I figured meatballs were a great place to go next. They're usually pretty easy to make (meat + spices + binder = yum) and I've made beef ones many times over for friends and family. Since I love an Asian flavour...