Sheet pan dinners – so easy and fabulous for a quick and easy, delicious and nutritious dinner! This recipe features a spice mix that originates from the Middle East - Za’atar - that adds a wonderful hearty, earthy flavour to anything you add it to!
Read MoreLoaded with immune boosting goodness, gut healthy, the combo of citrus, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, apple cider vinegar and kefir (if using) are blended together for a tasty and spicy hit of immune boosting health! A 1/3 cup portion is a perfect amount! Take it first thing in the morning for energy and let it work its magic all day long!
Read MoreWhat do you do with your veggie scraps? Do you compost or is there a green bin program in your area? Before you let them go, let those scraps work for you – they are valuable and useful! I make broth out of mine! So easy to make - the broth comes in so handy during the week to make the best soup, to stir fry or sauté veggies and meat, to add to pasta sauces… so many uses!
Read MoreA quick and easy taco spice mix to make a batch up of to have on hand or make it fresh in a minute when tacos or other Mexican-flavoured dishes are on your lunch or dinner menu! Fresher when it’s home made, healthier and less expensive than buying the commercial packets at the grocery store.
Read MoreFlax eggs – like chia eggs – isn’t egg at all but rather a healthy egg substitute in vegan baking. A hen’s egg adds leavening (rising), binding, flavour and colour to a baked good where a flax egg or chia egg adds the binding but no rising of the batter. Flax eggs are best used in coffee cakes, pancakes, muffins and squares – baked goods that do not need a lot of rising.
Read MoreSo quick and easy to make and party stable for many months, I make my DIY Onion Soup Mix often and use it in a bunch of savory dishes – really wherever commercial onion soup is called for, and a pinch here and there to lightly season a dish. And of course, a heaping teaspoon and boiling water makes a great warming drink!
Read MoreHerb Bombas, or Herb Bombs, are frozen wonders of savory goodness, fresh frozen from your garden or your herb haul when grocery shopping. So easy to do! There are two ways to make herb bombas – the method is slightly different but the outcome is the same so pick which one works for you.
Read MoreVanilla adds that special quality to baked goods. With the crazy price that store bought vanilla is these days, due to its labour-intensive hand pollinating the vanilla flower production process, and with the quality questionable for a lot of brands that I have tried, I started to make my own vanilla extract. It is so simple to make.
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