I love this pasta dish – so simple and healthy, so delicious and so quick to make. The main ingredients are grape tomatoes – either from a homegrown garden bounty or store bought in the pint containers, so you can make this year-round - olive oil, garlic, Italian herbs, pasta, parmesan cheese, or vegan parm, seasoned salt and pepper – most of these ingredients are likely already in your fridge and pantry.
Read MoreAnother back pocket recipe for a simple Baked Ravioli Lasagna – fresh ravioli (store-bought cheese and spinach is what I use), a simmered tomato sauce with ground meat of your choice or crumbled tempeh (which I use often for this dish to make it vegetarian), versatile as you can add additional veggies to it to up the nutrition, layer with some cheese and bake for 45 minutes – and you have a delicious, hearty, crowd pleasing, budget-friendly fabulous dinner!
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 MoreMongolian Beef Noodle – so many recipes on the interweb to choose from! This is my version – easy and straightforward. Feel free to use ground turkey or chicken and to add other veggies in to the mix, other than the peas and grated carrot – grated zucchini and finely grated cabbage are both lovely, diced mushrooms are great too and chopped broccoli soaks up the sauce for a burst of flavour. And make your own hoisin sauce – it’s SO worth it!
Read MoreTikTok is a wealth of trending things. Some are worth trying, like the rice cake, or in my instance, corn cake, PB Cup. They are no-bake, take 5 minutes to make and They. Are. Delicious! Seriously, you have to try these!
Read MoreOne of the easiest chicken recipes from The Renata Collective, this Caesar Baked Chicken dish is made with 3 main ingredients and takes 5 minutes to put together. Super simple and super delicious! The creamy Caesar dressing makes the chicken very tender and very flavourful.
Read MoreHomemade Creamy Caesar Salad Dressing - a few ingredients, 2 minutes and you have a delicious and healthy dressing to top your romaine, or to use in many other ways – dollop on a sandwich, a bit on a hard-boiled egg is so yummy, top a burger (may I suggest my Best Black Bean and Quinoa Burger) or use as a sauce when cooking meat. Plus, there’s no excuse to not include a salad with your meal when you have a dressing ready to go in the fridge! Boost your nutrition everywhere you can!
Read MoreMy Black Bean Veggie Soup is super simple and quick to make, budget friendly, with ingredients you likely already have in your pantry/fridge or are easy to buy at your local grocery store, it has a bit of heat to it which I love, reminds me of chili and packs so much good nutrition into a bowl of deliciousness.
Read MoreSimple in ingredients, yes, quick and easy to make, yes, deep and rich in flavour, oh yes!This pasta recipe is in homage to and my version of the original Pasta Alla Norcina recipes (of which there are many), combining pasta and simple pork sausage in a savory creamy sauce. SO SO SO good!
Read MoreSuch a lovely coffee cake! It’s delicious and is a wonderful cake to make to serve with a cup of coffee or tea or for dessert with some whipped cream and blueberries on top. Its consistency is a little denser, and why it has ‘muffin’ in its name. It’s utterly divine! It makes a delicious breakfast treat too!
Read MoreAnother recipe in the ‘back pocket’ category, this quick-to-make hearty soup is delicious and nutritious and perfect for a nice lunch, when you want something to warm you up and something healthy to fill you up. So versatile, it’s a great way to use up those veggies lingering in the fridge that have seen fresher days yet aren’t at the point of no return that you have to discard them in the green bin. Make up a potful soon and enjoy!
Read MoreEveryone needs that delicious recipe that they can make when they need to feed a group, a dish to take to a pot luck or to have leftovers for a quick, nutritious dinner another night. This recipe has you covered! It will get you rave reviews and satisfied tummies! It’s a comfort food dish that is great year-round.
Read MoreMarinara sauce is one of easiest tomato sauces you can make. My marinara takes less than a half hour to make and is a bit of a hybrid sauce in regards to flavour as I add onion, a bit of anchovy paste (easily omitted for a vegan or vegetarian marinara), both basil and oregano and I add parsley too. It is still lighter than a traditional tomato sauce and it is delicious!
Read MoreCharoset is a sweet dish served at the Passover Seder and represents the mortar between the stones of the pyramids of Egypt. It can be eaten on it’s own or with traditional unleavened flatbread matzo. There are many versions of Charoset but each one typically has nuts, something sweet to hold the charoset together, fruit, some have spices, some have no spices and traditionally a kosher wine is used and now many recipes use fruit juice which makes it family friendly! Chunky or processed into a smooth paste there are many variations and many flavour combination and each one is delicious.
Read MoreRoasted chickpeas are great to have on hand to snack on, to toss in a salad, to garnish an open-faced sandwich, to sprinkle over a home-made dip for veggies… so many delicious uses for them. They are easy to make and are filled with great antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, plant-based protein and fiber nutrition.
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