Summer meals need to be quick, easy and delicious and the BBQ is a great way to not heat up your kitchen and cook quickly. As a change of food from the grill, may I suggest an alternate - Quick Spicy Thai Beef. You’ll have dinner on the table in a half hour and have a wonderful meal to serve your family. A wonderful blend of sweet and spicy sauces makes this quick-to-prepare savory dish delicious.
Read MoreA great any-night side dish or even an appetizer for your next get together. You can use store bough pesto but I prefer to make pesto fresh: Pesto in a Jiffy. The photos show fingerling potatoes – you can make this with any kind or colour of baby potatoes or roasted sweet potato rounds are also delicious! Mmmmm!
Read MoreMaking your own sauces lets you adjust the taste to your own liking and you know the good ingredients that are going into what you are cooking and eating! This teriyaki sauce and teriyaki chicken dinner are a quick meal to make on those busy nights The sauce takes minutes to prepare and the chicken is cut small so it’s a speedy recipe indeed! Meal Prep Alert: make the sauce ahead of time, cut up the chicken ahead of time and keep both in the fridge, have rice or quinoa cooked to just reheat and you will have dinner ready in a half hour!
Read MorePolenta – I’m sure you are familiar with this wonderful dish made of cornmeal but perhaps have not tried to make it. I encourage you to make this recipe and it is so simple and so delicious. I love to make extra polenta, store in the fridge and then fry it up with an egg on top for breakfast or a light dinner with a side salad. Polenta is a wonderful base for so many toppings – a hearty stew, chili, sautéed or roasted veggies as in this recipe – mushrooms!
Read MoreSummertime = fast fun healthy food. And burgers always fit the bill. These burgers are inspired by the super healthy Greek spice oregano, garlic and onions, topped with tzatziki (not dairy free), tomato and sliced green olives. My recipe includes a trick to make these burgers extra yummy – see recipe! These burgers are also delicious topped with hummus and sprinkled with some nutritional yeast in place of the tzatziki – so YUM – and then they are dairy free (they do contain an egg)!
Read MoreLooking for a fast and fun dinner idea that can be served in a myriad of ways, then you have to try my Sloppy Joes with Turkey and Lentils! You can serve this deliciousness on top of a bun, in an avocado half, in a taco, over greens in a bowl as a chili… it’s so versatile! And so delicious and nutritious!
Read MorePresenting an easy and delicious tandoori inspired baked chicken recipe. It is rich in flavour and mild on heat from the spice but you can spice it up by adding more curry, more ginger or adding chili powder or flakes. Serve this dish with brown rice and a mixed salad, a side of steamed or sautéed veggies, or a chickpea salad and your taste buds will sing!
Read MoreThis very delicious mug cake is super easy to make and takes 2 minutes in the microwave to bake. For those who don’t have or like to use a microwave it can be baked in the oven as well and will just take a few minutes longer to dive into the deliciousness.
Read MoreThis is a wonderful recipe and since having developed it, it has become one of our family’s favorite. The spice mix with the lime zest and the splash of lime juice on the chicken gives the chicken a certain very special something! Trust me when I say you must make this recipe and it will become a favourite in your home too. I roasted sweet potatoes, beets and then added corn in to roast after a few minutes as well to keep it tender and moist – the corn can go in with the sweet potatoes and beets if you want the corn really roasted. This combination is rather unconventional and works really well. The colour on your plate is beautiful and the nutrition you will consume is wonderful and so healthful!
Read MoreThis is an easy and versatile chicken recipe as you can make it to bake in the oven or to cook on the BBQ. I make my own Hoisin sauce but you can use a store-bought version as well. Making your own sauces is always preferable as you can use the best ingredients, no preservatives and control the amount of sweetness and salt. Using store-bought sauces are fine, just don’t add additional salt to the recipe!
Read MoreHomemade sauces, like my hoisin sauce recipe, are quick and easy to make and add more nutrition to your meal. I prefer to make my own sauces so I can control the ingredients, making sure they are top quality, limit the amount of sugar and salt that goes into it and leaves out the commercial additives that our bodies don’t need, like preservatives, chemical colour and thickening agents and they taste so fresh and flavourful!
Read MoreThese gluten-free, dairy-free (they do have an egg) veggie burgers can be a delicious alternative burger to add to your offering of meat burgers or a grilled stuffed portobello mushroom burger - SO good!
Read MoreThis one-sheet dinner is a winner! It is super easy to make, versatile as you can use whichever veggies are your favorites or have on hand in your crisper. Meal Planning Alert: This is a great meal to make extra of as cold, these seasoned roasted veggies, and even the kielbasa, become the star of a lunch or dinner salad!
Read MoreThis is a super recipe when you want to prep dinner to cook while you go about doing other things on a busy day. And, leftovers are really good heated up the next day for lunch!
Read MoreWho knows what Salisbury Steak is?! It’s a hamburger all dressed up and simmered in a rich mushroom sauce – economical, super delicious, and an easy go-to for dinner! There are so many versions of Salisbury Steak recipes with few differences. My version is gluten and dairy-free.
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