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DIY Onion Soup Mix

So 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!

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One Pan Quick, Easy and Delicious Pasta Limone

We love this Pasta Limone recipe all year round – especially on busy days! It is one of my ‘back pocket’ recipes – pasta lends itself so well to that! It’s a one pan wonder so clean up is super easy. You can serve it with a salad on the side or a meat or protein of your choice – tempeh sautéed in a little tamari or soy sauce is delightful!

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Herbed Cheese Sauce and Nut Crusted Hoisin Salmon

Salmon is one of the most popular and versatile fish varieties for chefs and gourmets alike. It’s delicate flavour, pretty colour and presentation styles make it a perfect main dish to serve for any festive occasion or celebration, year round. Consider making this delicious and nutritious, easy and quick to make, recipe to nourish and impress your loved ones over the holidays

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Weeknight Coconut Hoisin Chicken Stir-fry

December is a busy month with the holidays, shopping, wrapping, festivities & events & entertaining (all with Covid still dictating restrictions), cooking, baking, sweets and indulgences, so it’s nice to have a quick and easy healthy meal during this hectic busy time!

Stir-frys are quick to cook to serve your family and friends and they are filled with nutrition – veggies, a healthy fat to cook with, a healthy carb, like rice, to serve with and a protein, in this case chicken breast, but you could use another meat, tempeh, marinated tofu or white beans or chickpeas, all round out this complete and balanced delicious meal

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Roasted Sweet Potato Garlic Hummus

Roasted Sweet Potato Garlic Hummus – YUM! It’s an easy and nutritious recipe to make and makes a generous amount to have in your fridge as an appetizer, to have as a protein packed snack, to spread on a sandwich, dollop on pasta or roasted veggies – so many ways to enjoy it!

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Oat Cups

These Oat Cups are healthy and delicious, with protein, healthy fat and carbs – a perfect combo to fuel efficiently for busy mamas, grown-ups and kiddies alike! Great to have on hand for a quick and nutritious breakfast, snack or dessert that feels like a wonderful indulgence but is actually healthy for you. Fill with your choice of filling – dark chocolate melted with PB, cashew cream and diced fruit, yogurt and berries, yogurt and granola, PB and Chia Jam... the combinations are endless and delicious!

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Pumpkin Spice Granola

This granola recipe is super easy to make and delicious to eat. It’s healthy and versatile as you can serve it plain with milk, add some berries or sliced banana, make a parfait with layering yogurt, the granola and some berries, you can sprinkle it on your peanut butter or almond butter toast, or eat a spoonful plain for an energy pick-me up. This granola is FULL of goodness and fabulous nutrition!

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Pan-Fried Gnocchi with Mushrooms, Beans and Greens

Pan-frying gnocchi is new to me and I LOVE IT! I had always boiled gnocchi and scooped it out when it rose to the surface. Pan-frying gnocchi is so easy and so delicious – you need gnocchi (store bought is fine to use), a little olive oil, a pinch of sea salt, a grind or two of fresh pepper, fry until nicely browned and they will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Heaven!

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Simple 5+1 Ingredient PB Oatmeal Bliss Bites

5 pantry ingredients are all you need to make this simple, healthy, delicious and satisfying treat: oatmeal, peanut butter, cinnamon, maple syrup and vanilla. If you want to drizzle with chocolate, then that’s a 6th ingredient!

These are great to make and have on hand for a quick energy snack when that mid-morning or afternoon energy slump kicks in and those tummy grumblies happen. One, maybe two, are all you need to feel satisfied and ready to tackle your next task!

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Pumpkin Spice Mix

How many pumpkin spice mix recipes have you seen the past few weeks? Loads? Me too! And here is one more! Most recipes have the same ingredients, just in different quantities of each. I have been playing around with my ratios of spices and landed on the mix I really like! I also add an ingredient that I haven’t seen in ANY OTHER pumpkin spine mix posts or recipes – a touch of cocoa. It adds a little something something that I really liked – as did those I tested the mix on! Since it’s SO simple to mix together, I make a small batch use it up, then make more as I need it so it’s fresh.

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Oatmeal Banana Loaf – Gluten Dairy Egg Free

A banana loaf recipe that is gluten, dairy and egg free! It’s so good and you won’t miss the ingredients it doesn’t have! If you want it nut free (for school lunches) or don’t have ground almonds, use additional oat flour. It really is a lovely, delicious treat!

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Smoked Paprika Spiced Chicken with Sour Cream Sauce

This family favourite chicken dinner is always a hit. It’s a great dish to make for company too and looks much fancier than it really is! It is easy to put together, it cooks on the stove top, the quick sauce at the end absolutely makes this dish so delicious! It calls for sour cream but to make this recipe dairy free you can use coconut cream. Serve with some rice or quinoa to soak up the sauce, some steamed veggies or a salad on the side and your meal is complete and fabulous!

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Secret Ingredient Absolutely Fabulous Smoothie

A smoothie in October? Sure! A smoothie is for any time of year! I came up with this simple, nourishing healthy and delicious recipe when I started seeing a trend of *this* healthy secret ingredient included in smoothie recipes and I thought How Brilliant! I believe it replaces the banana that is the healthy thickening constant in SO many smoothie recipes! What is this secret ingredient? Frozen Cauliflower! Yup! Give this healthy smoothie recipe a try and tell me how absolutely fabulous it is!

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