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French Onion Baked Chicken

This quick and simple, family-friendly, budget-friendly French Onion Baked Chicken recipe is a yummy and nutritious wonderful dinner to make to warm you on a cold day! You can make up the French Dressing and the Onion Soup mix days in advance so you have them ready for this recipe. (Both recipes posted and on the RenataCollective site via the bio link.) You can always use commercial ingredients instead of the DIY blends but there’s something so much more delicious when you make the entire recipe from scratch.

Dairy Free, Dinner, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Healthy eating, LunchRenata RichardsonJanuary 21, 2022French Onion Baked Chicken, DIY Salad Dressing, French Salad Dressing, DIY Onion Soup Mix Comments

French Salad Dressing

Another homemade recipe – this time for French salad dressing. A few simple ingredients are all you need to have a delicious fresh dressing to toss your greens with or use in a recipe. When you make your own dressing, you know the healthy ingredients that went into it, can reduce the salt and sugar content, and end up with a much tastier dressing! Plus bragging rights that you made it yourself!

Condiment, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gift giving, Gluten Free, Healthy eating, Home, Salad, Vegetarian, VeganRenata RichardsonJanuary 19, 2022French Salad Dressing, DIY Salad DressingComment

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!

Condiment, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Gift giving, Gluten Free, Healthy eating, Kitchen Hack, Mix, VeganRenata RichardsonJanuary 17, 2022DIY Onion Soup MixComment

Warming Tomato Bisque

Soup’s on! This Warming Tomato Bisque is super simple to make with ingredients likely already in your fridge and pantry. It is smoother and creamier than tomato soup and has a delicate and delicious flavour. Serve this to family and friends to rave reviews.

Dairy Free, Dinner, Egg Free, Healthy eating, Inspiration, Light Supper, Lunch, VegetarianRenata RichardsonJanuary 11, 2022Antioxidant, eye health, Heart Health, antioxidant, fiber, Immune supportingComment

Easy Whole Wheat Bread

Baking bread is SO satisfying!

The inspiration and base for this easy yeast bread recipe comes from Jenny Can Cook and her whole wheat bread recipe https://www.jennycancook.com/recipes/simple-whole-wheat-bread . I use a plant-based milk in mine and add some extra ingredients to make this bread my own and add some additional nutrition. This bread is on my bread making rotation often!

Baked Goods, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gift giving, Healthy eatingRenata RichardsonJanuary 10, 2022Easy Wole Wheat Bread, flaxmeal, antioxidant, fiber, beta glucan, healthy digestion, heart health, plant-based protein, Brain HealthComment

Spiced Braised Cabbage Wedges

This braised cabbage recipe that is SO good and different from how you may have cooked cabbage in the past, and this recipe with the coconut milk and chickpeas and carrot makes it next level!

Dairy Free, Dinner, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Healthy eating, Lunch, Light Supper, Side Dishes, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonJanuary 6, 2022Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, FOlate, fiber Comments

Herbed Seasoned Sea Salt

It’s simple to make Herbed Seasoned Sea Salt – you can adjust the amounts of one herb or another to suit your taste. And you can adjust the amount of salt, which is, for me, the most important part. As we know, salt is one of the foundations of flavour, yet I do not like to salt my recipes and food too heavily. I prefer to season with herbs and spices. Making your own allows you to use the freshest dried herbs, organic when you can find them (health food stores are a good source) so you know the goodness you are seasoning your food and nourishing your body with.

Healthy eating, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, CondimentRenata RichardsonJanuary 3, 2022Herbed Seasoned Sea Salt, seasoning, sea salt, savoryComment

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!

Dairy Free, Dinner, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Healthy eating, Light Supper, Lunch, Side Dishes, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonDecember 29, 2021One Pan, Pasta Limone, lemon, Vitamin C, Antioxidant, Gluten Free, dairy free, iron support Comments

Egg Cups

So easy. So good! Here is my recipe for a simple breakfast idea that takes minutes to make, then you pop it into the oven to cook while you have time to do other things, and the result is a wonderfully nutritious, fabulous looking and delicious tasting Egg Cup! My Egg Cup recipes does not contain bread. Mine is a protein rich recipe with the egg, ham and cheese. Serve your Egg Cups with a slice of your favourite bread on the side!

Brunsli

Brunsli are another popular traditional Swiss Christmas Cookie that I have known, loved and made my whole life. This recipe was my Grandmother’s so it is cherished! They are gluten and dairy free (it has egg whites) - made with ground almonds, or almond flour, sugar, a little icing sugar, cocoa and egg whites. These are SO good!

Baked Goods, Dairy Free, Dessert, Gift giving, Gluten Free, Healthy eating, Home, Inspiration, SnacksRenata RichardsonDecember 17, 2021Brunsli, Swiss, Swiss Cookies, Glu, Gluten Free, Dairy free, Ground almonds, Cocoa, TraditionsComment

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

Dinner, Egg Free, Healthy eating, Lunch, pescatarianRenata RichardsonDecember 9, 2021Herbed Cheese Sauce and Nut Crusted Hoisin Salmon, salmon, hoisin, antioxidant, Immune supporting, heart health, brain healthComment

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

Dairy Free, Dinner, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Healthy eatingRenata RichardsonDecember 6, 2021antioxidant, immune support, eye health, Weeknight Coconut Hoisin Chicken Stir-Fry, Chicken Dinner, Hoisin, weekend quick dinnerComment

Homemade Vanilla Extract

Vanilla 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.

Gluten Free, Healthy eating, Gift giving, Kitchen HackRenata RichardsonNovember 8, 2021Homemade Vanilla Extract, vanilla, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, aphrodisiac, sleep promoting, calmingComment