Here comes a one dish baked chicken recipe – chicken thighs, veggies, spicy goodness! The sauce pulls this dish together and it’s one baking dish for easy clean-up! Serve it with some rice noodles or if you have meal prepped and have rice or quinoa already cooked – a quick reheat and you are ready to serve dinner.
Read MoreThis is a simple, only 3-ingredients, recipe that is fun to make and delicious to eat. I’ve cooked these both pan-fried and boiled and both are fabulous. Drizzle with some olive oil on top, or the sauce of your choice, and let the flavour of the super healthy sweet potato shine through. Plus the orange looks so pretty on your plate.
Read MoreLemon Honey Dijon Dressing recipe - a wonderful summer salad dressings – or for any time of year really. It’s very flavourful and all you really need are some spring greens, one or two salad veggies cup up and I LOVE this with fresh blueberries. I have a jar of this in the fridge ready to go so a salad can be a side dish for dinner or a quick lunch in a flash!
Read MoreSummer 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 MoreFresh, flavourful, delicious and so quick and easy to make – this pesto recipe is made with a couple of secret ingredients that increases the nutritional goodness and ups the deliciousness – I know this recipe will be something you make often!
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 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 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 MoreThese Sweet Potato Fried are so easy to make and a great side dish for just about anything. I like my sweet potato fries with a hint of chili pepper but you can use any spice you feel like. Sweet potatoes are an antioxidant food that protects your cells against free radicals which cause inflammation.
Read MoreHave you heard of the pasta dish that’s been trending all over for a while now – the baked feta and tomato one? Of course you have! I finally gave the idea a try, making my own version (adding some spinach for extra nutritional value!) and WOW it is really, really good. And so so easy!
Read MorePresenting one of our favourite stir fry recipes. It’s vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free. It’s packed with vitamin and mineral-rich veggies. This sauce though – Mmmmm! The secret is the miso paste – it’s so good! If you like miso, you must try this recipe!
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