• Green Salad w/ Back Beans, Avocado and A Creamy Cilantro Ranch Dressing

    Green Salad, Creamy Cilantro Ranch Dressing, Vegan Sour Cream Green Salad w/ Back Beans, Avocado and A Creamy Cilantro Ranch Dressing Serves 2 Mixed Organic Greens (I use a mix of 'Zen Blend' & 'Power Greens' 1 C Organic Black Beans (this is great brand because their cans are...
  • Steamed Mussels in a Goat Cheese Jalepeño Tomato Sauce

    Steamed Mussels in a Goat Cheese, Jalapeño, Tomato Sauce 2 to 3lbs of Mussels 2 Large Shallots (or 3 small ones) 1 to 3 Fresh Jalapeños (depending on your heat preference) 2 Garlic Cloves 1/4 Cup White Wine 1/4 Cup Stock (fish would be best, but you could use vegetable or chicken...
  • Pesto Zucchini 'Noodle' Salad with Avocado, Tomato & Sunflower Sprouts

    This one starts with my Easy Vegan Pesto! 1 Cup Fresh Basil Leaves (basically 2 packs of those bunches you get at the supermarket) 1/4 Cup Pine Nuts 1 or 2 Garlic Cloves 1/3 Cup Olive Oil Salt & Pepper ▶ In a dry frying pan, gently toast pine nuts until they start to brown. Stir...
  • Arugula, Fennel, Avocado & Grapefruit Salad w/ Citrus Dressing

    Serves 4 Dressing: Juice from 1 Blood Orange Juice from 1 Lemon Juice from 1/2 Ruby Red Grapefruit 1/4 C Olive Oil 1 Shallot, minced 1" Fresh Ginger, peeled & minced 1 Tbls tarragon dijon mustard (or regular dijon) 2 tsp Honey 1 tsp Dark Sesame Oil Zest from Blood Orange &...
  • Cashew & Macadamia Pesto Cheese + Raw Almond Crackers

    Giving up dairy has only been hard when I'm around cheese. I LOVE cheese. Like a lot. Like seriously... a lot more than the average person!I used to eat cheese at almost every meal, so giving it up has been a little challenging, but I'm determined to keep it up. I have...
  • Lemon Mustard Marinated Kale

    This one was inspired by an amazing salad I had at The Drake the other night. Before this I wasn't the biggest fan of raw kale...But after trying this delicious, tart & mustardy salad I am a full convert. I let mine marinate for at least an hour and up to overnight. It wilts the kale...
  • Green Salad w/ Back Beans, Avocado and A Creamy Cilantro Ranch Dressing

    Green Salad, Creamy Cilantro Ranch Dressing, Vegan Sour Cream Green Salad w/ Back Beans, Avocado and A Creamy Cilantro Ranch Dressing Serves 2 Mixed Organic Greens (I use a mix of 'Zen Blend' & 'Power Greens' 1 C Organic Black Beans (this is great brand because their cans are...
  • Steamed Mussels in a Goat Cheese Jalepeño Tomato Sauce

    Steamed Mussels in a Goat Cheese, Jalapeño, Tomato Sauce 2 to 3lbs of Mussels 2 Large Shallots (or 3 small ones) 1 to 3 Fresh Jalapeños (depending on your heat preference) 2 Garlic Cloves 1/4 Cup White Wine 1/4 Cup Stock (fish would be best, but you could use vegetable or chicken...
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Friday, January 3, 2014

Curried Coconut Pumpkin Soup It's been -30˚C in Toronto for the last couple of days and my apartment is FREEZING! This soup has been keeping me nice and toasty. I got the inspiration from my wonderful friend Grace van Berkum. She made a similar one for the raw dinner we threw together back in October 2013. My version takes advantage of the robust flavours that come from caramelizing red onions...