A pasta salad featuring a green goddess pesto made with basil or parsley, avocado, cashews, lemon, garlic, nutritional yeast, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Perfect for a dish to pass or potluck gathering! Yesterday, one of my best friends hosted a gathering at her place. Beyond the delicious food and drink (plantain tortillas, quinoa taco…
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Blueberry Chai Protein Smoothie Bowl
Meet your new favourite late summer breakfast. This Blueberry Chai Protein Smoothie Bowl is cool and refreshing, but it also features warming spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom. It’s perfect for cooler summer mornings. When I visited Vancouver last year, I had a long list of restaurants, bakeries, and cafes that I wanted to hit…
Vegan Breakfast Sandwich with Tempeh, Avocado, and Tomato
This vegan breakfast sandwich with tempeh, avocado, and tomato isn’t kidding around. It’s piled high with tempeh chorizo, avocado, beet hummus, tomato, mustard, and pickled jalapenos. You can use a bagel, bread, or an English muffin as your base. Six days out of seven, I reach for standard breakfast fare: overnight oats, sourdough toast with…
Southwestern Tofu Scramble Burritos
These Southwestern Tofu Scramble Burritos are filled with a pinto bean and tofu scramble, quick pickled jalapenos, guacamole, and salsa. They are packed protein and staying power, making them the perfect hungry person’s meal! Tofu scramble is one of my go-to meals when I need to get dinner on the table in a short amount…
Raw Romaine Taco Boats with Tofu Ricotta
Raw romaine taco boats with a zippy tofu ricotta that is 1000 times tastier than dairy ricotta! This Mediterranean-inspired warm weather meal features in-season romaine lettuce, tomato, mint, and cucumber, and is packed with protein thanks to the tofu. In the heat of summer, I’m all about fuss-free, no-cook/low-cook meals. Look around at your local…
Falafel Tacos with Avocado Zhoug and Yogurt Tahini Sauce
These Falafel Tacos with Avocado Zhoug and Yogurt Tahini Sauce will rock your world! Baked falafels are combined with zhoug (a spicy green condiment that has taken the culinary world by storm), zippy yogurt tahini sauce, pickled radishes, and vegetables on soft flour tortillas or taco shells for the ultimate fusion of Middle Eastern and…
Vegan Macrobiotic Bowls with Adzuki Beans and Turmeric Tahini Sauce
Healthy, wholesome vegan macrobiotic bowls with marinated adzuki beans and turmeric tahini sauce require minimal prep and cooking time, making them a great choice for a weeknight dinner. They are also perfect for workday lunches! I enjoyed a vegan macrobiotic bowl at Fresh restaurant during a half marathon weekend in Toronto in May. It was…
How to Make Homemade Hemp Milk
It’s Plastic-Free July, so I’m breaking from the Salad a Day Challenge to bring you a zero waste hemp milk recipe! You can read more about Plastic-Free July here. There are countless ways that we can reduce our plastic footprint, and the kitchen holds many opportunities for doing so. One of the easiest swaps to…
Vegan Greek Pasta Salad with Homemade Tofu Feta
It’s the fifth recipe in the July Salad a Day Challenge, and it’s a good one: Vegan Greek Pasta Salad with Homemade Tofu Feta! I apologize for my absence here yesterday- I ran out of time to post a recipe before work. In lieu of a blog post, I did I decided to show you…
Savory Breakfast Salad
Welcome to Day 4 of the July Salad a Day Challenge! Today, we have a savory breakfast salad recipe with kale, blueberries, hemp, roasted sweet potato, and a flax oil/apple cider vinegar dressing. For protein, you can serve this salad with a fried egg or two, or if you are vegan, you can serve it…