How has your week been? Share something awesome you ate in the comments! My week has been great. I feel like I’ve found a good work-life balance, and there’s been plenty of time for fun in between working at my ‘real’ job, developing recipes, and exercising! We celebrated my parents’ birthdays, Father’s Day, and my…
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Buffalo Chickpea Burgers with Garlic Dill Ranch (Vegan)
Healthy, easy Buffalo Cauliflower Chickpea Burgers inspired by everybody’s favourite vegan junk food: buffalo cauliflower wings! Perfect for barbecue season, and just in time for Father’s Day!
Chocolate Almond Butter Soft Serve
A healthy alternative to other ice creams, this Chocolate Almond Butter Soft Serve is the perfect summer dessert! Remember how I shared my chocolate almond butter recipe a couple of days ago? You didn’t think that I was just going to leave you to your own devices with that jar of deliciousness, did you? I…
Spring Abundance Bowls with Maple-Balsamic Tempeh
These Spring Abundance Bowls are made with soba noodles, baked maple-balsamic tempeh, roasted vegetables, and fresh greens. A goddess dressing ties it all together. Call me boring, but there are few meals that excite me more than bowls. Place an array of grains, legumes, colourful vegetables, and sauce before me, and I’ll be as happy…
Vegan Banana Nutella Muffins
Hellooooo, world! It’s time to meet the world’s easiest vegan banana Nutella muffins. Now, I’m well aware that Nutella is not truly vegan. However, there are several vegan chocolate hazelnut spreads on the market that taste almost like the ‘real’ thing, and just as many recipes for homemade Nutella. Vegans, rejoice! Now we can have…
Date Night Vegan Penne with Tempeh Chorizo and Red Pepper Cream Sauce
It’s still early spring, which means it’s perfectly acceptable to share this cozy pasta recipe, right? Pasta is the ultimate date night meal. And if you gussy it up with tempeh chorizo and a creamy cashew red pepper sauce, you’ll most definitely succeed in impressing your person. As my dad always says, “The way to…
Superfood Hot Chocolate (Vegan)
This superfood hot chocolate is my favourite afternoon pick-me-up or healthy dessert when I’m craving something warm and sweet and the end of the day. It’s packed with good for you ingredients like cocoa, reishi mushroom, cashew butter, coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla, and is sweetened with a Medjool date. Reishi mushroom helps with relaxation and…
Smoky Barbecue Black Bean Burgers
Believe it or not, I was an extremely picky eater as a kid. The number of meals I would eat could be counted on one hand, while the number of meals I turned my nose up to could easily fill a small book. My poor food-loving parents, huh? They were always trying new recipes from…
Green Ginger Ale
Welcome to the second weekend of spring! Whether or not things are greening up where you are, I think we can all agree that this green ginger juice is an awesome seasonal tonic. It’ll wake you right up in the morning, and it’s equally good as an afternoon pick-me-up. Now that I no longer work…
Roasted Cauliflower Cilantro Soup
This Middle Eastern-inspired soup packs a flavourful punch thanks to a roasted cauliflower base plus cilantro, tahini, and lemon. After a period of indulgence, I naturally gravitate towards meals with an abundance of greens. I often start to crave these meals at the seasonal transition from winter to spring, too. It stands to reason: after…