When I recently came home from the hospital (bye,bye appendix) I craved soups. For the first week or so, I was very lucky to have caring friends and neighbours to drop food off almost daily. Two friends dropped off homemade chicken soup – both versions equally delicious and uplifting with some different ingredients. Their soups […]
Author: SundayCC
Quinoa Buckwheat Pancakes
If you have been looking for a gluten-free pancake recipe I encourage you to try this one. I am not going to lie, they are not light and fluffy but they are super tasty and super handy if there are any celiacs or gluten-sensitive folks among your friends and family members. It uses ingredients you […]
Almond Pulp Brownies
Have you ever wondered what to do with all that almond pulp left-over from making almond milk? When I started making almond milk at home I found myself wondering the same thing. It hurt to throw away all that organic almond pulp. Truth be told, it it actually hurt my husband even more, so he […]
Nutritional Yeast Salad Dressing
Whenever I ask what I can bring to a dinner party the answer is usually salad. The reason our friends like my salads so much (I am not sure they are aware of this) is this salad dressing. I always vary the salad ingredients depending on the time of year but the dressing is usually […]
Homemade Almond Milk
Why? It is delicious and super easy to make. When I first tried homemade almond milk, I was surprised that it tasted nothing like commercially-made almond milk. I have since learned that most commercially-made almond milks contain an average of 2% of almonds compared to 25-30% in homemade almond milk – I would have […]
Chocolate Energy Bites
At the moment these are my favourite portable snack – easy to make, packed with protein and healthy fats, and delicious! I keep them in the freezer and when I am on the run, I pop 2-3 in my bag for later. I started making regularly over the winter but this summer they have become […]
Gazpacho
Gazpacho is a traditional summer dish from southern Spain, where tomatoes are ripened to perfection by abundant sunshine all summer long. Think of it as a liquid summer salad. It is worth making this recipe when you can source local sun-ripened ingredients – local because ripe tomatoes do not travel well (and because we […]
Crispy Kale Chips
What do you do when you have too much kale? Kale chips of course! It is definitely kale season. We came back from a camping trip this week to an explosion of kale in our garden. Kale chips is one of the fastest ways to use up a lot of kale and definitely my kids […]