A great side dish or filling for a burrito bowl, this Cilantro Lime Brown Rice recipe is a tasty addition your meal. Gluten Free, Vegan and full of that fresh cilantro flavour. CILANTRO BROWN RICE Hey hey, people! Today I have something wonderful to share with you all. Since moving to Vancouver, as I admitted…
Recipes
Chicken Enchilada Bake with Butternut Squash & Black Beans
This Chicken Enchilada Bake with Butternut Squash & Black Beans is a healthy, veggie centered casserole recipe. It is layered with vegetables and chicken then topped with cheese and baked to bubbly perfection. I love incorporating vegetables into meals that I make. Sometimes when your veggies are served on the side, like chicken and…
Hemp Seed Energy Balls – Gluten Free
These Hemp Seed Energy Balls are a healthy, gluten free snack featuring hemp seeds & sweetened with local honey. Swap in maple syrup to make this recipe vegan! One of my favourite sources of energy is hemp seeds. They are not only super nutritious by being packed with protein and healthy fats; they also taste…
Sugar Free + Grain Free Granola
This Sugar Free + Grain Free Granola is a totally satisfying, crunchy snack. Naturally sweetened with ripe bananas and packed with a cornucopia of nuts and seeds. Gluten Free! By the end of day three of my detox, I was really bored with snacking on almonds. There needed to be an alternative and did I…
Homemade Enchilada Sauce
This easy to make Homemade Enchilada Sauce will replace those grocery store bought cans for good! Vegan, gluten free and full of flavour. I love Mexican/Southwestern style food. The spices, the beans, the cheese. Yum! Love it all. A lot of the recipes I see call for enchilada sauce and after endless searching at…
Coconut Oil Popcorn
A healthy and inexpensive treat, this Coconut Oil Popcorn recipe will become your go-to snack. So easy to make and customize to your taste buds. Gluten Free + Vegan! One of my favourite snacks lately is Coconut Oil Popcorn. I make it right on my stove top and in less than five minutes we are…
Thumbprint Cookies – Vegan & Gluten Free
Soft, buttery and not super sweet, these Vegan & Gluten Free Thumbprint Cookies are just the ticket this holiday season. Even Grandma would approve! VEGAN & GLUTEN FREE THUMBPRINT COOKIES Nothing says the holidays like thumbprint cookies. Those perfect little mouthfuls of sweet, jammy goodness. No cookie platter is complete without thumbprint cookies. Well, I…
Vegan Soy-less ‘Soy’ Sauce – Gluten Free
Looking to avoid soy in your diet? Try this healthy Vegan Soy-Less Soy Sauce the next time your recipe calls for it and skip the soy as well as the gluten and a ton of sodium. Can you say win-win?! VEGAN SOY-LESS SOY SAUCE Everyone likes a bit of salty seasoning every now and then…
Crispy Baked Hot Wings
These delicious Crispy Baked Hot Wings are the perfect recipe to serve up at game time! A gluten free option is available to make these allergy friendly and baking instead of frying saves you the added fat without sacrificing any flavour. CRISPY BAKED HOT WINGS Quick confession: I don’t eat chicken wings. I’m not a…
Easy Lemon & Garlic Dressing
This Easy Lemon & Garlic Dressing is sugar free making it Whole 30 friendly and a great salad dressing you can make in under five minutes! Since there are no rays of sunshine streaming through my curtains, I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands. I’m going to create a little light with this…
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
This Baked Honey Mustard Chicken recipe is one that I make over and over. Not only is it both easy and healthy, the sauce that it creates is fantastic drizzled over brown rice, potatoes, veggies, you name it! Whatever side dish you choose, this sweet and slightly spicy chicken recipe will match it. I wish…
How to: Peel & Roast Hazelnuts (Two Methods)
Have you wondered how to roast hazelnuts, or even do you need to roast hazelnuts? Learning How to Peel & Roast Hazelnuts using one of these two methods (one is from Julia Child!) brings them to the next level. OK. So. How do you cook raw hazelnuts. When I visited Tofino , I bought the cookbook…
Spelt Flour Flatbread
This Spelt Flour Flatbread recipe is surprisingly easy and so satisfying to make! Instead of the stale wraps that come enveloped in plastic on the store shelves, try your hand at these healthy, fresh and pillowy homemade flatbreads. It’s DIY time! 🙂 This edition felt ambitious as I’ve never really considered myself a ‘bread maker’…
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nothing says classic like Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies! This delicious cookie recipe uses sprouted grain flour and is naturally sweetened with maple syrup. The perfect snack with an icy cold glass of milk. I’ve shared another oatmeal cookie recipe back in the early days of the Honour System that was a gluten free, flourless variety….