Spring produce is finally here, and I for one am so excited to finally have the opportunity to eat lots of different fresh foods. At our farmers market, there is one vendor that specializes in asparagus. It isn't commonly grown in Alberta, so I'm happy that Edgar Farms has taken on the task! My partner and I picked up a huge bag of their asparagus ...
Black Rice Noodle & Mushroom Bowl
What a treat it is to have mushrooms! Our farmers market doesn't offer mushrooms, period. I once went to a farmers market in Brampton that offered an amazing selection - portobello, oyster, lion's mane, enoki, maitake, chantrelle, morels, etc. Some of these mushrooms are so powerful in their healing abilities that health food stores sell them ...
Shredded Asian Slaw with Almond Ginger Sauce
If you've never tried celery root, also known as celeriac, you are missing out! It tastes similar to celery, but it has a milder, more earthy, and maybe even sweeter flavour. It's a very versatile root that I've written about before; it can be cooked, steamed, mashed, baked, roasted, pureed, or eaten raw. Did I forget anything? I've added raw cubed ...
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Eating healthy doesn't have to be expensive. Most health food stores (and other grocery stores) will discount their less-than-fresh produce in order to sell it before it goes bad. Our local health food store has a discount section, and I check it out every time I'm there. Sometimes the produce in that section actually looks pretty good, and will ...
Roasted Eggplant Cherry Tomato Soup
This is one of those cleaning-out-the-fridge soups that turned out to be wonderful enough to share! Healthy eating doesn't have to be hard. Once you get comfortable with using plant-based foods, it comes so easy! Stock your kitchen with healthy foods - if you buy healthy things, you'll eat healthy things. So while cleaning out the fridge ...
Red Cabbage Nachos with Salsa, Spiced Lentils, & Avocado Sour Cream
On New Year's Eve I was chatting with one of my good friends, Kerry. She lives in Halifax, a three hour time difference from here in Edmonton. As you can imagine we don't get to see each other very often. When she asked me to create a healthy nacho recipe for her, I immediately accepted the challenge. Over the next few days, I pondered ways to ...
Stripetti Squash with Tomato Sauce and Walnut Crumbles
A few weeks ago I brought home a stripetti squash from the farmers market. I had never heard of a stripetti squash before, which is basically why I bought it. Thanks to Google, I later discovered that the stripetti squash is a cross between a delicata squash and a spaghetti squash. The skin is striped like a delicata, but the flesh separates into ...
Lacto-Fermented Mixed Pepper Hot Sauce
My partner and I do a lot of fermenting, but I have yet to share any fermented recipes. So I figured now was the perfect time! I've been wanting to share this recipe for a while, but first I had to wait and make sure it turned out. And, phew, it was even better than I hoped it would be! This hot sauce is (duh) spicy, garlicky, and flavourful. It ...
Purple Celeriac and Heirloom Carrot Soup
Welcome back, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! As the dinner parties and family gatherings are slowly coming to an end, we can take the time to breathe and relax over the last few days of 2014. For those of you that may still have a late dinner party to host, or even those of you that are just exhausted and need something easy to make for ...
Chickpea Stuffed Squash with Arugula
When squashes first arrived at our farmers market, I may have gone a little squash-crazy. That was a month or so ago, and I still have a hard time walking past all the squashes without stopping and admiring them all. I have toned it down a bit, however, and no longer feel the need to have 8 squashes on hand at all times (just 2-3). I still ...
