It's been a long time since I've made a nice batch of soup! Hot summer weather does not call for hot soups, and so understandably our stash of homemade broth just sat in our freezer neglected all summer long. But now that's it getting a bit colder out, I'm looking forward to start making hearty and warming soups again. The two vegetables I ...
Dino Kale & Green Bean Pumpkin Mash
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I'm definitely looking forward to flying back to Ontario for the get-together. Not the flying part, but the get-together part. My partner's family traditionally gathers at their cottage in Quebec for Thanksgiving dinner, and this year my family (who live near Toronto) will be joining us as well. It'll be ...
Mustard Greens Stir Fry with Smoked Tempeh, Kimchi & Farro
Who knew there are so many different varieties of mustard greens? When you think about it, I suppose it makes sense because there's tons of varieties of pretty much any vegetable or fruit you can think of. I've tried a few types of mustard greens now; one with frilly leaves, one with flat leaves that were purple on one side, and the one in this ...
Asparagus & Portobellini Brown Rice Risotto
Growing up, I loved asparagus. It grew wild around where we lived, and I would often stop on hikes to munch on a spear or two. One year my parents had a genius idea. They dug up some asparagus plants that were growing nearby. Into our vegetable garden they went, and there they stayed. For years they have been producing delicious stalks for us. From ...
Mixed Mushroom & Spinach Chickpea Scramble
Chickpeas are definitely my favourite legume. I don't know what it is about them. If I had my way, they are the only legume I would ever eat. But eating the same thing all the time definitely isn't ideal, so I force myself to buy different types of legumes and I never let myself make two batches of chickpeas in a row. I make a batch of beans every ...
Vietnamese Pho – My First Attempt
I tried pho for the first time ever shortly after moving to Edmonton. We weren't quite settled in yet, plus we had some moving allowances to burn through, so we were trying out some of the local restaurants within walking distance of our new apartment. One night we were debating where to go for dinner when my partner discovered I had never had pho ...
Lacto-Fermented Kimchi
This batch of kimchi was my second attempt at this traditional fermented Korean side dish. The first version I made was good, but overly salty and not quite what I was aiming for. I decided to try my hand at kimchi again recently, after my partner suggested we use our fermented hot sauce as part of the recipe. Genius! Seriously. If you haven't yet ...
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 ...
Eggplant & Potato Casserole with Green Lentils
I'd been dreaming about making this dish for awhile. I'm not sure what brought the idea into my head, but it definitely had something to do with the fact that one night I had only eggplants and potatoes left in the fridge. I dreamt up a dish, layered like a casserole or scalloped potatoes, with hearty layers of lentils nestled in-between. I can't ...
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 ...
