It’s fall so you know what that means.. fermenting season! This is my first time making kimchi. I used a recipe from the book Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz, which my Mom gave me for my birthday last year. We got a gigantic haul of fresh organic veggies in our harvest box this week from Chris […]
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Roasted Vegetable Salad with Creamy Almond Butter Balsamic Vinaigrette
When you want to be decadent and healthy at the same time! I have been trying to cut down on grains lately and follow the specific carbohydrate diet a little more. This salad is really filling due to the almond butter dressing sweetened with dates and delicious tartness of the balsamic. I actually have a […]
Black and White Salad
Enjoy this salad while watching a film by G. W. Pabst. I began pondering a recipe for a black and white salad after purchasing this beautiful black quinoa ↓ Black Quinoa Galaxy Black princess cherry tomatoes from Salt and Harrow farm. Recipe: Maple Balsamic Dressing: 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil ¼ cup high-quality balsamic vinegar 2 TBS pure maple syrup ½ TBS honey mustard or […]
Sprouted French Lentil Salad
Sprouted lentil salad DRESSING: apple cider vinegar splash, lemon juice quarter or half lemon, glug of olive oil, handful chopped parsley other herbs, salt and pepper FILLING: Finely chop carrot, pepper, avocado, tomato, onion, add spouted green lentil and mix together
Enlightened Slaw
Slaying the slaw game Crisp, refreshing and flavourful slaw. If you don’t particularly like the taste of sauerkraut but need more probiotics in your life this is a fantastic way to dilute it. Surround it with an explosion of other fresh flavours for a delightful rainbow party in your mouth and a naturally fermented bacterial […]
Squash & Lentil Curry Soup
Quick and easy health food hacks! Bone broth Squash red lentils Grated ginger Garam masala and curry powder spice, 1TBsp of each Peel and chop up the squash into chunks add to the simmering bone broth, rinse lentils well under cold water and add to broth. Using a rasp grater, Great ginger into soup. (Or chopped […]
Tabbouleh Salad
I could eat tabbouleh salad every day for the rest of eternity. George Carlin did a stand up bit about death and how whatever you think your afterlife is going to be, it will be. My afterlife is me constantly munching tabbouleh salad. This pleasing five minute masterpiece is all you’ll ever need: Juice of […]
Grilled Fava Beans
It’s hard to make charred broad beans look sexy. Even on Martha Stewart’s website they resemble a burnt pile of crap. (Martha herself has a history of epically bad food photos.) But I digress… Despite it’s less than glamorous aesthetic appeal, these babies are a moreish, heavenly delight. I could eat a whole bowl to […]
coconut & seed flour chocolate chip cookies
These are SOOO delicious and a gluten free alternative to wheat flour cookies. For the sweetener I used dates. You can get two packages of succulent Iranian dates for 5$ from Persia Foods (multiple locations around Vancouver and area). So fresh and melt in your mouth tender! I grind my own seed flour using raw […]
Falafel of the Century
RECIPE: 1 CUP cooked lentils 1 CUP steamed squash 2 CUPs chickpeas, soaked overnight (and /or sprouted for a day or 2), uncooked 1 CUP parsley and / or other herbs like basil, cilantro 4 or more garlic clove chopped 1 tsp cumin salt and pepper to taste Blend in a food processor / blender […]