I’ll admit it, although I love and crave kale – cooked or raw – I used to really dislike it in my smoothies. I used to think that it ruined this morning drink that I find delicious. Not anymore! My daugther refuses to drink any smoothies that have vegetables in them, so if the smoothie…
Always looking for more breakfast ideas that don’t involve eggs. I was pleasantly surprised when my family chose these gluten-free, eggless waffles over our spelt flour eggless waffles, these were lighter and lovely. Enjoy! Gluten-free Egg-free Waffles Dry ingredients 1 cup total flour (1/3 cup sorghum, 1/3 cup brown rice, 1/3 cup light buckwheat) 2…
My friend Renee created this fabulous salad dressing, so we call it “Renee’s Salad Dressing”. This salad dressing tastes nothing like the store-bought Renee’s salad dressings though. It is healthy, sweet, salty and tart all at the same time. ½ cup flaxseed oil (hemp seed oil works too, and you could always use olive oil)…
This Lentil Apple Salad is adapted from Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert, which by the way is another great cookbook. The chapters are separated into seasons, which makes it easy to follow for those cooking with foods available seasonally. 1 cup green lentils 1 cup quinoa 4 Tbsp olive…
When getting together for a potluck my friend Kath will often say “can you bring your quinoa salad?” I ask “which one?” “Any of them” is always her response, but she really likes this one. 3 cups cooked quinoa 1 cup green onion, chopped 1 cup celery, finely chopped ½ cup each red and…
This salad is beautiful served over baby arugula, but doesn’t need the greens to still be tasty. Pair it wth a lentil or bean soup for a delicious vegetarian meal. 2 large beets, peeled and shredded 2 carrots, peeled and shredded 2 apples, peeled, cored and shredded 1 cup crumbled goat feta cheese 1 cup…
1 ½ cups cooked chickpeas 2/3 cup green onions, minced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 large tomato, chopped 3 celery stalks, finely chopped Juice of one lemon 2 Tbsp fresh mint, chopped 3 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped 1/3 cup olive oil ¼ cup goat feta cheese, crumbled Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to…
My neighbour gave me the inspiration for this salad. We were chatting about kale one day and she told me about this salad she’d been making. I arranged it to try and threw together my own version of it with my creamy dressing. My daughter and her friends and my inlaws all like it –…