Don’t get me wrong, I love rice. I love white rice like any good Asian, but rice isn’t necessarily the best thing for you when you’re trying to have a more balanced diet. I grew up eating rice every day. Rice with stir fried veggies. Rice with soup. Rice with marinated proteins. Rice with blanched greens. Rice […]
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Vegan Leek and Potato Soup
Nothing like the dead of winter in both Toronto and Ottawa reminds me that my body was not meant to live in Canada. The cold, dry air sucks out any and all moisture from my body and I become perma-uncomfortable. The cold seeps into my bones, the lack of daylight renders me grouchy and tired, […]
Vegan Black Bean Brownies
There are only a select few of my friends who feel the same way about food as I do. There’s something lusciously enticing about a drizzle of chocolate or the intoxicating smell of baked goods in my kitchen. I understand people who don’t empathize with my obsession with measuring spoons and cups, but what I […]
Watermelon Salad
This watermelon salad is great for BBQs or summer potlucks. It’s savoury, zingy, and super refreshing, because of the mint and hydrating watermelon. One of my favourite things about summer is that it’s got all this fresh produce and fruits that taste just so much better than when you buy them out of season. Local […]
Spiced Tomato Red Lentils
Spiced tomato red lentils are filling, easy on the wallet, and so good! I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend and had lots of time to enjoy the beautiful weekend with friends and family. I had a friend visit from out of town and I hosted a taste-testing early dinner shebang to see what my […]
Tropical Smoothie Bowl
Spruce up your breakfast with this tropical smoothie bowl! Â If you’ve been following my instagram at all, you’ll know that I’ve been eating a lot of smoothie bowls lately. My smoothie phase is going strong, and I like that smoothie bowls are a fun way of eating breakfast on which you can waste about 10 […]
