I hope you are all enjoying your start to September! I kind of love this month, the weather is still mostly warm but there’s a slight chill in the air that’s actually refreshing, the leaves are starting to turn, and I can wear my favourite chunky sweaters, j.crew vests (I have an obsession), and my
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Roasted Potatoes with Creamy Lemon Dill Sauce // Dairy & Gluten Free
When my Baba was still alive we would visit her every year as she lived far away and I seriously looked forward to that time with anticipation all year. I loved to see my Baba, I loved her house, I loved her hugs, I loved the little town she lived in, and I definitely LOVED
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Lightened Up Creamy Cucumber Kale Salad
Happy Sunday! Man, I love weekends! Correction: I love SUMMER weekends! This weekend my Hubster and I went to Jasper (for the second weekend in a row actually!) to enjoy in the splendour that is The Rocky Mountains! We chose to camp this weekend, and although a little chilly at night, it’s been splendid.
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Coconut & Lemongrass Raw Vegetable Salad
When I was 20 I had my first real travel experience. Yes, I’d been to Disneyland and different areas in Canada before then, but I had never travelled overseas. This first big trip changed me forever. I backpacked through Thailand. Not only did it give me the travel bug and begin series of backpacking trips
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Canteen Inspired “Broccomole” Dip
“What the heck is broccomole?!” were the exact words that came out of my mouth as I was reading the brunch menu of a restaurant I went to recently with some friends. It’s a neat little place in Edmonton called Canteen and their brunch is delicious to say the least. I ordered the “Smoked Sablefish, Fontina
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Avo-Chicken Salad Bell Pepper Boats
What do you do when you have only 5 minutes to make lunch and have leftover chicken breast in the fridge?? You make Bell Pepper Boats stuffed with Avocado Chicken Salad! Or… Avo Chicken Salad Bell Pepper Boats! I was rushing out the door the other day to get to work for my first client and
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Sesame Chia Crusted Tuna Poke
You know when you spend an hour writing a wonderful post to go along with a delicious and awesome recipe and then you accidentally press something and it disappears and to much of your clicking, panicking, and dismay – it just doesn’t come back? Yeah, that just happened. Drat. (a nice version of the actual
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Vegan Roasted Eggplant & Parsley Dip
I’m very excited to have the lovely Abby from The Frosted Vegan guest posting on the blog today! Abby and I connected in the blogosphere this year and I’m so happy to have met her! She’s got a fantastic knack for creating healthy, delicious, and incredibly gorgeous vegan dishes over at The Frosted Vegan, and
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Sweet Chili Acorn Squash Chips with Avocado “Ranch” Dip
So I did a little poll on Facebook and it looks like the Savoury won! So, here it is, a delicious, healthy, seasonal, and easy savoury recipe for you! It’s definitely the Season of Squash … well, winter squash that is – butternut squash, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, and pumpkins!! I was craving something savoury,