One of my many favorite food loves is tomatoes. I could eat tomatoes everyday, they are so versatile. I’ll eat them for breakfast in egg scrambles, for a snack with hummus, for lunch in salads or on a sandwich, for dinner in curries, stir-fry, on the BBQ, you get it!! There is nothing better
Dinner
Turkey & Ricotta Meatballs
This has to be one of the best recipes I have made yet – no joking around. These turkey meatballs are little moist balls of flavorful heaven! I made them for dinner last night and Justin called dibs on the leftovers for lunch, so I will be making them again very soon because I
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Dairy Free
Baked Carrot & Sweet Potato Fries
I’m getting the hint that people like chips, and not just any chips, healthy chips. Chips that you can feel good about eating! So these aren’t “chips” per se, but they are FRIES!!! And what is better than healthy chips but healthy fries?! These delicious little fries are super easy to make and
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Crispy Cinnamon Apple Chips
So I had a day off ealier this week and used it as a perfect opportunity to get some much needed cleaning (or..facebook/pinterest/foodgawking/recipe making) done around the house… as you can imagine I got a lot of cleaning done… So as I was “cleaning” I thought, what a great time to make some apple chips! These
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Gluten Free
Margherita Pizza with Cauliflower Crust
Justin and I are going to Europe in September and for a good part of our trip we will be in Italy *insert squeal of excitement here*!!! So I have been dreaming of delicious Italian food… mmmm pizza, salad, olives, wine. Yum. All this dreaming has been causing me to crave these delicious foods
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Desserts
Raspberry Goat Cheese Swirl Brownies
I was contemplating wether or not I should actually put “black bean” in the title of this recipe, because honestly, if you made these, gave them to your husband, and said you made yummy fudgy brownies… he would never know they were made of black beans… ever, and you would get away with secretly
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Watermelon & Feta Salad
Think watermelon. What’s the next word you think of? Summer! Well, at least I do anyways! Watermelon is one of my favorite summer treats, so when I first heard of this salad combination (shout-out to my good pal Keynon for introducing me)… watermelon, feta, red onion?! I was like whoa, what are you doing
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Dinner
Grilled Shrimp Tacos
We have had some crazy hot weather lately, and I am not complaining! It’s not often we get heat like this here in Edmonton, so I am taking it all in, one bead of sweat at a time! So I thought, in honor of this heat, I’d make some of my favorite Mexican food …
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Dairy Free
Banana & Peanut Butter “Ice Cream”
It’s a lovely summer Sunday, a perfect day to relax on the deck and enjoy the weather and some healthy ice cream. Wait, what?? Something doesn’t sound right there… “healthy” ice cream you say? YES! That’s right! I am so excited about this lovely little recipe and wonderful discovery! I first heard