I love making all kinds of salads in the summer months. Salads that are bursting with flavour and filled with a variety of fresh ingredients. Back in my waitressing days I worked at a restaurant that had an amazing caesar salad that I enjoyed often. I still crave that salad a lot but can’t have
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Healthy Chicken Shawarma Plate
We are off to Maui tomorrow… eeeeek! I am incredibly excited, not just to be in paradise, but to escape this endless winter we’ve been having here in Edmonton. S.e.r.i.o.u.s.l.y. It is still snowing almost every day. While it does warm up in the afternoons enough for most of the snow to melt, let me
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Zesty Orange Beef & Broccoli Power Bowls
Today I’m excited to be sharing another sneak peek into my newest cookbook…Power Bowls!! I still have “pinch me” moments when I flip through the pages, so grateful that I’ve had the opportunity to publish two cookbooks now (see my other one here)! Power Bowls holds a collection of my favourite breakfasts, meals, snacks, and
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Easy Slow-Cooker Paella // GF
This recipe was originally posted in October 2013 and has since been rephotographed and revamped for relevancy and quality! Paella, a traditional Spanish rice dish has been around for ages and everyone seems to put their own spin on it. My spin, is to healthify it a bit, and simplify it, by doing the whole ‘set it, and
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Thanksgiving Abundance Bowl & Clinging to Gratitude in Times Like These
This post is in collaboration with The Little Potato Company It’s Thanksgiving this weekend here in Canada and the fall season is in full force. The ravine near our home is bursting with bright yellows and oranges as the leaves are changing and every morning there’s a crisp feel to the air that makes me
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Sheet-Pan Thai Peanut Curry Bowl
Helloooo from the newborn bliss exhausted love haze. It’s been 11 days since our little peanut made her debut and we are all doing wonderfully. It’s also pretty neat that today is Mother’s Day and I get to hold my new baby girl as a fresh mama. To all the mamas out there, whether you
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Ginger Soy Salmon Bowl
This delicious and easy to make Ginger Soy Salmon Bowl is loaded with flavour and super nutritious. It’s also gluten free, dairy free, and made with whole grains. Ginger Soy Salmon Bowl Years ago when I shared this post on the blog I had pulled the recipe from the Chef Micheal Smith Fast Flavors cookbook
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Spinach Chickpea & Heirloom Tomato Prawn Sauté
Lately I’ve been all about the comfort food. Warming, filling, hearty dishes that inspire coziness and bring nourishment. It’s funny how our tastes and preferences change along with the seasons. Are you in the comfort-food zone yet or still rocking the smoothies and salads? When I created this recipe, very spontaneously one afternoon, it was
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Sweet & Salty Almond Butter Snap Peas
One of my favourite ways to get in my veggies is with sugar snap peas! These delicious and crunchy peas are a hybrid of green peas and snow peas and are loaded with nutrients including B Vitamins, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Iron and Manganese. Despite the name, sugar snap peas don’t