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Recipe: Frozen Grapes
Frozen grapes – they’re like cold candy. Seriously, they are so good and I don’t have to feel bad about eating a whole small bowl to myself. Summer is the best time for frozen grapes. You pick – green or red – the choice is up to you. I’ve done both and I prefer red, but the green are good, too. Frozen Grapes Okay – time to get started. It’s super complicated so be sure to follow along. Who am I kidding, this is easy,…
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Recipe: White Bean and Quinoa Salad
White bean and quinoa salad – time for lunch! This salad is full of flavour and fills you up. The cilantro and red onion add some nice colour while the beans and quinoa fill you up iwth protein. Let’s get this salad started! Ingredients 2 cups uncooked quinoa 3 cups of warm water 2 cups of white beans 3/4 cup of chopped cucumber 1 chopped red pepper 3/4 cup of chopped cilantro (lose) 1 chopped red onion Cilantro lime chili dressing (150ml, one recipe) You can…
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Recipe: Cilantro Lime Chili Dressing
Cilantro lime chili dressing is the perfect amount of heat on a summer salad. This dressing is one of my favourites and I’m excited to share it with you. I eat this dressing on quinoa salad, avocado and egg salad, or even bean and corn salad. Heck, I might even try it on corn on the cob, it’s that good. Best made fresh, so keep a stock of cilantro on hand. Let’s get started! Ingredients 100ml of olive oil 50ml of lime juice – fresh…
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Recipe: Coconut Milk Cornbread
Coconut milk cornbread – say what? I know, seems odd. Yet, when you get home from travelling and you don’t have milk in your fridge, but all you feel like is cornbread you need to make due! Also, it turned out super good. A bit sweeter than usual and very moist. So delicious. Okay, let’s get started! Ingredients Bob’s Red Mill Cornbread Mix 1 can of Coconut Milk (400 ml) 2 eggs stick of melted butter 1/3 cup of warm water Gather all of your…
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Recipe: Steak Fries
Steak fries on this fabulous Friday. Why steak fries? Because I love potatoes and they are chunk and will hold up to the juices of a steak, not that I eat steak. Oh, and the steak spices. These fries are similar to the baked fries I made a while ago. Yet, these ones have the skin on them still – extra nutrients! Don’t get me wrong – you don’t need to eat these with steak. They are great to eat as a snack, with a…
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Recipe: Fresh Zucchini Boats
Fresh zucchini boats – the perfect dinner on this beautifully sunny spring day. Not only are they fresh (well, by fresh I mean not all hot and filled with melted cheese), but they are tasty, too. In this recipe I cook the zucchini first and then add the other ingredients – I don’t bake them all together. Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 1 zucchini cup of corn 2 cups of black beans (I soak my own, better than using a can) 3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro…
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Recipe: Whoopie Pies
Whoopie pies from the chocolate cake cookie recipe I shared a couple of weeks ago. They are the perfect chocolate cake cookies, yet turning them into whoopie pies is so much fun! This recipe is for the filling – let’s get started! Ingredients chocolate cake cookies 1 cup of salted butter – room temperature 2 cups of icing sugar 1 container of marshmallow fluff 3 teaspoons of vanilla First – be sure you’ve got your cake cookies ready to go. Next, time for the filling…
