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Recipe: Red Lentil Chili 2.0
This red lentil chili is both gluten free and vegan. A few weeks ago I was at work and an email came across my desk – Chili Cook Off! Talk about fun, right? Well, I decided to take the Lentil Chili recipe I shared a few years ago and jazz it up. This new 2.0 recipe has charred corn and toasted spices. Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 2 tablespoons of grapeseed oil 3 peppers, 1 yellow and 2 red 5 jalapeños large red onion 1 tablespoon…
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Recipe: Canadian Thanksgiving 2018
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving 2018! It’s time to cook up some great recipes and hang out with family. Check out these recipes to make your holiday tasty. If you’re like me, you like Thanksgiving recipes that don’t take all day to cook since you’d rather be just lounging around enjoying the day. Don’t get me wrong, I love being in the kitchen, it’s just not my favourite thing when I’m told to do so by a certain holiday. So, if we have that in common, then…
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Recipe: Garlic Herb Boursin Mashed Potatoes
Garlic herb Boursin mashed potatoes – yes, please! I’m a cheese and potato lover. Honestly, sometimes when Bryce works nights I’ll have potatoes for dinner. Seems strange, I know – yet it’s just flat out the best comfort food. These potatoes are rich and creamy, the kind you have for Thanksgiving when you want to amp up your standard mashed potatoes. Okay, let’s get cooking! Ingredients 2 pounds of Yukon potatoes 1/2 a pack each of Bourisn garlic and shallot 4 oz of cream cheese…
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Recipe: Warm Autumn Salad
Warm salad with roasted Brussel sprouts and butternut squash – the perfect autumn salad. It’s quick and easy – one pan and done. Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 4 cups of butternut squash 5 cups of Brussel spouts 1 red onion 1/4 cup of canola oil 3 tablespoons of agave 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 1 cup of cranberries 1/2 cup of pecans salt to taste First, set your oven to 425 on roast. Then, line a pan with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Peel the…
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Recipe: Healthy Pumpkin Brownies
Healthy pumpkin brownies? Yes please! Sugar? No thank you! A few weeks ago we had some family visit and I like to think I’m a pretty good host. Food is plentiful, treats are stocked and we have beautiful guest rooms that are welcoming and cozy. One thing, however, is that I don’t often eat a lot of treats. So when I do, I crash hard from the sugar. If I eat it for 3 days, I crash for about 6 hours. So with a week…
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Recipe: Mexican Street Corn
Mexican street corn – so good, so pretty, and full of so much flavour. I made a salad version of this, too – check it out – Mexican street corn salad. Okay, now for the good stuff. Let’s get to it! Ingredients 4 cobs of corn 1 large jalapeño 1/2 cup of cilantro and green onions 10 oz of crumbled cojita cheese (or feta) 3 garlic cloves 2 tablespoons of lime juice 1/2 cup of mayo dash of chili powder 1 teaspoon of paprika dashes…
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Recipe: Tortilla Chips
Homemade tortilla chips. You might ask what’s the point, I can buy some pretty tasty chips. You’re right, but have you ever eaten at a Mexican restaurant and just loved those warm and salty tortilla chips? The ones you want more of, yet know you need to stop eating otherwise you won’t have room for your meal? Well, those chips are here. Right in front of you face and they’re super easy to make. Let’s get started. Ingredients 20 corn tortillas 2 tablespoons of grapeseed…
