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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: Broccoli and Grape Salad
Broccoli and grape salad – full of texture and it fills you up, too. Oh, and it tastes pretty good! This salad is a great addition to your Thanksgiving meal coming up this Thursday (if you’re American) or, if you Canadian, then it makes a great hearty lunch in mid November. The broccoli holds up nicely to the dressing and stays crispy. Let’s get started. Ingredients 4 heads of broccoli (and the stems) cucumber 1 cup of grapes small onion 1/2 cup of dried cranberries…
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Recipe: Roasted Chickpeas
Roasted chickpeas – with chili? The perfect snack. These are easy to make – and being a celiac, I use these as ‘croutons’ in caesar salads. They are so good! You won’t be able to stop snacking on them. First, I use bagged chickpeas that I have to soak and cook first. They are better than canned, yet use what you have access to. Second, the spice is important. Recently, when my in-laws were here they introduced us to The Silk Road Spice Merchant and…
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Recipe: Quinoa Fall Salad
Quinoa fall salad – the perfect protein power lunch. Recently we watched Cowspiracy a film on Netflix that is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and one of the environmentalists commented on how ‘meatless Monday’ isn’t a good campaign – what it does is validate that you can do the ‘wrong’ thing 6 days out of 7. I’m not too sure I agree, but I certainly get the point. To me, meatless Monday is a way of affecting change among those who are heavy meat eaters, those…
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Recipe: Greek Pasta Salad
Greek pasta salad. Sounds delicious. Fresh and full of flavour. My mom made greek salad a few times when I was a kid for special occasions or if we were going to a summer potluck. Well, at work, a couple of times a year, I have staff meetings and I like to bring food. I sent out a message as to what they wanted – this time they wanted greek pasta salad! So, here it is. They loved it and ate it all up. Ingredients…
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Recipe: Greek Salad Dressing
Greek salad dressing. It’s easy to make and so much better than any bottle kind. It’s fresh, light, and packs some big flavours. Ingredients 1/3 cup of olive oil 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon of lemon juice 1 teaspoon of minced garlic 3/4 teaspoon of oregano dash of salt and pepper First – gather all of your ingredients. My olive oil and vinegar get used a lot, so they are on the counter, ready to go. I love using my OXO shaker to…
