Hollyhock is a fabulous spot on the incredibly beautiful Cortes Island, BC. They have a great cookbook and I make this salad dressing all the time. Ingredients: 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 1/3 cup filtered water 1/3 cup Tamari (I use Bragg’s) 2 cloves garlic 1/2 cup nutritional yeast 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil. I use 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 …
Roasted Spicy Cauliflower
An easy way to cook cauliflower for a delicious meal. Ingredients: 1 head cauliflower 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup nutritional yeast 2-3 tablespoons of water 2 tablespoon garam masala spice mix 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper fresh ground black pepper Directions: Trim and clean the cauliflower. Preheat oven to 400 and line cooking sheet with …
Asparagus Pesto Pasta
It’s fresh asparagus season. If you are lucky enough to be able to get local, fresh asparagus here is one of my favourite pasta recipes that is great with fresh asparagus. When I can’t get fresh, local asparagus I use frozen. You can also add, or substitute, green or yellow beans. Using fresh or local vegetables is the best way …
Super Simple Vegan Pesto
Vegan Pesto Easy to make, use for pasta, pizza, potato salad and I love it as a sandwich spread. Ingredients: 1 bunch basil 2 cloves raw garlic 4 Tbsp sunflower seeds 1/2 olive oil 1/4 cup nutritional yeast Place basil, garlic, sunflower seeds in a food processor and mix into a paste. Add olive oil and process until smooth, add …
Parsnip, Turmeric, Butternut Squash Soup
A great spicy winter soup. Ingredients: Directions: Split a butternut squash in half and remove seeds and place on a roasting sheet with a light coating of olive oil. Cut parsnip into smaller pieces and add to roasting pan. Bake at 375 degrees until soft, about 30 minutes, turning the squash halfway through. Remove from oven and let cool. In …
Instant Pot or Not?
Do you have an instant pot? There are many benefits for cooking healthy meals, faster. I recommend these as a great tool for everyone.
It’s Not Hummus Salad Dressing
My New Favourite No Oil Salad Dressing I was looking for a new salad dressing recipe the other day and I found one that fit all my criteria. That is, did I had all the ingredients at home? Of course I modified it because I can’t actually follow directions. I was telling everyone about it and they all said: “that …
Curried Carrot & Butternut Squash Soup
Soup is good food. Recently I purchased an Instant Pot. I wasn’t sure I needed another kitchen gadget, but I am glad that I went ahead with this purchase. If you don’t have one, you might want to think about it. Here are the reasons that I would buy an Instant Pot: Cook dry beans in less than 30 minutes. …
Black Bean, Spinach & Corn Soup
Ingredients: 1-2 tbsp sunflower oil 1/2 sweet onion chopped 2-3 cloves of garlic minced 3-4 celery stalks chopped 1 jalapeno pepper chopped (optional) 1 (796ml) can of black beans, drained and rinsed 1 cup frozen corn 1 package frozen spinach 1 can crushed tomatoes 2-3 cups of water 1 tbsp cumin 1 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tbsp oregano 1 tbsp …
Chopped Salad
Chopped Salad I love salad for dinner. Big salads with lots of crunch. Texture is very important to me. I love crunch. An easy dinner or lunch is chopped salad. Whatever types of vegetables that you can cut into chunks with a homemade dressing, beans and sometimes a little avocado topping and you have a meal. Red leaf lettuce cut …
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