Homemade Chicken Stock A simple and versatile homemade chicken stock recipe! This simple homemade chicken stock is a classic recipe and the perfect base for a wide variety of soups and stews, and a simple kitchen skill that anyone can master. When I first began making my own soups I always opted for…
Sautéed Garlic Kale Ready in minutes, sautéed garlic kale is the perfect quick and easy side dish! Sautéed garlic kale is my go-to lazy side dish. Making a salad is a great way to add more greens to the diet, but as the weather cools down it’s certainly nice to have a warm side dish to…
Oven-Baked Parsnip Fries Salty, crispy and crunchy, these oven-baked parsnip fries are a delicious side dish the whole family will love! Don’t get me wrong, regular crispy oven fries are certainly delicious but sometimes you just need to mix things up and I think these oven-baked parsnip fries are just the way to do it!…
Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken Filled with warming spices, this slow cooker Moroccan is a delicious and healthy heart-warming meal! Winter is finally upon us, so it’s slow cooker season to the rescue, and this slow cooker Moroccan chicken is just the heart-warming winter dish you have been looking for! Full of Moroccan inspired spices, this…
Chocolate Chia Pudding Would you believe me if I told you this chocolate chia pudding is delicious, guilt-free and something you could enjoy for breakfast? Good news, it is, in fact, all of the above! I whipped up this chocolate chia pudding for my latest CTV Morning Live segment all about healthy breakfast ideas for…
Roasted Cod with Fennel & Lemon This roasted cod with fennel and lemon is an easy one-pan dinner that can feed a crowd with minimal effort. This baked cod with fennel recipe actually came together rather randomly one night when I didn’t have much of a plan for dinner. I tend to always have an…
Sweet Pea Soup Made with fresh or frozen peas, this sweet pea soup recipe is quick and easy to make! Soup season isn’t only for root vegetables, the frozen friends of summer are not to be forgotten and this sweet pea soup does just that! Minty and fresh, it brings a certain brightness to those…
Salmon Nicoise Salad This salmon Nicoise salad is a fun twist on a classic French salad. Salad Nicoise is absolutely one of my favourite salads. If I am out for lunch and it is on the menu, you can bet I will be ordering it. The reason that I love this salad so much is not…
Apricot Pistachio Oatmeal Cookies Soft and satisfying these apricot pistachio oatmeal cookies are what (cookie) dreams are made of! This recipe is really my style of cookie. I love something chewy yet crumbly and filled with everything but the kitchen sink. I used rolled oats in this recipe for a good crumbly texture, and added…
Mushroom Chicken Skillet This mushroom chicken skillet is a great batch cook meal for a week of lunches or a tasty weeknight dinner. When I was a kid, one of my favourite dishes included a secret ingredient – cream of mushroom soup. To be honest, it was a bit of an odd recipe, a curried…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Made with natural peanut butter and dark chocolate, these chocolate peanut butter cups are delicious and nutritious! Chocolate and peanut butter go together like Batman & Robin, Bert & Ernie or Chandler Bing & Joey Tribbiani, so this healthy chocolate peanut butter cups recipe is the perfect combination for a delicious…
Stuffed Acorn Squash Made with rice, kale and bacon, this stuffed acorn squash recipe is a healthy and hearty fall dish! Stuffing isn’t just for turkeys any more! Squash is such a fun vegetable to use because there are so many varieties and endless ways to cook them, and this stuffed acorn squash recipe is…
Roasted Pork Chops A quick and easy roasted pork chops recipe with fragrant spiced baked apples! Apple season only comes around once per year, and when it does I make sure I stock up. Last weekend at the farmer’s market I was totally overwhelmed by all of the varieties of apples available that I wanted…
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pancakes A light and fluffy gluten-free pumpkin pancakes recipe! Made with buckwheat flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves, these gluten-free pumpkin pancakes are filled with all of the flavours of fall. Whip up a batch of them this weekend for a festive weekend brunch or batch cook them and freeze them as a…
