This Potato-Squash Curry is full of warming spices that will help your health, and please your tastebuds! It has a base of red lentils, and a variety of texture provided by the potatoes, squash and kale. It's FULL of nutrition and flavour, and even though the ingredient list looks...
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Back to Basics
Keeping the foods you are eating simple makes plant-based living easier, and healthier, too.
Go-To Spaghetti Sauce
A participant in one of my plant-based cooking class series recently asked if I have a vegan spaghetti sauce recipe that omnivores would love too, so today I want to share a recipe that is a go-to sauce for me when we have reluctant omnivores over for dinner. It...
Making Sensational Smoothies
Smoothies are a fantastic way to increase your intake of fruits and vegetables, and to incorporate some really healthy foods into your daily diet that might otherwise be challenging to get. Smoothies can be a great add to your daily diet, but before you get started, there are a...
Cheesy Vegan Quiche Featuring Local Garden Treats
When beautiful fresh-from-the-ground food comes my way, it inspires me! It makes me want to get my camera out to take photos, and it makes me want to cook (and then of course eat). 🙂 A couple of weeks back within the space of a day or so I...
A Healthy Comfort Meal For A Snowy Day
Well, I was preparing to teach the 3rd class in my Plant-Based Kick Start series tonight, but it has been cancelled due to SNOW. What a crazy weekend we have been having here in Powell River – more snow than I have seen since I moved here! So, I’m...
Easy Vegan Week: Batch Cooking – Applied!
Last week I talked about tips for batch cooking to make your plant-based and healthy-meal planning a bit smoother and easier, especially during busy weekdays. This week I want to show you exactly how to put that in action, with a sample 1-week meal plan where we batch cook...
Batch it Baby! Tips For Making Plant-Based Easier
When people first go plant-based, it can be quite the learning curve, and it can seem to take a lot of time. It’s critical to find strategies to make it manageable; otherwise you may not stick to it. But there are a few things you can do to make...
Component Meals: Making Healthy Plant-Based Eating EASY
When people are getting started with plant-based eating, it can feel overwhelming. This is especially true for people who have been cooking a certain way for many years, and who are now faced with making new types of meals as a matter of health. But it doesn’t have to...
When you have a bag of kale….
And I mean a BIG bag of kale! I went for a walk with a friend earlier this week and she greeted me by saying, “Oh, I have some kale from our garden for you!” *Delighted* I anticipated perhaps a small bag, maybe even a couple of bunches, but...