Archives: Recipes

Salads, Sauces

Strawberry Vinaigrette

This Strawberry Vinaigrette is very easy to make at home in 5 min or less. One of my all time favourites and better than store-bought. We use it on many different salads or as a dipping sauce. It’s the perfect vinaigrette for a light meal or side salad. And it’s an […]

Smoothies

Ultimate Green Protein Smoothie

This Ultimate Green Protein Smoothie is my most favourite smoothie. Definitely my most go-to smoothie recipe. It uses heathy, anti-infammatory ingredients like green spinach, protein powder, coconut water and fruit to deliver fiber, potassium, electrolytes, vitamins, iron and so much more. The raw ingredients nourish the body, help curb hunger […]

Appetizers, Sauces, snack

Avocado Pesto (Vegan)

Avocado Pesto is a delicious, quick and easy to make at home pesto using just a handful of healthy ingredients. Toss it with pasta, spread it onto a baguette, make bruschetta, or use it as a healthy substitute for mayo. You can serve it warm with sauteed veggies or chilled […]

Desserts, snack

Berry-Cacao Greek Yogurt Bark

I have just recently started to make this versatile Berry-Cacao Greek Yogurt Bark and I love it! It is the perfect refreshing snack, so easy to whip up, healthy and packed with protein. You’ll want a batch in your freezer at all times. How to Make Yogurt Bark This recipe […]

Mains

Sweet Potato Beet Burgers

These gorgeous sweet potato beet burger patties are quick, easy and tremendously delicious! Juicy, sweet beets and creamy sweet potatoes mixed with onions, bread crumbs and earthy spices. All flavourful, simple and easy-to-find ingredients. The result is a real crowd-pleaser, hearty, and a very yummy burger. Beets provide loads of antioxidants, […]

Mains, Salads, snack

Crunchy Asian Salad

Summer is on the way and light, fresh foods are my inspiration these days. I crave the lighter fare with the changing season. This Asian Salad is fresh, bright, crunchy and flavourful. A rainbow on your table. The crisp vegetables with a drizzle of peanut dressing is perfect as a […]

Mains, Sides, Vegetable

Sweet and Spicy Eggplant

A sensation on your table, this is a seriously beautiful and delicious dish. The eggplant is sauteed until crispy, smoky and cooked in a rich sweet and spicy savory sauce. This vegan dish is very satisfying, both as a side or a main served over rice or noodles. I ate […]

Cookies, Desserts

Coconut Truffles

This no bake coconut truffles recipe is a true go-to and keeper! It comes together extremely fast and tastes so decadent. It’s quickly and easily made using just three ingredients.  I literally assembled these just before going to a friend’s place for dinner. Not wanting to go empty handed, I […]

Desserts

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

These no bake chocolate peanut butter bars are vegan, gluten-free, and healthful! They have a creamy peanut butter base with a rich chocolate glaze topping. Six staple ingredients and 30 minutes is all you need to make these delicious little treats that are perfect to eat as a post-workout snack, […]

Desserts

Best Vegan Waffles

These vegan waffles are delicious! Golden and crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside. They’re also extremely easy to make using simple pantry staples. Best of all, these waffles are gluten free! This gluten-free waffle recipe is so simple and requires only one type of flour, oat […]

Appetizers, snack

Spicy Roasted Foxnuts

Spicy, roasted foxnuts also known as puffed lotus seeds or phool makhana taste a lot like popcorn and are a healthy, delicious snack ready in less than 10 minutes. Perfect for movie nights or whenever the nibbles strike! Foxnuts are the edible seeds of the lotus plant known as Euryale Ferox […]

Appetizers, Soups

Broccoli Potato Soup

Just WOW! That’s what I said when I ate this vegan Broccoli Potato Soup. It’s intensely comforting, satisfying, and 100% vegan! It’s an easy healthy soup that everyone will enjoy. The potatoes and nutritional yeast make this soup creamy, cheesy and healthy. Broccoli is cooked with the potatoes and then […]

Mains

Chana Masala (Savoury Chickpeas)

This Chana Masala (Savoury Chickpeas) recipe has loads of flavor and is naturally vegan and gluten free. Loaded with nutrition, chickpeas earn their place as a healthful and key staple of any diet. So easy to make, this classic dish tastes better than take out! This recipe is everything I […]

Desserts

Blissful No Bake Almond Bars

These Blissful No Bake Almond Bars have everything you could ask for in a treat! A creamy almond-date base, a rich chocolate topping all without the need for baking. A wonderful, healthful treat that is vegan, gluten free and dairy free. The entire recipe comes together easily and quickly using a […]

Mains, Sides

Savoury Potatoes (Sukhe Aloo)

Who doesn’t love potatoes! I can eat them anytime, anyway. These Savoury Potatoes are quick and easy. This year I actually grew baby potatoes in a big pot in my backyard. I filled a large pot with some good soil and then buried the potatoes. My harvest pictured below. The […]

Appetizers, Mains, Soups

Comforting Pumpkin Soup Vegan

This comforting, vegan Pumpkin Soup is quick, simple and awesomely delicious! It’s quick because it uses canned pumpkin puree and simple because it’s an easy one-pot soup that cooks up in 30 minutes. The pumpkin puree can be made at home by roasting the pumpkin but I was short on […]

Mains, Soups

Vegetable & Tofu Stew

This recipe is exactly what I crave on those chilly Autumn evenings when the air is cool and crisp. A quick, simple, hearty and comforting stew. This Vegetable and Tofu Stew is ready in 1 hour or less and made with simple, fresh and nourishing ingredients. Chunks of extra-firm tofu, […]

Mains, Soups

Roasted Pepper Soup

This vibrant soup is outrageously delicious and amazingly simple to make. It’s creamy, rich, healthy and comforting. This vegan and gluten-free roasted pepper soup is enhanced by the addition of fresh herbs and puréed cashews. The plant (or coconut) milk and cashew puree make this soup exceptionally creamy and transform […]

Mains, Sides

Green Goddess Pasta

Green Goddess Pasta is a beautiful and delicious dish that’s full of flavor and color thanks to the broccoli and spinach leaves. When you’re craving something comforting and creamy but also healthy, this is it! You will get your dose of greens along with the comfort of a cozy bowl […]

Mains, Sides, Soups

Squash and Split Pea Coconut Soup

This soup, made with squash, split pea lentils and coconut milk is a comforting way to use that hearty Fall bounty. It’s delicious and loaded with savoury depth. Yellow split peas, squash and onions are all simmered together with coconut milk and an assortment of warm, aromatic spices. And it […]

Appetizers, Sauces

Tahini Sauce

A ready good tahini sauce is creamy, rich, tangy, nutty and velvety smooth. There should be just enough garlic to enhance the overall flavour but if you like it garlicky then add more. This tahini sauce adds flavour to anything! Use it on salads, vegetables both fresh and roasted, falafels, […]

Mains, Sides, Vegetable

Eggplant Stuffed with Black Beans

This Eggplant Stuffed with Back Beans is a hearty and delicious dish that is enjoyed on its own or as a side. The flavourful filling is easy to make and tastes great in these roasted eggplant halves. This is a fun and versatile recipe that is a joy to prepare. The […]

Appetizers, Mains

Vegan Rice Paper Dumplings

Rice paper dumplings and rolls are an obsession now! One day I made fresh Summer Rolls and had lots of rice wrappers left over so I decided to try something slightly different. Crispy on the outside and stuffed with a delicious mixture of chopped vegetables and tofu, these dumplings are […]

Desserts

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

This beautiful, unassuming chocolate peanut butter cups recipe is so simple and easy to make that I never buy the pre-made ones anymore. Only four natural ingredients go into this decadent sweet. I use cocoa in order to intensify the deep chocolate taste and to control the sugar content. The […]

Mains

Shepherd’s Pie Vegan

This Shepherd’s Pie is the ultimate comfort food made deliciously vegan and gluten-free. This is a fresh take on a classic dish that’s just as comforting and satisfying. The hearty veggies, tofu and walnut filling compliment the fluffy sweet potatoes and butternut squash topping. All these pack extra nutrition and […]

Appetizers

Veggie Summer Rolls Vegan

Make healthy, vegan and gluten-free Veggie Summer Rolls with this easy recipe! These wholesome rolls are a simple and delicious combination of fresh vegetables, tofu and herbs all wrapped together in rice paper wrappers and served with a flavourful peanut dipping sauce. It may seem daunting and complicated to make […]

Mains

Tofu Steaks Glazed

These delicious Tofu Steaks are a nutritious and wholesome vegan/gluten-free meal. Serve the tofu with rice, quinoa and/or steamed vegetables. The tofu is marinated and infused with an easy and scrumptious sauce and then baked to perfection. Cut the tofu into even slices (I prefer to cut them about 1/4″ […]

Appetizers, Salads

Tomato Salad

Fresh Tomato Salad is a beautifully delicious dish. I picked these perfectly ripe tomatoes and herbs from my garden and just had to combine them. Lusciously sweet and slightly tangy, your can’t replicate the taste of homegrown! The first time I ate a sweet and tangy tomato salad was at […]

Mains

Zucchini Boats Vegan & Easy

These baked zucchini boats stuffed with mushrooms, white beans and walnuts are so easy make and completely vegan. It is a simple but delicious dinner made with clean, wholesome and fresh ingredients. These boats are essentially a satisfying and nutritious one-dish meal. One of the things I love about zucchini […]

Mains

Zucchini Fritters Vegan

Zucchini Fritters are perfectly nutritious, healthy and delicious. Serve them as a snack, in a sandwich/burger or on their own. My version is vegan, gluten-free and loaded with everything good for you! This is a very simple, easy and versatile recipe that is prepared and served in less than 30 […]

Mains, Salads

Fresca Roasted Corn Salad

Nothing says summer like roasted corn on the cob! Fresca Roasted Corn Salsa recipe is so easy and quick to prepare and is bursting with fresh, bright flavors and juicy textures!

Mains, Salads

Sweet Cherry Salsa

I always love cherry season, heading out to the orchards and picking ripe, juicy cherries for Cherry Salsa. I use them in a variety of ways. One of them is to make a sweet and savoury cherry salsa. I combine the sweet cherries with lemon juice, chopped onion and fresh […]

Mains

Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burger

This sweet potato and black bean burger is flavourful, moist, hearty and delicious. They are completely vegan, gluten-free and freezer-friendly – perfect for meal prep.  These burgers are so hearty that you won‘t miss the bun if you opt to eat the patties on their own, which is my preference. […]

Desserts

Creme Caramel Flan

Creme Caramel Flan is on my list of ‘Most Amazing Desserts Ever’. The creamy custard infused with golden liquidy caramel sauce is shear deliciousness. This luscious French dessert enjoyed worldwide is creamy and sweet infused with the burnt caramel sauce. Prepare the caramel sauce first. Add the sugar into the […]

Indian, Mains

Savoury Fish Korma with Fenugreek (Methi)

This is an easy and wonderful recipe for fish lovers. Here, I infuse salmon with a creamy coconut korma sauce and enhance it with dry fenugreek leaves. Dry Fenugreek leaves (or Kasuri Methi) is a popular dried herb that add an earthy, smoky flavour to many dishes. It can transform […]

Mains, Sides

Homemade Roti Flatbread

Roti is a very simple and easy flatbread made with 2 basic ingredients: whole flour and water. I grew up eating this flatbread almost everyday. My Mom mixed and kneaded the dough fresh every evening and the Roti was made and served hot and fresh at dinner time. The fresh-bread […]

Indian, Mains

Succulent New Potatoes with Spinach (Aloo Palak)

Small new potatoes and fresh spinach infused with aromatics spices makes this beautiful vegan dish a dinner staple. Quick and easy to make, this cooks up in less than 30 minutes. The warm spices add an earthy, rustic flavour. I boil the potatoes first before assembling the dish and this […]

Mains

Healthy Fish Tacos

This healthy and very easy taco recipe is loaded with fresh flavour from the avocado lime salsa, cilantro and drizzled with my Peanut Sauce. These fish tacos are so delicious with all the freshness from the raw crisp vegetables and lime. Then drizzle on that peanut sauce. I drench the […]

Desserts

Decadent & Heathy Almond Bites

My no-bake Almond Bites are healthy, decadent and melt in your mouth. They are incredibly quick and easy to prepare using only five ingredients and prepared in 30 minutes or less. Naturally vegan, flourless, gluten-free and keto-friendly. These little Almond Bites of deliciousness taste so decadent and rich yet are […]

Mains

Lentil Meatballs Succulent & Vegan

Vegan Lentil Meatballs – This is a lovely recipe made with green lentils, oats and almond flour. So delicious and high in protein, these are very healthy and completely plant based. Serve with your favourite sauce for a quick and simple weeknight dinner These Lentil Meatballs are a great addition […]

Indian, Mains

Savoury Tofu Korma with Fenugreek (Methi)

Tofu is one of my most favourite foods. It is so versatile and used in both sweet and savoury recipes. Here, I infuse it with a creamy vegan korma sauce and enhance it with dry fenugreek leaves. Dry Fenugreek leaves (or Kasuri Methi) is a popular dried herb that adds […]

Soups

Creamy Vegan Carrot Ginger Soup

This creamy vegan carrot ginger soup is light, refreshing, zesty, tangy and bursting with freshness. Simple, easy, ultra healthy and so delicious.  Made with fresh carrots (or you can use frozen), this soup can be eaten as part of a meal or by itself as a light meal. It so […]

Mains

Savoury Vegan Risotto with Mushrooms and Spinach

Pure decadence of a meal – thick, creamy, comforting and infused with garlic and nutty flavour. In my risotto, the creaminess comes from the cashew creme and the cheesiness from the nutritional yeast. Sheer elegance and deliciousness in a bowl. Naturally vegan, this risotto is gluten free and comes together […]

Indian

Roasted Eggplant – Baingan Bharta

The smokey flavour of the roasted eggplant enhanced by the tarty sweetness of the seared cherry tomatoes and caramelized onions makes this dish beyond delicious. My recipe is so easy, everything cooks together at one time in the oven and then assembles to perfection. I am a bit of a […]

Appetizers, Salads

Tomato Bruschetta with Balsamic Reduction Drizzle

Bruschetta is a very elegant and perfect appetizer or side to serve on a hot summer day when tomatoes are at their ripest and juiciest. I love this dish so much, that I actually make and eat this all year round. Slather the crispy baguette with a juicy tomato, onion, […]

Mains

Vegan Zucchini Rolls with Cashew Creme

This is a beautiful and elegant zucchini dish that appears time consuming to prepare but it’s really so easy and quick. It’s gluten free and dairy free and packed with taste. A true feast for the stomach and eyes alike. I used a mandoline to slice the zucchini but you […]

Indian, Soups

Healthy and Hearty Green Lentil Stew

Mung beans (green lentil) are one of my favourites and I love their earthy taste so I’m always looking for different ways to cook them. In this recipe, I added the vegetables I had available in my fridge but you can add any vegetables and this stew and it will […]

Mains, Vegetable

Savoury Spinach and Mushroom Quesadillas with Vegan Cheese

One of my favourite weeknight dinners is Quesadillas. They are so versatile, you can stuff them with virtually anything. I actually love the spinach/mushroom combination so that what I used in this recipe, but feel free to use your favourite ingredients to make these quesadillas your own. I made my […]

Sauces, Sides, snack

Simple Vegan Cheese Sauce

This is a very versatile vegan cheese sauce that tastes great and may be used in many dishes and for many purposes. Made with a very few simple ingredients, it becomes a silk and indulgent. Use this smooth sauce on pasta, as a dip, in quesadillas and over steamed vegetables. […]

Cookies, snack

Healthy and Easy Banana Oatmeal Cookies

These Banana Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, nutty, brilliantly easy to make and so versatile. They are perfect for breakfast, a healthy snack or as a dessert (crumble them over your favourite fruit or ice cream!). Made only with natural and healthy ingredients, these cookies are also vegan, gluten free […]