Love them or hate them, it’s impossible to deny what a cheap and healthy addition legumes are for weekly menu. What health benefits do these beans, peas and lentils offer? They’re good for your heart as they can lower your blood cholesterol; and the fibers clean your blood vessels– they’re like little housekeepers for your body. And on top of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Salads
Food for thought…and for the stomach. It’s Earth day!
Today I wanted to make a reflection on how we can protect our planet for the futur. Do you know where your recycling ends up? Is it really recycled? Do you know that your table waste that ends up in your local landfill doesn’t biodegrade? Instead, in contact of non-biodegradable items, it produces toxic liquid … Continue reading
10 Make-Ahead Healthy Recipes for a Delicious Easter Brunch
Raw beet salad This was for me a different way of having one of my favorite root vegetables, the beet. I usually have cooked beets, but today I tried them raw. It was so tasty! I also used two fresh herbs, mint and basil. I only had two big beets, but you can adjust for the amount … Continue reading
In Need of Ideas for Passover? 10 Mouthwatering Recipes to Help
Passover is close! Friends and family will start gathering in your home to celebrate this holiday. We have our traditional meal we serve in these moments, but this year, why not surprise them with something else? Here I have 10 recipes that can help you to add some variety to your table. Trail mix with glazed nuts … Continue reading
Tender carrot salad
How can we have enough salad recipes. I alway tend to say that I always do the same thing. Writing about food means creating, getting inspired by ingredient, but I am like most of you, sometime I just don’t feel like creating and just serve dinner to my family! 🙂 This is another recipe my … Continue reading
Beet and curry salad
Beetroots is another root vegetable available pretty much at any moment of the year at a very good price most of the time. It is also among my favourites! 🙂 The red ones are sweeter than the yellow ones or the red and white. We never have enough salad ideas. In the past 2 years, … Continue reading
“No-eggs” salad
Want something different for lunch?… Try a “No-eggs salad”! There can be several reasons why you decide not to have eggs. It can either be because of a food intolerance, you want to find alternatives to animal products or simply that you chose a vegan diet. For lunch, I decided to make sandwiches with … Continue reading
Raw beet salad
I’m starting a series of post where I’ll be working with all the nice veggies we are getting from our garden, our local farm or all the different farmers markets. Vegetables should not only be used as a side dish. There are different ways to use them, not only in a salad or your soups. You can … Continue reading
Summer quinoa salad
If we need ideas in winter for soups, it becomes the same in summer for salad! We want to have a variety as much as for our side dish as for a brunch table. The other day I pre-cooked some quinoa for my Triple quinoa and chocolate muffins but I still had some left over. Quinoa is … Continue reading
Kale and strawberry salad
Maybe it’s the first rays of sun that we haven’t had for the past week, but it starts to smell spring! Not very warm for a month of May, but…. 🙂 like I say “If spring doesn’t come to me, I go meet him!” And what is more estival than a salad. I decided to … Continue reading