roasted carrot and chickpea harissa dip
Oh hey there. I posted this on Instagram last year around this time and you know? I’m not as much of an absolutist on that front anymore. There WERE some big answers, but also some surprisingly...
View ArticleKALE & BRUSSELS SPROUT CAESAR SLAW WITH PINE NUT “PARM”
I tend to not enjoy leafy/water-heavy salads so much this time of year. I might be acutely sensitive or just imagining things, but I just feel cold in that unshakeable damp way after I eat a big...
View ArticleSara’s amazing tahini dressing + a healthy bowl
We sit down to bowls of food most often in our house. On the porch with beers, in front of the TV in sweats, at the dining table, or leaning up on the kitchen counter while also hunched over an iPad or...
View Articlemoroccan-ish sweet potato sunshine salad
I follow a lot of the fluffy and typical cute animal Twitter/Facebook accounts. I love stuff like this. I also get in a good half cry about every other day when I see a photo or video of an animal...
View Articleeggplant meatballs with za’atar and kale pesto
Well hey there! Long time, no talk eh? If my vegetable garden is any indication of how my summer is going, you miiiight think that it’s been busy and, frankly, a little messy too. My recipe work and...
View Articlegolden chana masala
When the tail end of tomato season and sweater weather collide? It’s pure magic if you’re askin’ me. I’ve still got a bunch of things to pick/pull out of my veg garden, the farm stands are packed to...
View Articlevegan special sauce + a roasted broccoli bowl
I went down a list of hyperbolic adjectives and phrases when I was trying to name this sauce because I really wanted to convey my unhinged obsession with it. Miracle sauce! Genius sauce! Ponder the...
View Articleeveryday eats: seven spice chickpea stew with tomato + coconut
It’s my first everyday eats post of the new year! And it feels good. I like to flex my cooking muscles sometimes, but my favourite meals, the ones that satisfy me to the core, are either the tasty ones...
View ArticleSTUFFED & SAUCED SWEET POTATOES FROM “MINIMALIST BAKER’S EVERYDAY COOKING”
The stuffed sweet potato is no stranger to our weekday dinnertimes, but this iteration is easily the best one we’ve had in a while. The tahini sauce here has a perfect amount of zip from fresh ginger...
View ArticleBLOODY MARY VEGGIE BURGERS
These burgers were my first epic grilling attempt of the season, and I’m so pleased with how they turned out! I know there are purists who prefer to call them “patties” but we’re staying with burgers...
View ArticleRUSTIC PASTA W/ CHEESY CHICKPEA CRUMBLE & HEIRLOOM TOMATOES
I guess it’s time for my annual end-of-summer tomato recipe post? And somehow I always manage to squeeze in some chickpeas with my tomatoes (see here and here), so it’s a relief to know that some...
View ArticleTWICE BAKED POTATOES WITH BUFFALO CHICKPEAS & CAULIFLOWER
There are abundant recipes for buffalo-style cauliflower on the internet. Some of them even call the little florets “wings.” That last part seems a little silly, but I have made and enjoyed this spicy...
View ArticleSTUFFED SPAGHETTI SQUASH WITH CHICKPEAS & GARLICKY ARUGULA CREAM
It’s been a while! Sending out my best and warmest for the new year. I sort of checked-out from screens in a general way around the holidays. Something about the busyness of that time combined with...
View ArticleBUFFALO CAULIFLOWER SALAD WITH TAHINI RANCH
This is one of those non-recipes that I make and casually share on Instagram (within the context of it being our dinner) that prompts comments like “RECIPE!!!!!,” which is admittedly not my favourite...
View ArticleBUTTERNUT MINESTRONE WITH SAGE, CHICKPEAS & CHARD
My man is trying a 100% plant-based diet from now until Christmas. He is a committed omnivore, but he happily eats everything that I make. I feel blessed every single day that I get to love him, but...
View ArticleBUFFALO CHICKPEA CHILI WITH MUSHROOMS
We’re back from 9 days in paradise! I had a truly relaxing time, read a couple good books, and got that essential mega dose of sun and sea. Maybe I’m lucky (actually, I know that I am), but I’ve never...
View ArticleHARISSA CHICKPEA BOWL WITH POTATOES, LEMON TAHINI & GREENS
It’s been a while! I feel like I keep saying that. Since I was last here, I went on a wonderful weekend trip to Portland with a friend, I celebrated my 33rd birthday, finished this book + this book...
View ArticleORECCHIETTE WITH BROCCOLI RABE AND CHIVE PESTO, SUNFLOWER PARM & SMOKY CHICKPEAS
We’re finally getting some glimpses of Spring here in southern Ontario. We had a muddy and messy hike last weekend (Cleo loooved it hehe), saw lots of bees buzzing, ate a bunch of salads, put our feet...
View ArticleBRAISED HARISSA EGGPLANT WITH CHICKPEAS
Coming at you with a super simple, quick, and minimal ingredient recipe that features one of my favourite summer crops. I know that eggplant preparation mystifies a lot of people, or maybe they’ve had...
View ArticleINSTANT POT CHANA MASALA
Hey, are you one of those people that grabbed an Instant Pot during a Black Friday/Boxing Day sale and then… just kinda forgot about it? I might be a couple years late to this home cooking phenomenon,...
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