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How to Steam Broccoli – without a steamer

January 7, 2020 by Samantha 5 Comments

Steamed bright green Broccoli in a white bowl with a slice of fresh lemon.

How to Steam Broccoli is a guide to get crisp, bright green broccoli every time without a steamer. Using simply water and broccoli, this easy and nutritious cooking method is a breeze to master.

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4-Ingredient Cucumber Salad Recipe

July 4, 2019 by Samantha 4 Comments

4-Ingredient Cucumber Salad in a white bowl

Crunchy, tangy, and refreshing Cucumber Salad recipe – with only 4-Ingredients! 

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Spicy Crispy Tofu with Soba Noodles

February 14, 2019 by Samantha 1 Comment

Spicy Crispy Tofu with Soba Noodles

This Spicy Crispy Tofu with Soba Noodles is hearty and satisfying. It’s an easy tofu recipe that’s irresistible. Crispy fried tofu with protein-rich soba noodles is a great vegetarian meal loaded with healthy plant-based proteins. 
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Instant Pot Yellow Dal

February 11, 2019 by Samantha 26 Comments

Instant Pot Yellow Dal

This Yellow Dal recipe is a cozy and satisfying Instant Pot vegetarian recipe. A family favourite where we mix up the dal, rice, and yogurt for a nourishing and fulfilling meal. 

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Hasselback Butternut Squash (easy squash recipe)

November 8, 2018 by Samantha 12 Comments

hasselback butternut squash

This Hasselback Butternut Squash is an easy butternut squash recipe with a handful of ingredients, little hands on time, and results in a striking side dish. 

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Mocha Momma Energy Bites

April 24, 2017 by Samantha 21 Comments

Mocha Momma Bites can be made in less than 15 minutes, have 5 ingredients, are good for you, vegan, and most importantly, are freaking delicious. Make this easy energy bites recipe today! 

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Celery Lentil Salad

February 2, 2017 by Samantha 6 Comments

Refreshing and healthy Celery Lentil Salad. Perfect for a satisfying and nutritious meal prep lunch with a delicious lentil recipe. 

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Filed Under: Pulses, Salad, Side Dish, Vegan, Vegetarian, Weekday Dinner, Whole Grains Tagged With: celerly, desk lunch, Lentils, Lunch, salad, vegan, Vegetarian

Peanut Tofu Noodle Bowl

January 9, 2017 by Samantha 29 Comments

Ever since we watch “Cowspiracy” (a documentary surrounding the harsh environmental impacts of cow, pork, and chicken consumption) we’ve been making a point of trying to eat minimal to no meat once per week. This is a massive challenge for me given my husbands large “need” for meat products and my requirement for high iron meals for my growing kids. Enter the soba noodle / tofu tag team that is this Peanut Tofu Noodle Bowl.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Noodles, Vegan, Vegetarian, Weekday Dinner Tagged With: Healthy, noodles, peanut, Sauce, soba noodles, vegan, vegetables, Vegetarian, weekday dinner

Cookbook Club – Plenty

June 11, 2016 by Samantha 6 Comments

We started a cookbook club!! It’s amazing. A larger group (there’s around 15 of us in total) vote for a cookbook and set a date to feast together. The concept is fairly straight forward; we each make a recipe from the chosen cookbook and get together to sample each one. That way we all get to try multiple dishes from the cookbook and decide if we want to purchase the book or not. It’s a very pleasant way to test out new cookbooks, see each other, and generally have a good time.

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Our first cookbook was Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi. Plenty is not new by any means, but was randomly selected out of a few suggestions that came in from the group. The dish shown above and shared below was my recipe pick, Soba Noodles with Eggplant and Mango. I really liked this dish, it’s served at room temperature so I could make it in advance and has really great vibrant flavours that I normally wouldn’t be attracted to. I’ve made it a few more times since cookbook club and since I hardly ever remake a recipe this should speak volumes.

The dish that was picked as the favourite from our group was the Black Pepper Tofu dish. Almost everyone said it was their favourite. Other interesting points from the book was that although it is a vegetarian cookbook nothing came off as particularly healthy. The amount of fat (oil and/or butter) per recipe was actually somewhat alarming. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not part of the fat police when it comes to food, but 10 tablespoons of butter in one savoury dish is a bit shocking. We actually skimmed some butter off of one dish to make it less greasy.

Overall Plenty, was well received. Out of 10 I’d wager that most people gave it a 7. I don’t believe anyone from the group ran out to buy the book after cookbook club, but it’s worth the time to check it out from your local library. It is a great resource to feel inspired by vegetables.

Our next meeting is this weekend and we’re doing Donna Hay’s The New Easy. It got the most votes out of 8 different books that were being considered. I’m making the Salted Chocolate and Caramel Tart … I can’t wait to eat it 🙂

Do you have a cookbook you’d like to suggest for our next session? I’d love to hear about it.

Samantha

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Cookbook Club - 1st Edition

Soba Noodles with Eggplant and Mango

10 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

40 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1/2 fresh red chile, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 lime, zest and juice
  • 1 cup sunflower oil
  • 2 eggplants, cut into 3/4" pieces
  • 8 to 9 oz soba noodles
  • 1 large ripe mango, cut into 3/8" pieces or 1/4" thick strips
  • 1 2/3 cup basil leaves, chopped
  • 2 1/2 cups cilantro leaves, chopped
  • 1/2 red onion, very thinly sliced

Instructions

  1. In a small sauce pan gently warm the vinegar, sugar and salt, until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute over medium. Remove from heat and garlic, chile and sesame oil. Set aside and once cooled add lime zest and juice.
  2. Heat up the sunflower oil in a large pan and shallow-fry the eggplant in 3 or 4 batches. Once golden brown remove and place in a colander, and sprinkle generously with salt. Leave there to drain.
  3. Cook the noodles in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente, about 5 to 8 minutes. Drain and rinse well under cold water. Shake off as much water as possible.
  4. In a mixing bowl toss noodles with the dressing, mango, eggplant, half of the herbs and the onion. The dish can rest for 1 to 2 hours if you'd like. When ready to serve add the rest of the herbs and mix well.
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Filed Under: Cookbook Club, Dinner, Vegetarian Tagged With: eggplant, mango, noodles, vegan, Vegetarian

Vegan Chocolate and Pomegranate Mousse Tart

January 20, 2016 by Samantha 2 Comments

For a brief period of time I had to cut out dairy in my diet due to the needs of our newest baby’s (Lucy) sensitive tummy troubles. Problem resolved and I am back on the dairy train, but I wanted to share this recipe as I loved it’s flavours. To fulfill my daily requirement of chocolate and sweets I had to come up with some dairy alternate recipes to compensate. Enter a Vegan Chocolate and Pomegranate Mousse Tart.

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The base of this tart is Oreo cookie crumbs. After much research through my friend “Google” it appears that the jury is out as to whether or not Oreos are actually vegan. What I do know is that I can eat them freely as they are Baby Lucy friendly. If you’re a strict vegan go with a vegan brand of chocolate cookies. 

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These cute little tarts are filled with yummy pomegranate flavour, the comforts of chocolate cookie crumbs, and drippy chocolate.

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Vegan Chocolate and Pomegranate Mousse Tart

Comforts of chocolate cookie, bright pomegranate flavour and drippy chocolaty goodness.

20 minPrep Time

20 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 1 can chickpeas (water and chickpeas separated, chickpeas reserved for another use
  • 1/4 cup sifted icing sugar
  • 1 x 236 ml container of Pomegranate juice
  • 2 cups vegan chocolate cookie crumbs
  • 5 tbsp coconut oil (liquid), divided plus extra for greasing
  • 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Line the bottom 3 x 4.5" springform pans OR one 9" pan with parchment paper and grease the sides with coconut oil.
  2. Mix cookie crumbs with 4 tbsp coconut oil and press firmly into the bottom of pans (I used a flat bottomed measuring cup to do this).
  3. With electric beaters or in a stand mixer and in a large bowl, beat chickpea water* until a stiff peak holds and at least doubled in size, 3-4 minutes. Add icing sugar and pomegranate juice to chickpea "mousse" and mix until just blended.
  4. Top cookie base with pomegranate mousse and place in fridge.
  5. Chill for at least 30 minutes, but not longer than 2 hours. The chickpea mousse will eventually release the pomegranate juice (this is not a make ahead dessert unless you keep all components separate).
  6. Melt chocolate chips and with 1 tbsp of coconut oil in the microwave in 20 second intervals.
  7. Drizzle melted chocolate over pomegranate mousse.
  8. *chickpea water will continue to increase in volume exponentially if allowed. Only beat until you have stiff peaks and it's just over doubled in size. If you'd like to make this recipe ahead of time, keep cookie base, mousse, and chocolate drizzle separate - assemble at the last moment.
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