Making your own granola is surprisingly easy, fast and a huge money-saver. This recipe is very flexible to your personal tastes and takes minimal effort—just pop it in the oven and shift it around once in a while. I’ve made other granolas with pumpkin and walnuts and one with mango, but this time around I…
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Chive Flower Dumplings
Chives are the lowest maintenance garden herb and they grow back every year in full force. It was only this year that it dawned on me—are the purple flowers that grow on them edible too? I took it to Google and everyone said yes. I tried it out and I’m still alive, so there’s my…
Flourless Banana-Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
This is a seriously healthy muffin (besides the chocolate chips, but you gotta live a little). Only a quarter cup of coconut sugar for the entire batch. Flourless. Greek yogurt. Hemp. All good things. Not like one of those muffins that is actually a cupcake disguised as breakfast—you’re not fooling me, Starbucks. These didn’t rise…
Bánh Mì Chay (Vietnamese Vegetarian Meatball Sandwich)
Traditional bánh mì can be made with or without meat, and as I’ve seen in many restaurants and online recipes, tofu is a go-to filling. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my tofu in soup, sandwiches, whatever. But sometimes a vegetarian needs a break, you know? I’m sick of it. So I went with…
Spiced Black Bean Burgers (a.k.a. the Instant Classic)
In all my years as a vegetarian, I have never made a veggie burger this good. It held its shape when cooking, tasted amazing, it’s high in protein and nutrients, and it stands its ground in the burger game. From now on I’m going to use this as my base for burgers and go from…
Low-Sodium Potato Waffles
If you’re anything like me, your stomach can’t handle a sugar-overload kind of breakfast. I love pancake, waffles and french toast just as much as the next person, but I actually prefer them later in the day or I’ll probably feel like I should just crawl back into bed. These waffles give you something fun…
Peppered Peach Tarts with Goat Cheese and Honey
I will be one of many to admit that I’m in denial of winter still clinging to its last few weeks. Toronto has been a cluster of warm, sunny days mixed with snow-covered cars and winds. This has resulted in some very entertaining people watching since there are some who are still in full-blown winter…
Paleo Blueberry Pumpkin Breakfast Bars
Breakfast is a fickle time. Some people don’t have time or desire to throw anything together in the morning. Others love it, but sometimes it can get repetitive—a variation of eggs, toast, maybe some vegetables or ham for you meat eaters out there. Muffins are good sometimes but end up being filled with more sugar…
Lentil “Meatballs” in Lemon Pesto Sauce
Ever since I was a kid, I was pretty picky with the meats I would eat. Ground beef was always “meh” in my books at best (leading a strict diet of burger buns and soda at summer barbecues). Meatballs were good because they were loaded up with sauce and surrounded by pasta, but I probably…
Japanese Cold Noodle Salad (Hiyashi Chuka)
Put down everything and pick up your forks because you’re not going to want to miss out on this one. I made two versions of this dish: one with soba noodles and one with flat rice noodles. For whatever reason, the rice noodles clumped together and remained hardened in certain spots even though they were…
the vegetarian ginger 