After making this granola, you’ll be laughing at how much you used to spend on it in stores (in between shoving it in your mouth). You could get really creative with this recipe if you wanted to—I had the urge to add sweetened coconut, dried cranberries and toasted almonds but I wanted to keep it…
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Vegan Almond Tofu and Pumpkin Spice Muffins
Pumpkin has to be one of my favourite ingredients for a few reasons. Firstly, the smell of a fresh pumpkin when you cut into it is unbeatable. Second, you can roast the seeds. Third, the actual pumpkin can be roasted, boiled, baked and grilled. Now that fall has started, be prepared for pumpkin overload. You…
Savoury French Toast Breakfast Sandwich
Let’s talk for a second about hangovers. I had a really nasty one this past weekend, and as many of you may know, your appetite can either be non-existent or rampant. I tend to get much pickier and want something that will fuel me more than plain toast. Enter french toast, a great eggy bread…
Vegan Guacamole, Broccoli and Alfalfa Sprouts Wrap
Buying lunch is one of the biggest money draining activities there is. Take 10 minutes the night before (or morning of, if you’re one of those crazy morning people) and save yourself the money. It’s also way more customizable for portions and taste, not to mention it’s nutritional benefits. This wrap is packed to the…
Sweet Potato, Black Bean and Quinoa Chili
This week was one of those “let’s see what’s in my kitchen and throw something together” kind of weeks. Luckily I had lots of scraps around and only had to run out for toppings, which made for a colourful, gluten-free, vegan and healthy chili. I feel like a lot of people see chili as a…
Chipotle Black Bean and Toasted Quinoa Burgers
You can’t buy frozen burgers like this. Tons of protein, flavour, colour and nutrition packed into one burger patty—can’t go wrong. Before making this recipe, I always just assumed that chipotle peppers were their own kind of pepper. But as it turns out, chipotles are actually just smoked jalapeno peppers! I feel like this is…
Easy Homemade Maple-Mango Granola
I’ve been wanting to make granola for a while because it’s one of the best breakfast foods. Easy to make, lasts a long time, very flexible with ingredients, and mixes well with yogurt. This recipe is from Judy Krizmanic’s “The Teen’s Vegetarian Cookbook” which outlines some simple and inexpensive meals. This was the first cookbook…
Healthy Blueberry Breakfast Muffins
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that fast-food muffins are basically cupcakes. I know it’s not shocking, but when I ordered a muffin from my school’s coffee shop and it came topped with chocolate drizzle and powdered sugar, I couldn’t bring myself to call it a muffin. Besides being over-sweet, store bought muffins can be…
Double Baked Spaghetti Squash
Spaghetti squash is the ultimate gluten-free substitute for any wheat-based pastas. Unlike regular squash like acorn or butternut where you would just cube it or slice it, spaghetti squash pulls apart into thin edible “threads” which is where it gets its name. It’s easy to roast, doesn’t need lots of seasoning and reheats well if…
Quinoa Pizza Balls
A big complaint from people who are gluten-free is that doughs made without wheat flour are “grainy” and don’t taste authentic. This means no pizza, bread and all those other wonderful doughy foods. For this recipe, instead of subbing out wheat flour for another kind, I just skipped the dough completely. Quinoa and beans are…
the vegetarian ginger 