The Kitchen Operas

I think Vegan MoFo is a great excuse to go eat some vegan food around town, so off I went with the boyfriend and his Mum to one of my favourite places in town: Nunu (1178 Queen St. West, Toronto). I was first introduce to Nunu by my best friend Pem, and we have eaten [...]

You know you’ve got a best friend when she demands a birthday post… so in her honour I present Cranberry & Chocolate Banana Cookies of Birthday Celebration!

Ok, for one last blast of summer entertaining, you need to make these. I hosted a Pampered Chef party this summer, along with my Mum and my friend Heather, where we made these amazing appetizers. And they are the easiest and most-impressive little delicious nibbles.  So now you get the recipe! We used nectarines, green [...]

Today is the birthday of my very dearest friend: Pemma.  We have had so many adventures together from escapades in the kitchen to musical fun and traveling! Pem likes bugs.  And makes friends with them at restaurants: And she is a secret spy… when it comes to the intrigue of avocados: She has such a [...]

This is my go-to French Toast recipe.  It came about after I made an amazing dessert for Christmas dinner a couple years ago with poached pears and a cream cheese topping that had both vanilla and almond extract added to it.  The combination wowed me, and it sprung to mind when I made a French [...]

One of my favourite things to do, whether at home or while traveling, is to visit the farmer’s markets. I love buying fruits and veggies that I’ve never seen before, and then trying to figure out what to do with them. This week in San Miguel de Allende, we made it to the Tianguis de [...]

I am currently enjoying a week away in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.  I am here with my foodie friends Pem and Pria, and boy are we enjoying the good life, full of fresh fruits and veggies! There is an abundance of tropical produce here, and I don’t even have to feel guilty about transportation [...]

This is my new absolute favourite way to eat carrots. I was over at my dear friend Pem’s place (yes, the Pem who inspired my Thai Red Curry Quinoa and Kale & Lentil Dal) to make Indian food for dinner this week.  We decided to revisit the Kale & Lentil Dal, adding the wonderful deeper [...]

Ohhh, this curry is definitely in my top 5 meals.  We make it at least once a week around here, and get even excited that it’s leftover night the next day. The recipe originally started out as one from a cookbook belonging to my friend Pem, The Kundalini Yoga Cookbook.  This cookbook uses ‘handful’ measures [...]

This warming-to-the-core lentil dish is perfect for today: our first day of snow!  Granted, it was just flurries, but we had snow!! Today was also my first day of Meghan Telpner’s 5 Days Low Glycemic Eating Challenge.  I had to get creative at lunch out, and so had egg salad on a bed of greens [...]