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Summer Corn and Black Bean Salsa

July 26, 2020 by April Leave a Comment

A bowl of corn salsa with a small bowl of chips beside it.This Summer Corn and Black Bean Salsa will be your next favourite side-dish to make for pool-side gatherings, casual BBQs, and summer paaaahties 😎 And the best part about this corn salsa? It's just dead simple to make, healthy, and it's so yummy, that hubby and I have ate it for lunch more than a...

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Filed Under: Easy Recipes, Gluten Free, Most Popular, Side Dishes, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: summer salad; healthy snack; corn; vegetarian; gluten-free; high in fibre

Simple Mango Salsa

June 28, 2020 by April Leave a Comment

simple mango salsaIt's summer and summer calls for chips and salsa my friend😎 This Simple Mango Salsa is my new go-to for pool parties, an appetizer for summer dinners with friends or an afternoon snack-attack at home. I made it up after many long hours researching online, painstaking recipe development and tons of trial and error. Totally...

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Side Dishes, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: appetizer, chips, mango salsa, salsa, summer

Simple Romaine Salad with Radish and Parmesan

June 8, 2020 by April Leave a Comment

Simple Romaine Salad with Radish and Parmesan on a white plate with a gold forkThe sun is shining, the flowers are a bloomin' and dare I say, summer is in the air. And when it comes to warmer weather, fresh, healthy and easy salads are just what we need to keep eating healthy and spend as little time as possible in the kitchen. Enter: this Simple Romaine Salad with...

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Filed Under: Lunch, Make It Tonight, Salads, Side Dishes Tagged With: easy romaine salad, easy salad, salad, simple romaine salad

Roasted Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes

April 27, 2020 by April 2 Comments

Blue bowl of Roasted Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes with a gold serving spoon and a ramekin of ketchup on a white counter topI really don't know what came over me, but by the time I was done, it was hard to see the kitchen countertops. Here's the deal: last weekend, I did a Sunday Prep Extravaganza!💪 The Best Banana Muffins Ever (recipe to come!) Chicken Parmesan - first time ever and it came out delicious Roasted broccoli...

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Filed Under: Make It Tonight, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: cinnamon roasted sweet potatoes, quick weeknight sides, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes

Easy Quinoa Salad with Feta

April 20, 2020 by April 4 Comments

Close up shot of Easy Quinoa Salad with Feta on a white background

This Easy Quinoa Salad with Feta is a fantastic healthy dish to add to your meal prep day. You’ll love it for a healthy lunch on-the-go too!   Since I’m working from home now more and the kids are home, making lunches at home seems waaaaay more work than packing a few lunches. Maybe it…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Lunch, Make It Tonight, Most Popular, Salads, Side Dishes, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: easy quinoa salad, healthy snack, lunch on-the-go, quinoa salad

Easy Roasted Garlic Carrots with Parmesan Cheese

April 13, 2020 by April Leave a Comment

Close up of Easy Roasted Garlic Carrots with Parmesan Cheese on a white platterThese Easy Roasted Garlic Carrots with Parmesan Cheese will be your next favourite side-dish🥕 Side note, I gotta riddle for ya: what costs 99 cents for a giant bag and is packed with nutrition and not to mention, endless snacking possibilities? Carrots! Did you guess carrots? I bet you did. And not just because you...

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: carrots, garlic carrots, healthy side dish, roasted carrots, snacks, vegetarian

Easy Greek Dip with Feta

March 15, 2020 by April Leave a Comment

Easy Greek Dip with Feta in a small white bowlWhen was the last time you had an inspirational meal from a drive-thru? Ok, maybe that doesn't happen very often (ie, never) but a recent trip through a Starbucks drive-thru had me making one of the best dips ever - this Easy Greek Dip with Feta! One protein box and a coconut milk latte later, I...

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Filed Under: Make It Tonight, Side Dishes, Snacks Tagged With: easy dip, easy greek dip, feta

Simple Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

February 7, 2020 by April 2 Comments

Simple Roasted Butternut Squash Soup in a blue trimmed bowl, on a white plate with a gold spoon.It's February. It's cold. And I feel like the "Christmas-food" isn't ending this year. Do you ever feel like that? Maybe it's just the vitamin D deficiency talking but man. This season is feeling a bit rough. There's all these "extras" around the house that on their own, aren't a big problem, but because they're...

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Lunch, Side Dishes, Soup, Vegetarian Tagged With: butternut squash, easy recipe, fall, soup

Moroccan-Spiced Black Bean Salad

January 19, 2020 by April 2 Comments

Close-up shot of the moroccan-spiced black bean salad on a antique silver platterWant a salad that can keep you satisfied, healthy and delicious? I know. Sounds like a pipe dream, right? But fear not, dear reader: I've got a salad for you that hits all these marks. And it's this Moroccan-Spiced Black Bean Salad 😄 With our schedules being so full these days with work, school, hockey,...

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Filed Under: Lunch, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: black beans, easy recipe, meal salad, portable salad, salad

Easy Winter Kale Salad with Spiced Nuts

December 10, 2019 by April 1 Comment

easy winter kale saladThis post was sponsored by Canola Eat Well. I was a guest at their cooking event at the Luxe Appliance Studio in Toronto.  Event photos by Josh-Tenn Yuk courtesy of Canola Eat Well. Food photos by me. [mk_divider style="thick_solid" divider_width="one_third"] This Easy Winter Kale Salad with Spiced Nuts is my new go-to this season. When...

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Filed Under: Recipes, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: almonds, easy kale recipe, easy kale salad, edamame, kale, kale salad, sweet potatoes

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