We love our salad; dinner just isn’t the same without it! Adding beans to a salad makes it more filling so you can have it by itself for a snack or lunch. This salad is made with chickpeas. Delicious, healthy and easy to make. …
Vegan
Avocado Hummus
Calling all hummus and avocado lovers! Well, actually, even if you are not a fan of hummus, I think you will like this. My daughter Sara isn’t a big fan of hummus, but even she likes it when made with avocado. …
Garden Chickpea Salad
This is a great way to use up your garden veggies! It is a delicious summertime salad, we love adding beans to our salad, it makes it more healthier and gives it more texture! …
Potato Salad with Avocado
Potato salad with avocado is so delicious, creamy and tasty with no mayonnaise. I love this salad, it is a family favourite. …
Lentil Soup
If you a regular reader of my blog you will know that I had gallbladder/stones issues this year, update I did end up having it removed in September. During the time before surgery (5 months) I had to change my diet, and that meant no or little fat, no red meat, no eggs, butter or sugar! Since then I am still on a red meat free diet, I have been trying to reintroduce it to my diet this past two weeks (in very small amounts) but it doesn’t agree with me. Not sure if it’s permanent or temporary….
Bulgur and Parsley Salad
This is my sons favourite non lettuce type of salad, it’s nutritious and delicious! I make it every week, and it lasts a few days, great snack or lunch food! …
Coconut Milk Fudge
I was invited to a vegan potluck this weekend and wanted to make a dessert along with a salad. I wanted to make some of my nobake-brownies, but then found out there was a recall on the almond butter.
I had to come up with something quick and easy, looked into my baking cabinet and viola! …
Bulgur and Lentil Salad
This is a light and tasty salad, perfect for a summers day picnic or lunch food! I don’t really measure when I make foods like this, I just throw stuff in a pot and cook it! Its really simple and you cannot go wrong with a recipe like this. …
Bok Choy with Whole Wheat Pasta
This has become one of my favourite dishes, its full of flavour and is easy to make. You can add a little more oil if you find it dry, I cannot have a lot so I use very little when cooking. …
No Bake Brownies
I was inspired to make these no bake brownies because I am in need of boosting up my iron levels, and needed a fun way to do it! I basically took the idea from my walnut-date-balls and turned them into brownies.
I wanted a frosting to go with it, and I have heard of banana frosting and avocado frosting, so I experimented with both and found that I like the avocado more than the banana. I found that I wasn’t able to mask or hide the banana flavour, whereas I was able to mask the avocado. You can try it out yourself and see which you like best.
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