It’s flu season! And what better way to combat it that boosting your immunity with this Vitamin C salad? It’s so easy, it’s cray-cray! This salad is a two-ingredient side salad, that pulls together in a snap, and is raw vegan to boot. It might sound like it’s too easy, but seriously, just try it….
Archives for January 2015
Salads I Have Known and Loved: Quinoa Crazy Salad
Why do I call this salad crazy? For two reasons: firstly, it’s a combo of whatever happens to be in your fridge at the time (sort of a salad version of my kitchen sink soup), and secondly, it’s a combination of sweet and savoury that somehow just…works, despite the crazy mix of ingredients. There’s dried…
Inspired but…Insipid: Crispy Baked Potatoes
Inspired by this recipe, and this recipe, I decided to use up some of the potatoes and onions that I have lying around the house. Betwixt you and I? My potatoes were getting a leeetle bit shriveled, and my onions had sprouted green tops. Still useable, because hey, waste not, want not, but better to…
Memories of Meals Past: Easy Wine Jelly Cookies
Throwback Thursday on this blog means Memories of Meals Past! In this case, Easy Wine Jelly Cookies! Why wine jelly? Well, because…I happened to have homemade wine jelly in my fridge, and I wanted to use it up! Waste not, want not, and all that jazz. The original name of the cookie recipe is Split…
Posh Veggies: Pan-Fried Asparagus & Grape Tomatoes in Clarified Butter
As I mentioned in my Gingerbread Buche de Noel post, I had a small dinner party recently. I made Carrot Ginger Stew over Quinoa, and served Pan-Fried Asparagus & Grape Tomatoes in Clarified Butter as a side. Low-fat, it was not; definitely tasty, though! Why clarify butter? It makes the smoke point higher, i.e. you can…