I’ve been promising you all the recipe for a grind-your-own garam masala for a while now, and today is the day in which I reveal all! Or at least reveal the recipe. Is surprisingly easy! I think I’ve said before that I used to work in the non-profit sector, and over the years and through different…
Vegetarian Side Dishes
Making the Most of Leftovers: Easy Pickled Vegetables
Given that I’m not a morning person, I usually prepare the day’s lunches the night before. Tonight I was making Thai spring rolls, and had some sliced green peppers left over. And given that I have a waste not, want not philosophy when it comes to food, you know I had to use them up…
Crunchy, tasty, and Low-Fat: Baked Zucchini Coins
A few weeks ago, I made zucchini coins for dinner. I had some sliced zucchini in the fridge, leftover from when I made my Four-Layer White Lasagna with Oven-Roasted Vegetables. Incidentally, that’s how I make a lot of kitchen decisions: what’s in the fridge? What will go bad if I don’t use it soon? The…
Memories of Meals Past: Baba Ghanoush, an Anti-Inflammatory Diet, & Kitchen Innovations
If you’ve been following along on my blog, you’ll know that I have some Middle Eastern heritage, so I grew up eating things like hummus on a regular basis. (Of course, my mum being very much an international cook, I also grew up eating things like Thai Green Curry, Borscht, and Poffertjes on a regular basis. I have no…
Salads I Have Known & Loved: Vitamin C Salad
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….