Makes 5 cups 1 ¼ cup per serving Serve this side dish with your favourite protein for a full meal dinner. To make this a vegetarian main meal add 1 can of small brown lentils. 1 cup cooked wheat berries – see professional home economist tips below 2 Tbsp canola oil or extra virgin …
Excerpt from Peace, Love and Fibre MOTHER NATURE IS PART WONDER, PART MAGIC , AND PART SCIENCE . She’s unpredictable and altogether her own boss, which makes for an interesting combo. Depending on her weather whim, local rhubarb and strawberries are either available at the same time, or they just aren’t. I’ve learned that she …
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This Vegan Lentil loaf is moist and delicious, with all the flavours of Christmas. You can either bake it in a loaf pan or make them into balls. Either way, you’ll need a food processor for this recipe. Lentil Loaf ½ cup water ¼ cup ground flaxseed 2 Tbsp canola oil 1 small onion, …
Makes – 8 – 3-inch (8 cm) cakes Serves – 4 – 2 cakes per serving These salmon cakes have become a regular weekly dinner at our house since Covid. Easy and yummy with the convenience of canned salmon, they are a great way to add those heart and brain healthy omega-3 fatty acids into …
Makes 4 cups This easy to make summer salad using fibre rich cooked barley and seasonal local blueberries is a cinch to make. Note: this salad uses leftover cooked barley – click here for Barley 101 so before you start this recipe, you need to have cooked cold barley on hand. I cook a pot …
Serves 4 Rhubarb as a savoury ingredient? Okay, I’ll admit it’s a bit out there, but I make rhubarb chutneys, so I thought why not a curried chicken using rhubarb. I thought I was a genius, until I did a web search and discovered it wasn’t a new idea. Well at least I’m mildly unique …
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Makes 6 ½ cups When the warm weather starts to hit I head into my kitchen and start making bean salads. They are super easy to make, full of the yum factor and economical. Bonus in the waste not want not category, they taste even better the next day. This main course salad is …
I believe that we have become so fixated on the minutia of eating that we have forgotten the big picture. We need to get back in touch with the basics. You know ~ fruits and vegetables, the family of pulses (beans, chickpeas, lentils, split peas and soy), whole grains, nuts and seeds, fatty fish, lean …
This quick bread is a great addition to a night when you’re making a pot of soup for dinner. While the soup is cooking, make this whole grain bread. And you can catch me on Facebook Live Wednesday at 8 pm EST baking this in real time. Search @mairlyn.smith on Facebook to find me. Dry …
Every January most of us make resolutions to get healthier, lose weight, change our bad habits into stellar new ones and then within two weeks most of us are back to our old routines. By the end of six months 46% have completely abandoned their resolutions. Why the failure rate? There are many reasons we …
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