Healthy Cooking Seasoned with Laughter
These posts are part of Mair’s “My Spin on Things” blog.
Serves 8-10 Michael Pollan’s famous quote, “Eat anything you want ~ just cook it yourself” is music to my ears. I love that simple statement, because we need to get back into our kitchens and cook from scratch. We have such easy access to all foods, from gourmet ice cream to ready to cook pizza […]
Makes 40 two-inch cookies Gluten free and Lactose free Oh, the perils of recipe developing. The warm Spring day I was developing these wee chocolate morsels a squirrel, who I expect was tempted by the chocolate yumminess wafting through my screen door, somehow pried his way through the screen and into my kitchen while […]
Serves – 4 This easy to make heart healthy roasted vegetable dish is a sheet pan dinner, everything gets roasted on one pan. It’s prep, toss, roast and dinner is ready in about 40 minutes. Don’t like tofu? This recipe will change your mind. My husband, a self proclaimed tofu abstainer, eats this tofu, and […]
This is a sneak peak of one of my recipes in my upcoming cookbook Peace, Love and Fibre over 100 fibre-rich recipes for the whole family Every February and March I forage my freezer. It’s my way of making sure that the food I buy and store in the freezer doesn’t get wasted. I found […]
This recipe was inspired by my love of Baba Ganoush, a Middle Eastern eggplant dip, and the fact I had two eggplants in my fridge that were close to being past their Best Before moment. (I find being frugal often leads to inspiration.) Baba Ganoush gets some of its amazing flavours from oven roasting the […]
Popcorn is a whole grain and healthy, it’s what you put on it that can catapult it into the World of Junk Food. Three cups of plain popcorn have 3.6 grams of fibre, not too shabby. I’ve added spicy red chili oil and chocolate to spice it and sweeten it up without sending it into […]
Each Grab and Go is loaded with great ingredients that supply you with complex carbohydrates, three forms of cholesterol-lowering oats, flaxseed, dried fruit, and a tiny bit of chocolate for your soul. Big note – these aren’t very sweet so if you are expecting a great big sweet cookie, then you are barking up the […]
One of my favourite winter soups is African Peanut Soup, a combination of stock, peanuts, sweet potatoes, onions and some heat. There are many variations of this soup, but in general it’s a very thick, hearty, slightly spicy main course soup that is usually served with rice. Peanuts are widely available in Africa but with […]
I love to use frozen fruits and berries in the middle of winter. It really makes me feel like a bit of summer is in the house. To glam this blueberry crumble up serve it warm in tea cups with a small scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt or ice cream your call. Berries: 6 cups […]
This lighter version of cheesecake is an awesome combination of orange and chocolate. Make it the night before for cheesecake perfection. You’ll need a food processor, a stand mixer or an electric beater to make it. Ingredients: 1 – 284 mL can mandarin orange segments in light syrup, optional Cheesecake: 2 – (250 g) pkg. light […]