Simple Chickpea and Spinach Soup
Let;s be honest: You need soup to make it through winter. There is nothing I like more than having a big container full of a soup that is not only nutritious, delicious but also super easy. Ladies and gentlemen, enter the Simple Chickpea and Spinach Soup. It is warm, it is cozy, it is filling […]
Caramelized Onion Split Pea Soup
I absolutely love caramelized onions and they are so easy. Once cooked, you have all these lovely onions to throw into eggs, on salads and in quinoa bowls – but you also want to eat them with everything. I began wondering – what about a soup with the onions…but which one? Enter split pea. […]
Chocolate Smoothie
You might remember the big chocolate milk news story of 2011/12: that the best post recovery drink was, in fact, chocolate milk. Real or hype? The Globe and Mail did a great piece on this a few years ago. Beyond a doubt, chocolate milk drinking went sky high – but what the research showed is […]
Gratitude Attitude
In my basement, there is a box – a box filled with gratitude. There are pink ones and lined ones and ones with sayings from Buddha; there are ones with drawings and ones with hard-to-read handwriting, countless dates and years and moments remembered. I have been keeping a gratitude journal since 2007, not diligently but […]
6-Ingredient Butternut Squash Soup
We overcomplicate food. Simple, six ingredients soup is on the agenda because it is easy, delicious and freezes well. It is good for lunch, for dinner with a nice salad, or anytime. Butternut squash is rich in beta carotene, and filled with health fibre and good carbs. Ingredients 4 tbsp olive oil 1 large butternut […]
Cherry and Spinach Smoothie
Not all smoothies are bright green and IG-worthy: Enter the Cherry and Spinach Smoothie It will be brown. Basic primary colours: green and red equals brown. But it is delicious. Secret: This has been my go-to smoothie for at least 5 years on a Friday morning before my cycling class. I vary the liquid between […]