Category: Easy
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Happiness Salad
Forgive the tweeness of the title. The intention wasn’t to be cute, it’s just that the way this salad looks is enough to inspire happiness on even the cloudiest of days. I like to eat this salad on its own, stuffed into a pita, or with the addition of chickpeas. happiness salad: 1 navel orange,…
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Green Pesto
This recipe has evolved in various green stages. Initially it was just a parsley and garlic based pesto, then I added the spinach and lemon, the cottage cheese and soaked almonds came last. I’m not sure about the original rational behind cottage cheese and almonds but I do know it lends an ethereal lightness to…
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Roasted Potato Salad with Green Beans and Bacon
This recipe began as an effort to use up roasted potatoes and green beans that I had served with a slow cooker pot roast the night before. It was inspired by a recipe for a French potato and green bean salad I remember making on repeat when I was in university, I’ve often though of…
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Kale and Chicken Noodle Soup
This past month has been an eventful one, we just got back from our honeymoon in Maui a little over a week ago and Vancouver is only now starting to feel normal again. Being in Maui was super magical and amazing, I haven’t ever felt that consistently and deeply relaxed that I can remember as…
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Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is a tetchy subject to bring up when discussing food with friends, opinions are stubborn and often extreme in nature. People either love rice pudding or they hate it, it needs to be made using ___ type of rice, cream versus milk, add-ins versus an unadorned pudding… the list is long and paved…