This vegetable side has it all: salty, sweet, crunchy, fresh… The key is to use a heavy pan that holds the heat well after it’s…
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Black Box Frittata
This was my entry for this past week’s Twitter Black Box. It’s a fun challenge where cooks and chefs each create a dish that must…
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Edamame Miso Salad
As much as truly meatless Mondays don’t exist in my world, I have been making an effort to participate in my own version that I…
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Green Beans Adobo
The truth is, I only made these beans to add some colour to the pressure cooked pork belly adobo on the plate. The crazy thing…
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Chickpeas & Tomato Vinaigrette
In addition to finding an excuse to post my tomato vinaigrette, I created this recipe to make “meatless Monday” more bearable for my carnivorous instincts.…
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Mushrooms & Malbec
Let me start by making clear that I blatantly stole the idea for this recipe from local fitness celebrity, Star Diamond Beach Body Coach and…
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Tomatoes & Beans
With it’s fresh, clean, Mexican-inspired flavours, this almost instant salad could be served as a side dish, though it packs the protein punch to stand…
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Cabbage & Cucumber
In looking at this dish even while assembling it, I could see that its appearance would benefit from some colour other than green. Julienned carrot…
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Avocado & Walnut Salad
Looking at the dressing for this salad, you might wonder where the flavour is. It’s just oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. The key is the…
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Grilled Yam
This is so simple, I hesitate to even call it a recipe. It reinforces the concept that when nature gives us good ingredients, our job…
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