These bran muffins are loaded with fabulously nutritious ingredients making them moist and delicious. They honestly taste too good to be healthy, but they are and loaded with fibre to boot. Dry Ingredients 1¼ cups whole wheat flour or spelt flour (spelt flour is a whole grain and a healthier choice, but if all you …
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As the believer in traditions and honouring our roots I love a tea party. And because all of us are holed up in our homes I thought, let’s have a tea party together apart. On Tuesday, March 31 at 3 pm EDT I’m inviting all of you to join me live on my Instagram …
Makes 12 cups This recipe is from Peace, Love and Fibre This hearty gluten free stick to your ribs soup is a perfect dinner soup for those cold rainy or snowy winter nights. It’s a comfort soup, every spoonful feels like a big hug. Loaded with fibre to make your GI happy and elevate your …
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 …
Making a homemade marshmallow is easier than you think, if you have the right recipe. I have made homemade marshmallows for years and the recipe from Butter Baked Goods by Rosie Daykin (appetite by Random House, 2013) is the easiest and best recipe I have ever used. You don’t even need a candy thermometer, just follow …
Makes one average round loaf or two smaller ones With all the hype on no knead bread, I knew I had to give it a go. Almost every recipe I scouted out on social media used all-purpose flour and I am a whole grain flour kid of woman. After many experiments I have created a …
Every Thanksgiving I get slews of emails asking for a vegan entree to serve at the family feast. This year I have a new one to add to the fare, from the PC kitchens this Mushroom and Chickenless Wellington was created by Chef Craig Harding from Constantine’s restaurant in Toronto. I got to sample it …
Snack Bars (recipe from Peace, Love and Fibre) Makes 24 bars It’s 4:00 pm and you’re hungry, crabby and angry. If someone even dares to look at you the wrong way, having a full-blown tantrum a la a two-year-old seems like a normal option. You’re hangry; trust the Urban Dictionary to come up with that …
This year marks the 29th summer that my husband and I will be driving up to Lake Muskoka to spend most weekends with my BFF Michale and her husband Lutz. Weekends with an s not a weekend, as in a one off. Everyone can get invited to a cottage once, the trick is to get …
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 …