Posted in Appetizer, Bread/Baking, Dessert, Healthy Treats, Inspiration, Smart Choices on Jan 28th, 2012
Calling all lovers of the good life! Live my creed – ya know, flirting with farmers, crunching on carrots, riding bicycles covered in flowers – then why haven’t you entered this yet?
Don’t know what to make this weekend? Three great dishes to get you through the week and have fun making them now. And of course- dessert comes first. Enjoy!
Posted in gluten free, Health, Recipe, Snack, Vegan on Jan 18th, 2012
There are many snacks out there that claim to be healthy, but in reality they’re not as virtuous as they seem. What’s a health-conscious snacker to do? Eat roasted chickpeas, of course! These delicious nibblies are crunchy, flavourful and full of beneficial nutrients.
It all started with this gorgalicious ceramic dish with a lid that I picked up at my absolute favourite-if-it-didin’t-exist-I’d-be-naked-store Anthropologie. I saw it and immediately thought, TAGINE central. I don’t know why. Just something about being able to open that lid, have the steam burst out and my getting to announce a fine tah-dah to my dining companion.
The thing is, I am pretty sure I have never actually had a tagine before that I liked. They most often had lamb in them and I am just not that in to eating laaa-aaaa-aaamb. But when fall rolls in, something in the abundance of root veggies at the market, combined with my desire to eat cozy food and not have to work that hard for it, made this one bought adventure a must.
Posted in Event, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Nutrition, Weekly Recap, Wellbeing on Sep 16th, 2011
Well didn’t we have just the most fun ever at last weekend’s Vegetarian Food Festival? Didn’t we? How can you not have fun when there are grown men running around dressed as giant peas?
I was busy sharing my wares at my booth.
I was most excited about how excited everyone was over our brand new creed, irish moss, tote bags, and sleeping masks (with fabric I designed myself, I might add!)
Posted in Herbal Medicine, Junk Food, Nutrition, Salad, Treat on Sep 10th, 2011
When some people don’t want to consume hot dogs (and meat in general for that matter), they often turn to the vegetarian options. And what might these be? Veggie dogs! There are also veggie burgers, veggie deli meat, veggie turkey, veggie ground beef, veggie chicken pieces and the list goes on and on. From the looks of it, it seems that vegetarians have no problem replacing meat since there are so many options readily available for them. They can have some faux bacon for breakfast, followed by a mock salami sandwich for lunch, rounding things off with a chicken-less “chicken” stir fry for dinner. Oh, and don’t forget about soy pudding for dessert!
How easy was that? By consuming these fake meat items, vegans and vegetarians can pick up right where they left off with the real stuff. Can you tell yet that I’m joking?
Posted in Announcements, Health, Inspiration, Nutrition, Weekly Recap on Aug 12th, 2011
I have a kitchen table! Like my own. In my own home. It’s nice I tell you, it’s nice. After three years of working where I live and living where I work, I have my own little apartment right nearby.
That kitchen table, by the way, was the very same table I had in my very first apartment twelve years ago. It has been in my parents garage since 2003 and we cleaned it up and made it good as new. Want to know the best part about taking this table and now using it again? I don’t have to hear my mom bla, bla, bla at me about storing it in their garage anymore.
Posted in Dips, Health, Healthy Treats, Marilyn Denis, Nutrition, Recipe, Whole Food on May 20th, 2011
What fun was had on The Marilyn Denis Show with this segment all about avocados. The staff of the show were going nuts for this segment, all calling dibs on the goods I was making. One of the bestest parts for me about doing this segment is that I strategized my make-up!
Posted in Health, Herbal Medicine, Nutrition, Recipe, Soup on May 16th, 2011
What fun, what fun! It is May which means farmer’s markets are popping up all over the place! Last week I shared my amazing recipe for asparagus pesto and I ate that up so fast that I had to go back to the market. What did I buy on this trip? A giant bag of weeds!!! Wildly grown and foraged food that I likely spent the majority of my life trampling over.
Posted in Announcements, Event, Nutrition, Whole Food on May 14th, 2011
What do Italy, Mozambique, Cuba, Fiji, Australia, Jordan, Hong Kong, St. Lucia, Senegal, France, Jamaica, Swaziland, Portugal, Israel and Belize have in common? Well, these are among the many countries I have had the absolute privilege and honour of visiting and dining in. The greatest things I love about travelling is falling in love… sometimes with places, sometimes with men, and most often with food!
Posted in Announcements on Mar 14th, 2011
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Posted in Announcements, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Nutrition, Weekly Recap, Wellbeing on Mar 11th, 2011
Oh lovers. That pic above starts our Friday faves off right as it is my fave pic of the week. This past Sunday marked a milestone day over here at The Love In The Kitchen Academy. Why? Because for the first time ever, I had the lovely luxury of being a guest at a class in my very own school!
Josh Gitalis, healer of all the world, was my first ever guest instructor and he instructed the goji berries out of his Healing Elixirs and Herbal Medicine workshop. That workshop sold out mighty quick and we even had 4 people on a waiting list should someone cancel! We have added a new date for April 16th- so best to get yourself signed up if you are interested.
Now what is glowing in that yellow elixir in the photo? Well my loves, that secret is held between Josh, myself, Jen, one of our fabulous interns, Tara, and the 12 lucky peeps who attended. Mwahahaha!
Posted in Health, Recipe, Side Dish, Vegan side, Veggie Side, Whole Food on Mar 3rd, 2011
I had a jolly ‘ole lover of a time travelling the isel of St. Lucia and can’t wait to show off some of my pics to you tomorrow. But the one thing I missed most was my kitchen. I missed having access to my clean, organized, pink kitchen and all the familiar tastes that go along with it. I was chomping at the bit, as they say, to get back into it and get cooking.
Posted in Dessert, gluten free, Health, Recipe, Sweet Treats on Feb 28th, 2011
I know, I know… you want to get your sticky fingers all over my nuts. How could I blame you really. They are the best tasting nuts ever. The very best. What’s super cool about this is that you don’t even need to be a nut lover to enjoy this candied delight. Nut allergies in your homestead? Do this with a mix of seeds. Same, same lovers. Same, same.
Posted in Event, Happiness, Health, Inspiration, Nutrition on Feb 20th, 2011
It is Friday my love sweet lovers and I have just spent the most glorious week adventuring around the island of St. Lucia with my love sweet love. I am gearing up and getting ready for the peeps to arrive this Sunday for Nourish Your Soul II and much, much, much fun will ensue.
Posted in Announcements, Event, Health, Holiday, Weekly Recap on Feb 11th, 2011
As you may be aware, I wrote a good portion of my blog before I even left for St. Lucia. As you may also be aware, being able to spend a month here, part work and part play, is my absolute dream come true. Have you been reading my behind the scenes interview?
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