Strawberry rhubarb chia jam
I hope you guys are having a beautiful sunshine filled weekend. We are out at the lake this weekend with family and it is glorious. I’m starting to cherish these little family vacations more and more these days. I was…
Sweet and spicy mango chutney
I don’t know about you guys but I am a HUGE sauce/dip person, like any kind of sauce. Â I am a pizza dipped in ranch, hot wings dipped in blue cheese kinda girl. Â So it should come as no surprise…
Salsa verde
I’m finally posting my salsa verde recipe, or everything salsa as I like to call it…because it is good on almost everything. My favorite things to top with it in no particular order – tacos (obviously), roasted chicken, grilled flank…
Roasted beet & orange hummus
Summertime is the perfect time for easy, light and refreshing recipes, because who wants to sit in the kitchen over a hot stove for hours when it’s 25 degrees outside, right? So we like to eat a lot of dips…
Carrot, apple, ginger coleslaw
Summer is upon us, not officially for a few weeks but Mother Nature decided to skip spring and head straight to hot days and warm nights; and really who’s complaining? Not me, that’s for sure! Â It’s perfect timing for this…
Homemade Hoisin
For those of you that don’t know me very well, I’m a HUGE sauce person. Â I love sauce on everything and I love pretty much any kind of sauce. I’m talking cream sauce, ranch dressing, blue cheese dressing, sriracha, mayonnaise,…
Sunflower sprout pesto
I have been getting these gorgeous sunflower sprouts in my YYC Growers harvest box lately and wanted to come up with a versatile recipe, something other than just adding it to your sandwiches, salads, pizzas and pastas. Â Not that you…
Roasted tomatoes with whipped feta and fresh herbs
Sometime last year I went to Ten Foot Henry for the first time to have a few snacks with my girlfriend and  we both immediately chose the tomato dish.  I love tomatoes (except on burgers and pizza – that’s not cool),…
Bacon vinaigrette
I used this dressing for a super simple mushroom and spinach salad, but you could use it for so many things…a riff off a BLT, on pizza, in pasta…..hmm, so many options –Â this dressing is the shit! Seriously, I can’t…
Quick fig & raisin spread
I love making jams, jams are my jam! But seriously I love making jams, chutneys, preserves, spreads, and so on – anything in sauce-like format. In a later post I will be sharing my recipe for vinarterta, an Icelandic dessert.…
