Sometimes as moms you’ve gotta be a bit sneaky. We’re always looking for fun & new ways to get our kids to eat those veggies .. right? These tots will fool everyone in the house. My kids still think they’re made with potatoes and I’m totally fine with that! These are super easy to make and are great for school lunches, as a side with dinner, or as an after-school snack. I also love that you can add different spices and flavours to spice it up. 1 small head Cauliflower1 cup Cheese, shredded½ small Finely Chopped Onion1 Egg¼ cup Chopped Parsley or Coriander1 cup, Almond Meal or Bread Crumbs1 ½ tsp Salt1 tsp Pepper1 tsp Garlic Powder1 ½ tsp Paprika...
I don’t know about you, but we’re still in the midst of that post-Halloween buzz. The house is full of all kinds of treats and little snack-sized chocolates, and they’re all just calling out my name. BUT… I’ve been REALLY good at cutting out processed sugar this past month and I don’t want to fall back so I knew I’d need a healthier sweet alternative available that was just as delicious and quick & easy to grab to help satisfy my sweet tooth. In came the idea of “Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls”. I’ve tried them a few times at health food stores and often wondered ‘how hard would it be to make a batch of my own’? Plus, Reese’s Peanut...
Looking to kick your meals up a notch? I‘ve been adding this green chutney to just about everything! It’s got such a nice mix of spice and flavour and adds a tasty kick to whatever you’re having. In addition to using it as a topping/dipping sauce, I’ve also been adding it into my marinades and curries as well as combining it to yogurt when I’m making ‘raita’ to get some of that delicious flavour. The secret ingredient here is the coriander. This chutney lasts for week, so it’s just the thing when you’ve got a bunch or coriander lying around in the fridge, threatening to go brown. Green ChutneyIngredients:1 small bunch Coriander5-6 Green Chillies2 cloves Garlic1 tsp Cumin Seeds2 tbsp...
It’s that time of year, pumpkins and squash are popping up everywhere. The temperatures are getting colder and it’s the perfect time for soup! This is a fun twist on your traditional butternut squash soup. The addition of red curry paste and coconut makes it spicy, rich and full of flavour. In addition to all the health benefits you’d be getting from the butternut squash, it’s also high in fiber, potassium, vitamin B6 and folate. The perfect soup that will fill you up and keep you full long after :) Ingredients 1 medium-sized Butternut Squash, seeded and cut in half lengthwise 1 tablespoon Olive oil 2 cloves Garlic, minced 1 small Yellow Onion, diced 1 teaspoon Ginger, freshly grated 2...
Happy Monday! Hope you had a beautiful weekend and are pumped for the week ahead! I know, it’s easy to dread Mondays, and sometimes it feels like we’re already behind before the week has even begun, but what if we were able to shift our perspective even a little and could retrain our brains to look at Mondays as an opportunity to start fresh, to reinvent ourselves for the better, and to take positive action towards achieving our goals? Here are 5 simple but super important tips you can put into practice RIGHT NOW to help make sure you hit the ground running this week. 1. Get outside - I swear it feels like 90% of my problems can be...
