Tag: Healthy

  • Tomato and Beet Salad with Goat Cheese and Fresh Basil

    Tomato and Beet Salad with Goat Cheese and Fresh Basil

    It sure feels like I haven’t posted anything in a long time! I’ve been so busy with work, preparing for and travelling to our annual meeting. But now it’s all done and I can relax and get back to what I really love, cooking (and eating….). I recently made this delicious tomato and beet salad with goat…

  • Asparagus and Mixed Greens Salad with Lemon Fennel Vinaigrette

    Asparagus and Mixed Greens Salad with Lemon Fennel Vinaigrette

    Do you love asparagus? I love asparagus, it’s one of my favourite vegetables. And my favourite way to prepare asparagus is simply roasting it. If you’ve been blanching/steaming asparagus all your life, give roasting a try, it’s so much more flavourful.  Since you’ll be roasting some asparagus anyway, you might as well make this asparagus and mixed…

  • Quinoa Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Fresh Basil

    Quinoa Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Fresh Basil

    If you’re looking for a quick and easy salad to make then you should definitely make this quinoa salad with cherry tomatoes and fresh basil. After having spent a couple hours working on our plot in the community garden James and I were tired from moving wheelbarrows of soil and very hungry. We didn’t have much…

  • Greek Salad with Chickpeas

    Greek Salad with Chickpeas

    Earlier this week I posted a couple of great recipes for homemade spanakopitas and tzatziki. For the same meal I also made a Greek Salad with Chickpeas. I’ve made this particular salad dozens of times but I’ve never actually sat down and noted how much of everything I’ve added. This is definitely one of those…