Maple Roasted Baby Carrots dressed with Carrot Top Pesto make a delicious sweet and savory side dish that complements any meal. This is a great recipe to have handy during the holiday season. And with this post my tale or series of recipes made with homegrown produce concludes. As you may recall, it all started this summer…
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Honey Sesame Roasted Sweet Potato and Carrots
Oven roasted sweet potatoes and carrots with a honey sesame glaze make a delicious healthy vegetable side dish for the holidays (or any time of year really). Holidays are a funny thing when you are far away from family. Especially if the country you are in doesn’t observe that holiday. This year we kind of…
Chicken Noodle Soup
Last week I showed you how I made chicken broth in the slow cooker. If you haven’t seen it yet, hop on over to check it out. One of my favorite meals to make with the homemade broth, is chicken noodle soup. While you can use it in many other recipes, the superiority of homemade…
Creamy Crunchy Carrot Salad with Garlic
I hope you all had a fantastic Easter weekend! I told you that my sister and her family were staying with us over the holiday and we had a fantastic time, but definitely too much chocolate. Usually, I don’t eat much candy anymore, aside from treats I made myself. For this holiday I thought I would…
Creamy Vegetable Soup with Leek (dairy-free)
Compared to last year, we’ve had such a mild winter here in Calgary. After a weekend of freezing weather and snow, the sunshine is right back with balmy temperatures and warm Chinook winds that melt all the snow away. This kind of Canadian winter I can almost live with. Well, almost indeed. In my perfect…
Classic Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Let me show you how I put together an impressive meal with minimal effort, cooked in just one pot. It takes only about half an hour of prep time on your part and the slow cooker does the rest of the work.
Before getting married I hardly ever ate red meat…
Uzbek Beef Plov – Rice Pilaf
This pregnancy has brought out an incredible desire for my mom’s cooking. There are definitely worse (aka unhealthier) cravings to be had. Unfortunately, she lives some 8 hours away. So me enjoying her food has been limited to a couple visits in between. In the meantime I set out to learn how to make some…