Brazilian Tapioca Treats

This is the easiest dessert I have ever seen created. My darling friend Carolina showed me how to make it! 

Paella with Mussels

Spain’s national dish, Paella, has no dearth of regional variations and recipes. From chorizo and chicken to shrimp and mussels, carrots and peas to olives and spices, the variants of this dish are endless. I usually use whatever I happen to have on hand when I make this, so accordingly I used mussels (cheap, easy…

Mulligatawny… in a Slow Cooker!

This is an easy-peasy mulligatawny. Delicious as a soup served with some toast or as a dinner time meal or over a bed of rice and garnished with cilantro. I was originally inspired to make this recipe for the blog spoonforkbacon.com but adapted the recipe and shaved some calories by not cooking the veggies in…

Gluten Free Quinoa-Banana Pancakes

These are really a delicious and hearty breakfast option. Even the lover of all carbs will be charmed by this number. You’ll need: 1 banana, mashed (preferably one which is more ripe) 1/2 cup of uncooked quinoa, prepared to package instructions (around 1 cup prepared quinoa) 2 T sugar 1 t vanilla extract 2 egg…

Japanese Ginger-Carrot Salad

Pardon me for my hiatus from food blogging. It has been a busy past couple months, and I’ve recently finished my undergraduate at the University of Toronto! Although I have been cooking and accumulating a great deal of photos to post, I haven’t quite gotten to the computer to document the magic. I’ve been cooking…

Mofongo Relleno with Lime-infused Black Beans and Rice

It was a Friday night and the ladies stayed in, taking pictures of food, making chocolate molten cakes with ice cream and watching bad romantic comedies. So much food. To start the day off right, I decided to cook up these black beans that had been sitting around for a while that needed to be…

{Ginger Mint} Lemonade

Mmmm Lemonade the perfect summer treat! You’ll need: 3 lemons 3 cups of water 1 cup sugar Ice cubes  Mint-Ginger Simple Syrup (optional) Directions: Cut peels off lemons and halve each lemon: Add cut lemons, water, sugar, and ice cubes into a blender. Blend thoroughly and pour over a sieve and into a large bowl…

White Bean & Sun-dried Tomato “Mac and Cheese”

I was on a role making sun dried tomato pesto and putting sun dried tomato in just about everything when I realized, it could taste phenomenal with mashed beans. Beans are great, they can adapt tastes pretty nicely, they’re cheap (yay!) and they have lots of protein and are quite filling when buying meat isn’t…

Coconut, Lime, Cilantro and White Bean Soup

This soup is quick, refreshing, and versitile! It’s a summer soup served cold, or you can prepare it another way and make it a comfy winter soup. Store it in a mason jar and throw it your bag for lunch.