I love to bake, and I was looking forward to trying some traditional recipes from The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman. I chose to do some baking because a lot of the recipes for main courses in this cookbook required specialty ingredients, and some of them I just couldn’t get my hands on. […]
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Dinner | Fall Flavours | Healthy | Indigenous Cuisine | Meatless Monday | Popular Preconceptions | Uncategorized | Vegetarian
Three Sisters’ Soup
This recipe was featured in the following Buzzfeed video about Native American Foods and many of the taste testers felt like it reminded them of other soups they had tasted before . As explained in the video, the name of the soup stems from the agricultural practices of certain tribes […]
Fall Flavours | Healthy | Indigenous Cuisine | Popular Preconceptions | Side | Uncategorized | Vegetarian
Wild Rice Salad
Wild Rice is a traditional food in various Indigenous tribes. Wild Rice is “extremely nutritious, with twice the amount of protein as brown rice“. This would explain why in Ojibwe the word for wild rice is manoomin meaning “good berry” or “good seed“. Wild Rice Salad is one of the foods featured in the following […]
Dinner | Easy | Healthy | My Recipe | Pasta | Uncategorized
Pesto Penne Pasta
This recipe needed some updated photos. I made some pesto and penne pasta for my parents while I was visiting as it was something my mom could eat. This way we didn’t have to make 2 separate meals. I made a pesto sauce from a new cookbook which I will be sharing soon. […]
It is summer time and that means there is a multitude of fresh seasonal fruits, and it is always fun to think of new ways to eat them and serve them up. This recipe is super customizable, you can use whatever fruit is your favourite and you can choose to fill the crust with cream […]
I love Mexican food! I love tacos, fajitas, salsa, tortillas, churros etc. There is something about Mexican food that is a great balance of filling, comfort food and fresh flavours. My hubby and I made these burritos for a meatless Monday meal one a couple weeks ago, and I was so excited! I had some […]
Chicken | Dinner | Easy | Healthy | Lunch | Meal Prep | Meatless Monday | Uncategorized
Honey Sesame Noodle Bowl
Hello fellow Earthlings, I apologize for the hiatus away, but life has been happening and I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to keep up with all the different ways the wind tries to carry me. My hubby and I got back on Saturday from a lovely trip down in the Lower Mainland, visiting […]
I love chocolate chip granola bars. These were the classic snacks that would always be in my lunch box. I’ve been wanting to make homemade granola bars for a long time now. Making granola bars homemade means I can cut out the chemicals and save money, a double WIN in my books. These are really […]
This is a personal size of chicken noodle soup. I made this up last week because I was feeling under the weather and was wanting something that was delicious but easy on my tummy. I didn’t want to make a giant pot of soup, so I cut this recipe in half. I also didn’t want my soup to be super […]
I love carrot cake, and this time of year is the perfect time for it! These muffins are a healthy version of delicious carrot cake! If you wanted to you could whip up a cream cheese frosting and ice these bad boys. These are super easy, and filled with carroty goodness! I think these muffins […]
