This dish is loaded with those umami-boosting ingredients. Mushrooms – check. Parmesan – check. Soy sauce – check (optional.) It’s oh so flavourful! Best part, it uses whole grain brown rice and my awesome no-stir risotto technique! This is not a true “Risotto” where you have to spend a long time over the hot stove.…
Category: Side Dishes

Healthy Brown Rice Butternut Squash Risotto
This dish is so stunningly delicious! You will not believe the aromas your kitchen will be filled with! Roasted squash, fried onions, garlic, optional wine, nutty smell of toasted rice and some fragrant sage! Unreal! This is not a true “Risotto” where you have to spend a long time over the hot stove. After the…

Wheat Berry Salad
First, let’s talk about the taste. It’s mighty delicious! The texture of the wheat berries is just so fun! It has a slightly chewy bite with earthy and nutty flavours. But when we add everything else – such as grilled corn with a smoky flavour to it, crunchy celery, nuts, cranberries – this salad becomes…

Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Chips
I just love these! You can eat them as is, you can season them with your favourite spices and you can top just about anything with them, making them the pièce de résistance of any dish. Sweet potato’s composition is tricky. Lots of moisture, making it hard to crisp up and lots of sugar that…

Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
For the longest time I have been convinced that there is no way to make good sweet potato fries at home. One of my chef friends, who’s restaurant makes THE BEST sweet potato fries EVER, once walked me through all of the steps needed to get those fries crispy. And I can tell you, there…