Vegetables and Sides

Roasted Low-Maintenance Ratatouille with big flavours!

Ratatouille is a rustic delicious vegetable stew tracing its origins to Nice, France. Its flavours are bright and delicious and this dish could be enjoyed in so many different ways! In the picture below, I’m using ratatouille to top a fresh baguette and then adding a sunny side up fried […]

Guacamole

Guacamole is one of the simplest recipes out there with only 3 mandatory ingredients – avocados, salt and acid. A few other ingredients are quite necessary to add flavour, such as onions and jalapenos or hot peppers of some sort. The rest of the ingredients, are completely optional and should […]

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Perfect Pico de Gallo

Healthy, delicious, crowd-pleaser pico de gallo with vibrant colours and crisp fresh flavours that will get you invited back to anywhere you bring this to! Pico De Gallo, also known as salsa, is one of those classic dishes that contain just a few simple ingredients. But as with other classic […]

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Mashed Potatoes

Seriously, who doesn’t love mashed potatoes! A dish this rustic, delicious, simple should require no recipe. The most important things to remember is that potatoes don’t have much taste, they must be seasoned well, so keep your kosher salt handy! Next, the proper technique as detailed in the recipe is […]

Polenta

I think my best strategy for creating many exciting and interesting meals every week is to get creative with the sides. I have a lot of different grains in my fridge. Yep, fridge – if you look closely, many packages suggest storing oats, rice, polenta, buckwheat among others in the […]

Greek Lemon Potatoes

If you love potatoes – you will love this dish. If you love lemons – you will love this dish. If you love Greek food – you will love this dish. And if you happen to be someone who doesn’t like potatoes – you will probably also love this dish! […]

Creamy Coleslaw

I’ll be honest, I was never a fan of coleslaw. Runny vinegary liquid in soggy diner-style coleslaw was not my thing. That is until I developed my simple coleslaw recipe a while ago. It’s crunchy, flavourful and simple; none of the flavours overpower one another. This seems to be a […]

Red Cabbage – the easiest side dish

I feel like this is a cheater post. Is it fair for this side dish, which only takes less than ten minutes to prepare, to have its own blog post? Considering this low calorie vegetable is packed with nutrients and powerful antioxidants and takes minutes to prepare, I believe that […]