Bean salad is one of those summer staples that appears at potlucks and barbecues year after year. If you don’t think much of bean salad, you might be used the soggy kind that comes from store bought cans and tubs. Not only is homemade bean salad so much tastier, it’s also naturally vegan and gluten free, and super quick to make. Homemade Bean Salad is super for using up all those in-season green beans (or yellow and purple). A sweet, slightly tart vinaigrette helps to bring all the fresh flavours together. I’m not lying when I say that I dream about Homemade Bean Salad on a hot summer day. …
Blanched Kale & Potato Salad with Anchovy-Lemon Dressing
You’ll be the star of your next potluck with a deluxe Blanched Kale & Potato Salad. It’s definitely not your average potato salad. A tart, lemony dressing balanced with salty anchovies compliments the earthy flavours of kale and boiled potatoes. Accents of smoky bacon, thinly sliced boiled egg, briny capers, and lemon zest make it really quite stunning. It’s not your average potato salad!…
Summer Berry Oatmeal Muffins with White Chocolate & Mint
Going back to my cooking roots, I decided to bake-up a batch of fruit-filled, Summer Berry Oatmeal Muffins with White Chocolate & Mint. Baking (and my sweet tooth) drew me into the kitchen from an early age. I loved looking through pictures in my Mom’s cookbooks, dreaming of what I could create. “Muffins & More,” by Company’s Coming, used to get a lot of use and is still one of my favourite cookbooks. The recipes are good starting points for creating your own. I adapted a basic muffin recipe to create these luxurious Summer Berry Oatmeal Muffins, bursting with juicy blackberries, subtly sweet white chocolate, and fresh mint….
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