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Breakfast Cookies with Cranberries & Cocoa Nibs

Breakfast Cookies with Cranberries & Cocoa Nibs

Quick and healthy breakfasts are something that I seek out and love to have in my arsenal. In the darker months, I find I have less energy in the mornings. So having something that I can grab and go, while still feeling like I’ve made…

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup was the first soup I ever learned to make. Winter squash are such rewarding plants to grow, and they’re great storage crops. Butternut squash in particular are some of the veggies that last the farthest into the winter for us. So being…

Baked Coconut Chicken Strips

Baked Coconut Chicken Strips

Homemade chicken strips always used to feel like a big undertaking to me. Then I actually started making them, and realized they can be super easy! These Coconut Chicken Strips are gluten free, low in fat, and baked rather than fried. Perfect for a healthy…

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet potato fries always remind me of eating out in the summer on a patio. But since that wasn’t a great (or possible) option in a lot of places this year, homemade was the best way to go. We also had great success this year…

Roasted Veggie & Chicken Pita

Roasted Veggie & Chicken Pita

With all the new bread making that has taken the world by storm, it’s hard to not get swept up in it. This means experimenting with new styles of bread (like pita bread). Then realizing that you now need to eat that (pita) bread. And…

Quinoa Salad

Quinoa Salad

with Salmon & Greens Jump to Recipe Winter is dark and it’s so easy to only eat warm, hearty, heavy food. Every now and then throughout the winter though, I need a break. My body and I have a wee sit down and say “look,…