Going Veggie

This book is seriously starting to jeopardize our lives as people who enjoy meat. I hope we can become more selective omnivores and find happy healthy animals to eat.
I don't want to go into the details and sound preachy about the factory farm/fishery industry or anything, just sharing a book that is changing our perspective and a starting point in making our diet healthier.

Patak's Vindaloo Curry Paste

Didn't have a lot of time the other night to prepare a meal so I stopped by the Safeway and picked up a jar of Patak's. Quickly sauteed some onions, threw in some tomatoes and the curry. I added corn, potatoes, and tons on chick peas. We ate it some brown rice like usual. Quick, easy, and delicious.

Sara's Amazing Pasta

Last week Sara threw this pasta dish together using linguini, garlic, sundried tomatoes, basil, pumpkin seeds, parmesan and mushrooms. Looked like it was pretty simple to put together but the result was awesome, a new favourite. Last night she made it again but added kale, soooo good.

Dumplings

We packed these babies with ground pork, button mushrooms, cabbage, shrimp, Chinese sausage, and green onions. Served up with a little fish sauce and chili, delish!! I'm pretty proud of our effort on this one although they didn't stand up to Sara's Mom's dumplings, now those are something to write home about.

Breakfast Time

Weekend breakfasts are the best. You have lots of time to relax and prepare a great meal. I've never been confident poaching eggs but the benny's actually turned out great. The crepes were delicious but we could feel our waist bands expanding with every bite.


Crepes stuffed with berries and topped with vanilla ice cream and a blueberry/maple whiskey syrup.

Egg Plant Parmesan

We were sitting around getting our daily fix of food t.v. when a delicious eggplant parmesan popped up on the screen. Being a little over confident I told Sara it's totally easy to make and I could do it no problem. Never having made it before I thought I might have put my foot in my mouth. Turns out it is super easy to make. I found a pretty basic recipe and made a few adjustments I decided to use rice flour rather than wheat to bread the eggplant.

Leek and Sweet Potato Soup

This soup was super easy to make. I think Sara had seen it on a cooking show and we tried it based on what she could remember. We chopped up a bunch of leeks, sauteed them for a few minutes, added a bit of sea salt and garlic. When they were soft, added a little ginger the chopped up sweet potatoes, some chicken stock and water. Left it to cook for about 1/2hr- 45 min., pureed it and voila, good eats!!

We served it up with a quinoa salad, yum!