Summer Recipes

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Sweet and light, this classic summer dessert with its seasonal colors is the perfect dessert to celebrate Canada’s birthday. Happy Canada Day! This year the celebrations may be all virtual but we can still cook and enjoy our favorite recipes with our family. Every year…

Grilled Corn, Peanut and Serrano Pepper Salad

Grilled Corn, Peanut and Serrano Pepper Salad

Hot and spicy with delicious grilled corn and roasted peanuts, this salad will really help put some heat and flavour into your summer. Summer is the season for eating hot, spicy food. For me, there’s nothing better than eating eye watering, mouth burning spice during…

Grilled Corn, Peach, Cucumber and Avocado Salad

Grilled Corn, Peach, Cucumber and Avocado Salad

A lovely, healthy salad bursting with fresh seasonal produce and color. Perfect for a light lunch or served as an appetizer. Summertime is here and for me, summer is salad season. Lighter eating just feels right at this time of year, and there is such…

Vegan Deviled Eggs

Vegan Deviled Eggs

The perfect picnic food or a very tasty canape, Vegan Deviled Eggs are irresistable and even tastier than the original. Made with avocado and tofu, they are healthier as well. Summer time is picnic and barbecue season and the best time to enjoy devilled eggs,…

Ice Cream with Red Beans and Caramel Sauce

Ice Cream with Red Beans and Caramel Sauce

Sweet and savory, ice cream with red beans and caramel sauce is a refreshing change and the perfect dessert for hot summer days and nights. One of the best things about living in a big city are the diverse cultures. I live in downtown Toronto…

Vegan Crab Cakes

Vegan Crab Cakes

Tasty, fresh and light, vegan crab cakes are perfect for a sunny lunch or brunch. Delicious, environmentally responsible, kind and sure to please even non vegans. As the weather get warmer, people often feel like eating lighter. For many this means seafood such as crab,…

Tofish and Chips

Tofish and Chips

Tofish and chips has all the taste and none of the cruelty of this favorite takeout classic. One of my favorite meals from my non vegan days was fish and chips. My mother didn’t like to cook fish so the only time we ever ate…

Mango Sorbet

Mango Sorbet

Sweet and cooling Mango Sorbet is a healthy dessert option that is a bright and delicious and always a treat! For me, the hardest part of being a vegan is not being able to enjoy going out for dinner with family or friends who aren’t…