How to make healthy choices every day

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Gold Rush Soup & Chickpea Croutons

Wowzers ya’ll! I was seriously astounded by the response from the last post – I had no idea that my “everyday meal” would cause such a stir and ignite so much inspiration! I am thrilled to hear your feedback about the Abundance Bowl and to…

Spaghetti Squash Baby Cakes with Crispy Sage

Dearest friends! He’s here!!! I guess you could tell from the radio silence that something major was up. Well, I am more than elated to tell you that my little son has been born, along with two very proud parents. He came into the world…

Beet & Black Lentil Borscht + A Book

I have been sitting on such a huge secret and I’ve just gotten the okay to share it…a cookbook is on the way! A real-life, printed, hold-in-your-hands cookbook that can sit in your kitchen and get dog-eared corners and covered in food stains for years…

Kaniwa Farewell to Summer Salad

And suddenly, it’s autumn. Strange how a season can sometimes just roll in and take over, from one day to the next. Tuesday I was wearing sandals and now, 48 hours later, that seems like a pretty impractical thing to do. Sniff. I thought I…

Purple Power Salad for a Picnic

Another year, another great success! The second annual My New Roots Potluck Picnic in the Park was So. Much. Fun. But no surprise there. Combining several of my favourite pastimes: cooking, eating, picnic-ing and meeting new friends, this little get-together has become a real highlight…

Chilled Parsley and Pea Soup

What I am about to say should not be misconstrued as a complaint: Copenhagen is hot. Like, temperature hot. This time of year I am almost always in Canada enjoying the summer sun and consistently high temperatures, so I had forgotten that this city could…

Daikon Roll-Ups at Design*Sponge!

When I first began blogging, there were a few sites that I really looked up to. Of course we had the obvious ones like 101cookbooks, and anything written by good ol’ Martha, but I was also rather obsessed with Design*Sponge. No, it didn’t really have…

The Green Kitchen Maple-tossed Beluga Lentil Salad

The Green Kitchen Maple-tossed Beluga Lentil Salad

It’s pretty exciting seeing the evolution of your favorite bloggers go from nearly-secret to explosive, world-wide superstars. Green Kitchen Stories is one of those blogs, written by my friends David and Luise (and their sweet daughter Elsa!). Together they have created one of the freshest…