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Surprisingly Easy Black Bean Burgers | Best Recipe

February 2, 2021 by Nick Joly Leave a Comment

Black Bean Burgers - Vegan recipe

Sometimes you're craving a burger but you really just want a a meat-free or #MeatlessMonday option... what do you do? Enter, the Black Bean Burger! So easy to make, Packed with flavour, Has a hearty texture, And it fulfills cravings! Does it get any better? It is the real deal vegan option, and it's versatile enough to be made vegetarian if you wanted to include eggs and cheese in the recipe. The bottom line though, is that this is a badass burger for the days you're looking for a ...

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Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: black bean burgers, meat-free, vegan burgers, Vegan Recipe, vegetarian burger

Cocoa Fudge Chocolate Superfood Smoothie Recipe 

December 31, 2020 by Nick Joly Leave a Comment

cocoa superfood smoothie recipe wide

When I think of winter, I think of chocolate! Actually pause, rewind, I think of chocolate all year round but I especially like to indulge in it during the holidays and throughout winter!  Hot chocolate.  Chocolate chip cookies.  Chocolate fudge brownies.  The sweet tooth kicks in and all I want is that rich, smooth, cocoa flavoured everything! When we used to live in Toronto I would stop by Greenhouse Juice Co. and order their Rococoa smoothie which was heavenly!  It had “hidden greens” in ...

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Filed Under: Food, Gluten Free, Health & Fitness, Home, Recipes, Vegan

Vegan Butter Chicken Recipe | Easy to Follow 

November 29, 2020 by Nick Joly Leave a Comment

Easy vegan butter chicken recipe

Creamy, buttery, rich, exotic flavours.  When I was a teenager and I used to work at the mall, there was this Indian fast food restaurant in the food court that was so good--they always had a lineup! Every day on my lunch breaks I would run over there to try and beat the rush, and the only thing on the menu that I never got sick of ordering was their butter chicken on rice with a side of warm naan. Mmmmmm.  Oh. Em. Gee.  It was a foodgasm, every single time.  But making traditional Indian ...

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Filed Under: Food, Home, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: Butter Chicken, Vegan, Vegan Butter Chicken, Vegan Recipe, Vegan Recipes

Maple-Pecan Cinnamon-Chai Doughnuts with Rose Petals Vegan Donuts

August 23, 2020 by Nick Joly 1 Comment

Vegan Doughnuts Recipe Easy to make baked donuts

Maple-Pecan Cinnamon-Chai Vegan Doughnuts with Rose Petals…. Now that’s a mouthful! (pun intended) :)  Anytime I think of doughnuts... those classic pink glaze with rainbow sprinkle ones that Homer Simpson used to eat always come to mind!  Is that weird?  ...

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Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: Easy Doughnuts Recipe, Easy Vegan Desserts, Maple Pecan Donuts, Vegan Donuts, Vegan Doughnuts

Avocado-Zucchini Spring Garden Salad

May 4, 2020 by Nick Joly 1 Comment

avocados from mexico blog post recipe

Happy Cinco de Mayo!  With the ongoing climate of COVID-19 impacting how we celebrate occasions from Easter to Passover to Ramadan, and more, one constant throughout each holiday is food. Food unites us, it’s universal, and it gives us a way to celebrate something in our own special way.  ...

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Filed Under: Food, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: Avocado Salad, Avocado Salad Recipe, Avocados from MExico, Healthy Salad, Spring Salad

How to Earn DOUBLE the Points on Dining & Entertainment Purchases in 2020 

October 23, 2019 by Nick Joly Leave a Comment

HSBC rewards plus mastercard

Confession: I’ve been a little naughty lately!  Naughty in the “spending money unnecessarily” category, to be exact.  Honestly, I don’t think my spending habits have any particular pattern to them, other than AT TIMES I can get a little excessive, and spend more than I probably should. Maybe it’s seasonal? Maybe it happens in waves? I have no idea.  But the same can be said about making my meals for the week vs. buying lunches. Some weeks I’m really good and beyond diligent... having my meal ...

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Filed Under: Food, Food For Thought, Home, Life.Inspired, Restaurants Tagged With: HSBC, HSBC Rewards Mastercard, Inspired By Nick

How to Make Vegan Pumpkin Scones [Easy *Actually Delicious* Recipe] 

October 21, 2019 by Nick Joly Leave a Comment

vegan pumpkin scone recipe

I feel like over the last few years ‘Pumpkin Spice’, as a flavour, has gotten somewhat of a bad rep! Maybe it’s been overdone… maybe it’s on too many coffee shop menus… maybe it’s been infused into too many different types of foods… I don’t know!  I do know that to me, October is the month for allllll of the #pumpkinspice baked goods! That’s one food category from which you just can’t take the pumpkin away!  Pumpkin scones, pumpkin loaves, pumpkin soups… and I’m just saying the pumpkin timbits ...

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Filed Under: Brunch, Food, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: Pumpkin Scones, Scones, Vegan Pumpkin Scones

Let’s Cook 30 | 30 Meals in 30 Days and Why You Should Join this Fun Challenge!

September 18, 2019 by Nick Joly Leave a Comment

lets cook 30 york region contest toronto recipes

Friends! Can you believe Fall officially begins in one week?! It’s finally here -- my favourite time of year!  Every September, I fall in love all over again... The autumnal change in colours, the knitwear and sweaters we get to layer on, and the seasonal change in warm beverages on coffee shop menus just get me. Every, single, time! :)   While for some, September can often feel overwhelming at work with colleagues returning from vacation and entering “high productivity mode”, there’s ...

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Filed Under: Food, Food For Thought, Health & Fitness, Recipes Tagged With: Inspired By Nick, Lets Cook 30, Lets cook 30 recipes, LetsCook30, Municipality of York, York Region

Sunrise Citrus Drink Recipe | Perfect for Get-Togethers

June 2, 2019 by Nick Joly 2 Comments

citrus sunrise cocktail recipe inspired by nick

Well, here we are friends, the first week of June. JUNE! Time really does just fly by! I feel like I say that around this time every year. Once after winter and those colder months of spring are behind us, and again in the fall when summer literally just flashes by us with the blink of an eye. Anywho... This time of year, particularly the last week of May, is when my heartmate and I pretty much round everything up around the house, give it a thorough spring cleaning, and get the backyard ...

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Filed Under: Events, Food, Home, Life.Inspired, Recipes Tagged With: Citrus Drink Recipe, Inspired By Nick, Moroccan Backyard Theme Party, Summer Backyard Party Inspiration, Sunkist Citrus

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I always start in produce (naturally) and then jump straight to organic aisles for my fav snacks. Using the green labels in-store, I can identify (at a quick glance) which products are plant-based, vegan, or gluten-free. The My Health, My Choices program also allows me to scan product barcodes using the MyMetro app and search for exactly what I need, taking the whole experience to the next level 🙌🏼 ➡️ Swipe to see my shopping experience and what items I picked up at my local Metro. #Sponsored #MyMetro #Inspiredbynick
we’ve moved into our home 🏡 and we’re still we’ve moved into our home 🏡 and we’re still taking time to settle in. there are some projects we wanna get done asap but can’t due to lockdown, so we’re just gonna go with the flow and enjoy the ride together 👬🏻 ps, that photo is from 9 years ago on one of our first dates
When you’re craving a burger but you also want a When you’re craving a burger but you also want a #meatless option 🙌🏼🍔 Organic Black Bean Fiesta Burgers made by yours truly 🍔💁🏻‍♂️when I was vegan I really had to get creative with a lot of my recipes, otherwise I’d be eating the same old bean salad every day… and bean salad doesn’t really taste like a burger when you’re craving a burger! Even though I’m not fully vegan anymore, I do still like to swap out meat as much as possible with other #plantbased options because that’s what works for me! 
With @metroontario's new program, MyHealth, MyChoices finding products that suit your dietary needs and lifestyles couldn't be easier. With almost 9,000 products labelled with nearly 50 different attributes like plant-based, fat-free, non-GMO, etc., you can easily find what works for you. So for this recipe, I looked for the green labels in-store, found the perfect Irresistibles organic black beans and extra virgin olive oil and whipped up a batch of patties that my heartmate and I devoured! (Tip: they also freeze well)! The recipe for them is on my blog (link in bio) and on Metro’s Instagram page and website! Hope you enjoy these if you decide to make them! #inspiredbynick  #MyHealthMyChoices #mymetro #sponsored
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