This week I was visiting family in Montreal, and if you’ve visited before, you know that Montreal summers can be scorchers! My mom had never tried matcha before, so on a day where even our eyelids were sweating from from the summer burn, I made us some iced matcha lattes to stay cool! While I’m a huuuuuge almond milk lover, Mom’s always been pretty finicky with it. The taste, the texture… something about it just never quite jived with her. So she was a little reluctant to try these iced ...
Recipes
Chickpea Tikka Masala Recipe [Vegan + Gluten-Free]
About a week or so ago, I shared the recipe to this Vegan Chickpea Tikka Masala on my TV series with the feed feed. Our series is called Powerfully Plant Based, and I get to share fun recipes with both my audience and theirs via the feed feed website, and instagram channels! How fun, right?! I’m eternally grateful for the opportunity, and I love that I get to connect with all of you through video! A format I’ve slowly been working on for the past few months. I’m definitely excited as I ...
Superfood Smoothie Stacks to Help Alkalize Your Body
Sometimes (usually on Sundays) I like to get fancy with my breakfasts. A couple layers of chia pudding, superfood smoothie, some coconut yogurt... you know, the usual. ;) My friends joke that with these layered chia cups and the endless smoothie bowls on my instagram page, that I should open a smoothie shack. I mean, I'm not saying that isn't a possibility... in the distant future maybe, where I'm retired, growing my own coconut trees, and living in Hawaii? Not a bad idea! ...
How to Make Perfect Ratatouille [Vegan + Gluten Free Recipe]
Ratatouille. Oui! Merci! The French side of me that puts the “Joly” in Nick Joly, is very satisfied right now. Ratatouille combines my love of three things; vegetables, garlic, and French cuisine. It’s a dish that should be cherished - at least my French ancestors think so! Classic ratatouille is composed of cooked vegetables such as eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and peppers. ...
Simple Vegan Avocado Pesto Recipe | 5 Minute Prep
Pesto pesto pesto! I don’t think I’ve ever met a pesto I didn’t love. Team Savoury strikes again, and has stolen my heart with this simple avocado pesto recipe. It’s vegan, gluten-free, has only seven ingredients, and requires less than five, yes five, minutes to make. I usually make it while my pasta is boiling! Hello pesto party night! This vegan pesto recipe works great on pizza, too! ...
Vegan Pesto Pizza with Fiddleheads, Avocado Chunks + Charred Asparagus | V, VEG
Not long ago, I was caught off guard when an interviewer asked me what my favourite comfort food was. For some reason I couldn’t think of a single food. How silly. Shouldn’t we all have an instant response to this question? I took a few seconds (which felt like hours as their video camera was recording me) to think about what my honest answer was. And I just blanked! “Next question!” Three hours later, boom. It hit me, like it always does (delayed). PIZZA!!! ...
Ginger-Garlic Teriyaki Tofu Bowls | Easy Vegan Dinner Recipe
I have been on a ginger kick lately that I just can't shake. It's long been known as an anti-inflammatory food with powerful medicinal properties, but health benefits aside, I've always found ginger to be a light, zingy (is that word?), summer-y flavour. I just love the kick of flavour and taste ginger brings to my meals. Probably why I also love kimchi like no other! Not long ago, I fell in love with a Canadian brand of high quality, organic, cooking sauces and oils; Naked Coconuts. ...
DIY All Natural + Chemical-Free Surface Cleaner
Here’s a small note from a genuine place in my heart, to yours. For a long time, I didn’t feel healthy. I thought I needed coffee to wake me up in the mornings, a drink (or two, or three) on Fridays as a reward for getting through the week... A time where I thought chips “made with avocado oil” had to be healthier. I mean, right? Where checking my phone and answering emails were my first priority in the mornings. I felt sluggish in the afternoons, my sleep cycles were off balance, and as a ...
Cherry + Banana Cocoa Snacking Rounds for the Whole Family
When I was a little kiddo, I remember one of my all-time favourite snacks to be saltine cracker peanut-butter sandwiches. My grandmother and I would sit in the living room and make them together, scooping up the peanut butter by the spoonful. (no one else in the family was allowed to eat in the living room, but I was the youngest grandchild, so you know). Last week my heartmate and I had some friends over for a night of finger foods + board games. We lead exciting lives, we know. ...