Festive baby kale Christmas salad

Vegetarians –check, Vegans – check, Rawtarians – check, meat eaters – check. Everyone will be happy with this colourful festive baby kale Christmas salad. I wanted to make this layered salad for a Christmas potluck & really, really wanted to capture the festivities of the holiday season. My neighbourhood is so bright and sparkly with…

Farmer’s market apple beet avocado chickpea sprouts salad

The best things in my life are the simplest, don’t you agree? Recently my friend invited me to her home in the country in Belleville, Ontario. Knowing how much of a nature lover I am, she took me to the farmer’s market. I feel in love with everything there. Ended up buying way too much…

Meatless Monday with mango nectarine salsa

Ever had a sluggish constitution? Ever felt tired and bloated for hours or days after a big meal? Ever wondered why you feel so lethargic hours after a big meal? Then read on for one sure fire way to get your intestines moving along and keeping you healthy. During teacher training, I learnt more about…

Park channa masala with brown rice pulao

Park channa masala, brown rice pulao, garden salad and 20 vegans doing yoga in the park! Yes its designed to be eaten in a park. When I started an event to teach yoga in the park followed by brunch. I thought I’d get a few participants, but 20 was a pleasant surprise. I wanted to make…

Prana green salad

Everything is green in this salad. It has PrANA or life giving energy. Its suddenly become so warm in Mississauga. My entire home and yard are filled with fresh prana.. . Spring is time for renewal.. Now after the cold long winter, with sun streaming through my whole house, I had to make a salad to celebrate this…

Yogi Salad

Sunday night yoga party! I love parties. Whether with yogis or otherwise.. but you know how it is with shared interests.. energy levels of a shared interest take the conversation to an entirely new level.. and so it was with my yoga group. People take themselves lightly.. and laugh & smile a lot. I thought…

Black eyed peas with lettuce salad

Want to know my secret! How to move your digestion & improve elimination. Just back from a yoga retreat vacation. Best way to beat Canadian winter blues is to head south to the atlantic. Nothing like sun, sand and yoga with awesome vegetarian food to warm you up. While at the ashram I had a…

Strawberry goji berry red onion roasted chickpea salad

There wasn’t a whole lot I could find in the fridge today. When I spotted the strawberry, an AHA moment happened!! It is really spring now with the weather being double digits. So salad it was going to be. I wanted fruits & nuts. But the goji berries called, so I abandoned the nut idea….

Pineapple Cucumber Salad

Sweet and sour! fresh and succulent pineapples are the main ingredient in this no-fuss no-dressing salad. Cucumbers, thinly sliced red onions and a dash of crushed pepper flakes round off this amazing salad. Last Monday my workplace brought in a juice bar. After filling up on all the fresh fruits juiced right in front of us,…

California Avocado Red Onion Tomato Salad

Spring is here! Really, my backyard trees made this proud declaration with their baby green leaves. Weather has been pretty mild all week other than a slight weekend chill. Not to be dampened with the rain and the cooler weather, I set out making my favourite spring salad. I was recently invited to California to present…