I’ve been dabbling with a high protein diet (diet, as in what I eat to sustain my life force NOT what I don’t eat to maintain body composition) and I have come to the anecdotal conclusion (which is probably more scientific than most scientific studies) that it is the optimal diet for me. Could that…
Breakfast
Sage Pork Breakfast Sausage
I don’t know about you but it was not unusual for my mom to make sausage links for dinner and as a kid I always thought it was so cool that we were having breakfast at night! Until recently I was mixing up this pork with the spices and then forming it into little patties….
Grain Free Granola
There was a time when I believed that whole grains were actually part of a healthy diet. To this day the Canadian Heart and Stroke Association still recommends that whole grains should make up about a quarter of your daily food intake to ensure you are getting enough fibre. What they don’t mention is that…
Grain Free N’oatmeal
As a kid growing up on the Canadian prairies eating porridge which was usually Quaker Oats, was a right of passage and one I was happy to partake. For me there was nothing better than a bowl of steaming porridge with a mound of brown sugar that slowly turned into a syrupy river that slid…
Chorizo and Potato Hash
It’s Saturday which means I have tons of time to “fart around” (as my Grandma would say) in the kitchen. I like to call it “recipe development”. Whatever it’s called I know that when I’m in the kitchen I’m in my happy place. I always have music on (I’m digging the Google Play “Claire de…
Chia Seed and Hemp Heart Cereal
It is cool outside and a little overcast which made me want my 2nd most missed food since leaving grains behind, hot cereal. I really liked oatmeal and I LOVED Red River cereal even more and this is a close imitation. I wanted it to have just a hint of sweetness so instead of maple…