Sometimes you just need to roast a chicken. Am I right? Here's a delectable tasty thing to pull together for a fancy night with company, or a fancy night with your own company. You are definitely worth it.
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As a Brand Ambassador for the loveliest of local lovelies Blue Door Oil & Vinegar, I get sent a few samples to play with from time to time, in order to come up with recipes and ideas on easy ways to prep nutrient-dense meals, using their delicious products. NOT A HARD THING I assure you.
Recipes in this post include easy roasted spaghetti squash as a side dish; Sheet Pan Dinner.
Read moreNUTRIENT DENSE COOKING ... and a GIVEAWAY!
For today's blog post, I want to highlight a fantastic local-to-Calgary supplier of quality olive oils and vinegars. If you haven't heard of Blue Door Oil & Vinegar yet, you are in for a treat. Their slogan hits the nail on the head: Your New Secret Ingredient. Their olive oil is top shelf, excellent and fresh quality. Part of their work is to educate consumers on the health benefits of olive oil, and the questions you need to ask in order to find out if the olive oil you are purchasing is of fresh and good quality. (Tom Mueller, a columnist with the New Yorker exposed the fraud that some olive oils are not what they appear to be back in 2011.) I assure you that the olive oil you purchase from The Blue Door are indeed true and pure, fresh and absolutely packed with micronutrients (antioxidants!) and macronutrients (healthy anti-inflammatory fats!). We're talking nutrient dense foods here folks, to fuel your very best selves!
Read moreA MONTH OF PUTTING UP THE HARVEST - Day 12
Today's post is for those who are growing green/yellow beans in their back yard, as well as for those who are getting in on the good local food deals and buying locally-grown green or yellow beans at their grocery store or farmer's market. As this month has been grooving along, I've been playing with some ideas and trying new things, but this one today, this is something our family used to do when I was growing up.
Read moreA MONTH OF PUTTING UP THE HARVEST - Day 10
Welcome to Friday, my pretties. It's the end of the week, a hot week at that, so for today's instalment of Luka's Daily Posts of How She Is Keeping Summer Going For Colder Times, I wanted to do something delicious, SO STINKIN EASY and very quick. And very rewarding. Shall we get on with it?
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