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Fresh Cherry Chocolate Pudding with Avocado

Modern raw dessert recipes are packed with appealing flavours and nutritional benefits, but preparing most of them requires the use of a decent food processor. This recipe is an exception. Happily, a few extra minutes of patience with ye olde Oster blender were richly rewarded by this symphonic cherry chocolate pudding. Preparation would have gone even more smoothly had I waited another day for one … Continue reading Fresh Cherry Chocolate Pudding with Avocado

aiming4simpleJune 2013November 201310 Comments

gluten free, recipes, vegan

Spiced Up Popcorn

Those of us who crave Mexican food in this part of the world have to make it at home, since authentic Mexican restaurants don’t exist around here. Thankfully, homemade tortillas are quite delicious. But they take time to make by hand, and sometimes I would rather go the route of almost-instant gratification. All that is needed is to pop some popcorn and start shaking on … Continue reading Spiced Up Popcorn

aiming4simpleJune 2013June 20136 Comments

Cardamom Rice Pilaf with Chickpeas & Lamb | Swirls and Spice

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Cardamom-Scented Rice Pilaf with Chickpeas and Lamb

A savoury dish that features cardamom? Count me in. My first bites of this pilaf with beef were at a friend’s house. When she told me that there were no other spices used besides cardamom, I could hardly believe it. So I remembered her description of how to make it. This recipe would be a delicious new way to stretch the locally raised beef and … Continue reading Cardamom-Scented Rice Pilaf with Chickpeas and Lamb

aiming4simpleJune 2013June 20135 Comments

recipes, sweet

Double Chocolate Mini Donuts with Coconut

Moist and balanced in flavour, these sweet-but-not-too-sweet chocolate donuts beg to be downed with a glass of milk (non-dairy in my case). As an afternoon or evening snack, or for breakfast, these mini donuts happily accept a variety of finishing touches. Top them with chocolate ganache and coconut or ganache and chopped nuts, or simply dip them in granulated sugar. Chocolate cravings can thus be … Continue reading Double Chocolate Mini Donuts with Coconut

aiming4simpleMay 2013July 201313 Comments

recipes, sweet

Almond-Kissed Butter Pecan Cookies

Easy and delicious, these buttery cookies were all I could manage with a visitor arriving in a few hours. When there is so much to do and not enough time remaining, it is helpful to have some deliciously distracting treats–just in case I don’t get my house as clean as I would like. Created from simple pantry ingredients that I had on hand, the taste … Continue reading Almond-Kissed Butter Pecan Cookies

aiming4simpleMay 2013December 20137 Comments

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Bacon Avocado Tomato Kebabs

What better way to enjoy a three day weekend than watching a movie trilogy? Tonight we’re wrapping up the last of the new Batman movies. And it so seems fitting that I made BAT kebabs today. These are a superbly simple appetizer, much like last month’s pesto shrimp salad bites. Today is Victoria Day here in Canada, which means most people have the day off. For … Continue reading Bacon Avocado Tomato Kebabs

aiming4simpleMay 2013May 201312 Comments