Showing posts with label maple syrup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maple syrup. Show all posts

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Maple Syrup Ginger Breakfast Cake


On Friday, my son was home with a sore throat (or so he said) and I decided that we should have cake for breakfast! Because that's what you do when it's Friday and somebody claims to be sick, right? This little vegan Maple Syrup Ginger Breakfast Cake can be whipped together quickly, so you too can enjoy cake for breakfast any old day of the week!

I added ground flaxseed, because it was breakfast time and flax makes anything healthy - yes? Plus, I threw in ginger paste for a little bit of virus-killing action (in case there was some truth to his sore throat tale). I absolutely hate mincing or shredding fresh ginger. It never seems to work! So I buy those little tubes of paste. They are easy to use and they have always worked well for me in any past recipe. Shortcuts, my friends, always find the shortcuts.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

What I Ate Wednesday


We enjoyed one particularly lovely warm day this week and then it was back to snow (eek!) and cold on Tuesday. Needless to say, warming foods are still very much a part of the menu in this house. On Sunday afternoon, I was browsing through magazines when I spotted an easy, 30-minute Chickpea Tikka Masala recipe in Vegetarian Times magazine.

I decided to make it for lunch (above). It was so easy to make and quite tasty. I happened to have fresh cilantro in the fridge to pretty it up a bit. I can't wait for summer when we once again have a pot of herbs growing outside the back door!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

What I Ate Wednesday

 

Happy What I Ate Wednesday! Thanks for your very kind comments on my high school grad dress post yesterday. I have met the sweetest people through this blog.

I hope you are enjoying some good, healthy food this week, along with a few treats. We all need a treat now and then, especially when it's January in a cold climate. Sunshine, why have you forsaken me?

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

What I Ate Wednesday, a day in the life



For this week’s What I Ate Wednesday, I am looking at all of the food that I ate yesterday.

All that’s missing from these pics is the can of Fanta I downed with my lunch and the organic jelly beans I had after the kids went to bed! Not my proudest food moments of the day.

I started the day with quick cook steel cut oats, topped with maple syrup, almond milk and a bunch of fruit.

My daughter wanted to make my breakfast before school, but I wasn’t ready to eat yet. So, she prepared some of the fruit for me and left me this sweet note.

I had some of my favourite vegan banana bread mid-morning. This time I made it with chocolate chips and walnuts. You can find the recipe here if you are in the mood for some yummy banana-tasting goodness. I heated it and topped it with some Earth Balance margarine.

For lunch, I threw together leftover rice and cucumber salad, some Terra vegetable chips mixed with tortilla chips and hummus topped with roasted red peppers (from a jar) and olive oil. I used Angela’s delicious hummus recipe.

Mid-afternoon, I consumed this Nature’s Path crunchy peanut butter and chocolate chip granola bar. It was pretty good, although nothing can compare to homemade granola bars.

It was Taco Tuesday at our house once again. We topped our tacos with veggie ground round, refried beans, lettuce, salsa and tomatoes. My husband cut up some potatoes to make delicious French fries baked with olive oil and seasonings.  We enjoyed all that along with a mixed greens salad.

In the evening (before the jelly beans), I devoured a Cherry Lemonade Smoothie.

And that’s it! What foods have you enjoyed recently?

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