Eco-friendly, family-friendly food and living
Recipes for vegetable side dishes.
Vegetarian zucchini “meat” balls can be a main dish meal or vegetable side dish. Zucchini meat balls – faux meatballs with great versatility One time my sister went to a potluck to which almost everyone had brought meatballs. They were likely all variations of sweet and sour meatballs, which […]
Crunchy carrot-cabbage slaw with maple-mustard vinaigrette is an all-season salad that goes well with all sorts of dishes and looks lovely on a plate. One of my favourite all-season salads is a flavourful crunchy carrot-cabbage slaw. It’s quick to mix up, is perfectly adaptable to all sorts of main dish […]
Sunshine lentil soup is easy, warming & brightly flavoured with lemon. If ever there was a soup to help you through the slushy (or icy, or snowy) month of March, this is it. Easy to make, warming, and brightly flavoured, sunshine lentil soup with lemon makes a quick supper […]
Slightly garlicky cauliflower mash is a tasty, low-carb alternative to mashed potatoes. Healthier and much simpler to make this is a recipe that goes with almost everything. As I type this column I’m just finishing off the last few pieces of my friend Ann’s famous brown sugar fudge and […]
Marinated sweet potatoes and broccoli – a healthy vegetable side dish that goes with everything. The year I lived in France I boarded with a young couple and because I didn’t come home for the Holidays I spent Christmas with them. It was a whirlwind of French traditions as we […]
I’m Bridget, a busy mom who is trying to raise my kids to be adventurous eaters who appreciate good food.
