Adventures at Nordstrom Bistro Verde

Yesterday was the grand opening of Nordstrom in Downtown Vancouver.   My friend and I decided to check it out.  Wow it was crowded.  What makes this Nordstrom intriguing to me is that there is a restaurant located on the third floor.  On the main floor there is a little coffee shop and on the second…

Pickled Avocado! What?!

Want to try a weird recipe?  Well you have to try this one.  When I first found this recipe on Pinterest, I just could not figure out how this would taste.  I love avocados but pickled avocados? What? To me this tastes like pickled egg, but it is probably is just the vinegar. It is…

Easy Lemon Honey Chicken

Looking for an easy quick dish?  This is one of my favorites.  It is actually called Honeymoon chicken. It is sweet, sour and tasty. For this recipe you will need lemon, poultry herbs (thyme, rosemary and sage), honey, garlic, olive oil and white wine.  When a recipe asks for whole chicken, I prefer to use…

Eggless Chickpea Quiche

Oh how I miss eggs.  The creamy taste. I miss breakfasts, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, eggs Benedict, omelets and quiches. I have been looking for some egg substitutes that could possibly help with my cravings.  I came across this recipe that is made with chickpeas and is supposed to have the texture of eggs.  Well…

Onion Pancake

This is an other another recipe that reminds me of my childhood.  I decided to make this because my chive plants have been going crazy and needed to be eaten.  This is a super simple recipe.  If you don’t have chives, just replace it with green onions. Chinese chives are also available some supermarkets. Chive…

Sourdough Turkey Meat Pies

Here is another recipe you can do with your leftover sourdough starter.  This is really easy to make and great to freeze for an easy meal. Start by making your pie crust. You will need to refrigerate it for a couple of hours to make sure that it is nice and cold.  Put flour, shortening,…

Baking with Intention. Does bread have feelings?

I have been reading a lot on the internet about intention.  With the power of your mind you can manifest your desire.  I decided to test this theory out and put intention into baking.  Most people bake because they love it.  You see a lot of recipes that say, made with love, or  just add…

Non-Dairy Creamer

Going dairy free can be hard. Especially when you love the rich creamy taste of milk in your coffee.  I have been looking for an alternative for quite a while.  The soy creamers that are available are usually full of sugar (which as you know I cannot have). I tried hemp milk, almond milk, cashew…

Eat it later … Cereal Bar

When you think of breakfast,  you will definitely think about cereal. I always think I will eat cereal for breakfast but nope. I would rather eat toast. The sad thing is all the cereal that sits in my cupboard.  Eat it now or eat it later.  I always eat it later. I opened up my…

Chickpea Flour and Chickpea Flatbread

Friday was a lazy day for me.  All I wanted to do was get some rest but I also wanted a nice tasty snack.  In my search for gluten free breads I stumbled across homemade chickpea flour.  What made this nice was that I could make my own flour.  I always try to have chickpeas…