This summer salad is one of my favourite side dishes to make. Quite often it becomes the star of the show. I started making this for lunches back during my Master's degree because its easy to make and I didn't have to worry about heating anything for lunch. One time I went home to visit my family and we had a BBQ. I was cooking but I realised I was so excited to make the dinner, I forgot to plan a side dish! I spent 5 minutes, rummaging through the refrigerator and found all I needed to make a ... VIEW POST
Summer Salad Recipe
Benefits of Eating Healthy Fats
Many people believe fats are the enemy. However, natural and healthy fats, like fats found in animal products, offer many health benefits when consumed in moderation. Fat is important for different functions in the body. Fat is a major energy source for the body aside from the energy we get from carbohydrates. Our body needs fat to absorb and use vitamins from the food we eat and so much more. What was the 'War on Fat'? Around 30 years ago, the American Dietary Guidelines essentially ... VIEW POST
5 Healthy Chicken Recipes – easy, quick, & delicious
Nutritional content in chicken We know the hype around chicken. Its considered one of the healthiest meats. Chicken is considered healthy because it has such little fat compared to lamb and beef. Less fat means fewer calories with a similar protein content. Now, I am a firm believer that fat is essential in the diet, but moderation is key. I am painfully aware that in today’s economy, chicken is sometimes the most cost effective. It is a high protein meal we can make for our family WITHOUT ... VIEW POST
BBQ chicken Stir Fry
Everyone loves a good BBQ chicken, right? I love BBQ everything because it just tastes like summer! An easy weeknight meal to make is stir fry. Another weeknight meal is BBQ chicken. But, have you ever combined these two popular dishes to make BBQ chicken stir-fry? If not, add this to your weeknight meal plan and make this dish for your family! An Accidental Recipe! I had planned to make a stir-fry for dinner because I had a busy week in my research lab, had papers to write, and had a ... VIEW POST
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Recipe
A chicken recipe is usually an easy meal to cook during the week. You have endless possibilities of spices and flavours because the flavour of chicken itself isn’t that strong. But sometimes, if you don’t have a plan for meals and different meats during the week, chicken, while nutritious, can seem bland, redundant, and a bit boring. I love chicken because I can get creative with the meals. There are days that we come home and just don’t have the energy or the mental capacity to come up with ... VIEW POST
Grilled Chicken Kabob
What screams summer, even in the middle of winter, takes only 20 minutes to prep and cook and has all your nutritional needs in a nicely packaged dish? Grilled Chicken kabob. Every time I think about summer foods, I always think about summer cookouts, BBQs, all the pool parties we had and the food my dad made. Now, he had a signature chicken dish everyone demanded, but we also had these simple but oh so flavourful chicken kabob. They are fun to make, especially for kids, take about 5-10 ... VIEW POST