Category Archives: Recipes

Here is an easy recipe to make some tasty energy bars for your workouts.  They are dense and chewy, and taste like brownies.  These bars are a bit of a departure from energy bars that are full of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and other wholesome ingredients —  which is the kind of bar I typically […]

This is a light and refreshing salad that is a tasty and eye-catching side dish for almost any meal, and a perfect potluck dish. This salad combines rice noodles, sweet peppers, fresh herbs, tomatoes, and feta cheese in a lime dressing, giving this dish Asian, Mediterranean, and Mexican influences . . . sounds odd, but […]

Falafel is a popular and delicious Middle Eastern food that is traditionally ball-shaped and deep fried.  It is great as a side dish, salad topping, and terrific stuffed in a fresh pita with crunchy vegetables and a yogurt or tahini sauce. Baking falafel instead of frying them makes them more nutrient-dense (you’ll get more healthful […]

This is a terrific combination of flavourful and colourful vegetables that requires no dressing. I always serve this with baked falafel, but it is a simple side dish that would go well with almost any meal. This salad is best eaten the day it’s made. Ingredients 1 cups halved grape or cherry tomatoes 1 cup […]