Part of my old job was helping people who had been in awful car accidents, get their lives back. Sometimes that meant doing physical rehab with them. And sometimes that meant making pasta….
Recipes
Coffee Be Gone, Dandy Blend Elixir
I never thought I would be the type of person who didn’t drink coffee. It was an integral part of my daily routine for so many years. Every morning, I had coffee. I couldn’t wake if I didn’t have my coffee. …
Vegan Caesar Salad with Simple Tofu Bacon
Caesar salad is one of my all time favourite salads. I’ve always felt it’s more of a meal than other salads – I don’t know why. It’s just so much more satisfying to me….
Vegan, GF Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are such a treat for me!
I usually don’t eat peanut butter. It’s actually been years since I’ve eaten peanut butter. But I can remember peanut butter being a staple in my diet when I was younger. …
The Easiest Stove-Top Popcorn Recipe
To say I love popcorn would be an understatement. One time my best friend and I sat in her car, in silence eating popcorn together for over 20 minutes. …
Banana Bread Bites
Banana bread. Warm. Delicious. Banana Bread. It is quite possibly one of my favourite treats of all time. Add in some chocolate chips, and I’m in heaven.
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8-Ingredient Easy Vegan Mac n’ Cheese
I have some seriously fond memories when it comes to Mac n’ Cheese. It brings me back to my childhood. Kraft Mac and Cheese was the first thing I ever learned how to “cook.” I remember feeling so proud that I – young Melissa – was able to cook food on my own….
5 Ingredient Cauliflower Buffalo Wings
Who DOESN’T love chicken wings? When I ate meat, chicken wings were like my guilty pleasure. They were delicious in all the best ways – they were greasy, saucy, messy, and finger lickin’ good. My friends and I would frequent wing places which had like a thousand different styles of chicken wings, we’d get a pound of one flavour each and share. It was glorious and delicious – but still, for me somehow nothing compared to the good old buffalo wing.
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Rockin’ Turmeric Veggie Soup
A few years ago my friends and I started calling my dad, Rockin’ Rob. Why? ‘Cause he’s Rockin. In University my dad would bring us a 24 pack of beer to our university house, he would play fun drinking games with us at his house in the summer time, and he would drive us to the bar on nights out. As I type this I am realizing how much my life has changed since university, but you can imagine that university aged Mel and her friends thought my dad was pretty Rockin’. And Rockin’ Rob was born.
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Two Bite Apple Crumble Muffins
I don’t know why but lately I have wanted cinnamon apple everything. Maybe it’s the baby? I’m almost 18 weeks pregnant now, and the force is strong with these cinnamon apple cravings. Or maybe it’s just me – I don’t know….
