The chive plant (Allium schoenoprasum) is a small tubular green plant that is related to the garlic and onion family. They produce beautiful small purple edible flowers that taste like biting into an onion! They bloom in late spring (end of June) and are ready to eat when they have just bloomed.

June is PRIDE month and National Indigenous History Month.   The flowers are in full bloom and I could not resist plucking these brightly coloured flowers from the garden to enjoy with a simple basil and mint vinaigrette.

Beat the summer heat with these deliciously sweet and tart popsicles made with lilac syrup!

This delicious summer side dish is the perfect addition to your long weekend dinner plans! Packed full of phytonutrients, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium and fibre.

This is my new favourite mocktail for the summer and I can not be more excited about it. This drink is all about enjoying a sip and having your nutrients to! Containing only 3 ingredients to help you beat the heat.

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Roasting artichokes is a quick and easy way to enjoy this flower! Artichokes are extremely high in antioxidants, fibre, vitamin K, calcium, magnesium and folate. Enjoy dipping each leave into a creamy roasted garlic and basil dipping sauce.

Known as a therapeutic fruit, the brightly coloured astringent and sour lemon is simply the zest! Preserved lemons are lemons that are sealed in a jar with salt for weeks to several months. Preserving the lemons ferment the fruit resulting in healthy bacteria for your gut containing high amounts of phytonutrients and antioxidants that yield a delicious mellow yellow floral flavour.

This herb roasted chicken is juicy and full of flavour with the addition of roasted garlic and shallots. It is a quick and easy way to make dinner for the whole family the best part is you get to make chicken stock out of the bones to use later for soups!

This easy on the digestion hummus recipe is a great alternative for those who can not tolerate beans well. Each bite is packed full of flavour and nutrients with a blend of herbs, lemons and garlic.

This simple roasted radish dish is a great side to any main meal. Radishes are part of the brassica family and come in various shapes and colours. They are pungent in flavour and some have more of a kick to them than others.

These chewy brown butter chocolate chunk oatmeal cookies are my favourite cookie recipe. The burnt butter give the cookies a toffee like taste adding lots of flavour. These cookies have become a regular in our house and are kept in the freezer to pull one out at time when a craving occurs.

Eating meat comes with a large amount of responsibility and awareness. It is so important to understand where your meat is coming from and how it got to your table. Here are a few facts to consider when heading out to your local butcher.

These delicate thin pancakes are rolled up with a bitter/sweet/spicy magnolia rhubarb compote. These crepes are gluten free and made using oat flour and loaded with fibre, antioxidants, vitamin C, B vitamins, calcium and magnesium.

Brighten up your day with this detoxifying slaw packed full of antioxidants, vitamin C and fibre. This naturally sweet and minty salad is perfect to eat in the spring to help cleanse the body leading into summer.

The warmth of the spring sun brings ruby red sweet rhubarb. This tangy rhubarb tart is gluten free and vegan. Rhubarb and strawberries are full of antioxidants, vitamin C, calcium and fibre.

The flavour of banana bread packaged into a cookie! These bite size cookies are easy to take as breakfast on-the-go or a snack on the hiking trail.

I can not get enough of these deliciously moist muffins.  These gluten free muffins are with buckwheat and almond flour with just a touch of maple syrup.