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Korean chicken salad

November 14, 2020 by Ariel 1 Comment

Full disclaimer: I havent made the Korean fried chicken in this recipe. I’ve also use pre-made Japanese Wafu dressing which is decently easy to make but the goal of this meal was that it had to be done quick. Both of these recipes will be done at a later time when I have cracked the code for the perfect fried Korean chicken and the famous sesame dressing.

So, as mentioned above, it was a leftovers from a takeout of one of my favorite Korean place because sometimes, we have to jazz up the leftovers in our fridge.

At this point, to even call it a recipe is a little far fetch in my book but eh, since the Instagram post got a decent amount of attention, it must be worth posting here as well. Hope you enjoy this entry and you get inspired to make your own colourful salad.

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Roasted carrots with sumac

May 1, 2020 by Ariel 2 Comments

Some nights where I don’t feel like cooking, roasted vegetable become my best friends.

Often, just on their own, they make an amazing lunch but paired with a soft boiled or poached egg, they become a dinner worthy dish. Today’s recipe is for the sumac dressing which is super simple to make and taught me that old fashion mustard and sumac goes really well together. Hope you enjoy this very lazy recipe for lazy quarantine days that never seem to end.

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Grilled King oyster mushroom salad

June 27, 2019 by Ariel Leave a Comment

Don’t get me wrong, I love making sweets. There’s something really happy about making something full of sugar because you know most people will be happy to eat it and you’ll get the satisfaction of watching them stuffing their faces with something you made with love. Now, thing is, we can’t really eat sweets all the time (that’s a tragedy if you ask me) so this recipe is coming just at the right time to balance all the sweetness I’ve published on the blog lately.

King oyster mushrooms are one of my favourites because they are super meaty and they look beautiful in a plate. Paring them with roasted tomatoes (aka: umami bomb – thank you Ivan Ramen for coining the term) and miso, you’ll quickly understand why I decided to post this recipe on here.

Sooooooo…. this sentence is getting redundant but, I really hope you get too try this quick and easy grilled king oyster salad with miso dressing on days where it’s too hot to eat anything to complexed or when you’re just too lazy to break your head in the kitchen.

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Wild Rice, Black Olives & Sun Dried Tomato Salad

September 6, 2016 by Ariel 1 Comment

Simple salad made with whole ingredients for lunch today because simple is often best. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been a fan of wild rice and guess what??!! It’s super healthy for you!

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Happy Beetroot & Green Apple Salad

May 20, 2015 by Ariel 1 Comment

Did you know beetroots and green apples are a match made in heaven?! Yes it is!

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The tanginess of the Granny Smith’s apples with the sweetness of the beetroots blend PERFECTLY and should definitely be use together more often. Right there, on the top of my head, I’m thinking of a puff pastry with thin sliced of apples, beetroots, green onions, goat cheese and maybe a bit of thyme and spicy oil to make some seriously delicious and gorgeous little tarts. Who knows, this might become a future project…

#NowImHungry

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Fruity Panela Salad with a Tangy Pomegranate Dressing

May 10, 2015 by Ariel Leave a Comment

It’s too hot outside and you don’t feel like breaking your head too much?

No worries, I have a solution for you.

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Strawberries, Green Apples Quinoa Salad

June 20, 2014 by Ariel 2 Comments

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Grilled Cabbage, Apple and Tofu Salad

June 26, 2013 by Ariel 3 Comments

The day of my trip to Budapest is coming soon.. At this same time next week, I’ll be on the other side of the world doing… well… a description of what I’ll be doing would inappropriate to for this blog so I wont finish my sentence LOL… Witch means that I have to go over all the veggies and fruits left in my fridge and make sure I keep eating healthy and not too much to get to my weight goal for the trip.

I’ve been experimenting a lot with tofu in the past weeks and since it’s such a versatile ingredients, extremely healthy and low fat, I thought it would be important to create a new category for it since I’ll be sharing a lot more recipes featuring this amazing ingredient. Today I’ve been teasing my facebook followers about a tofu spread recipe but I’m not 100% happy with everything I’ve made yet so here’s a fun little salad instead that could be serve as a fun appetizer….

The measurements for this recipe is for 2 persons so make sure you adapt the quantities if you’re serving more than 2. Enjoy!

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Strawberries, Kale & Feta Salad

June 1, 2013 by Ariel 5 Comments

I had such an AMAZING tapas night with my cousin yesterday. Because of our night, I’m able to present you a much healthier recipe (compare to my last one) on this sunny Saturday that we invented after a day at the farmer’s market. We walked around for hours looking at all the gorgeous flowers, organic fruit stands and biologic butcher shops at the Marché Jean-Talon that I even got a mini sunburn on my shoulders… ouch! ..but it was worth it.

After buying all the ingredients needed for the night, we went back to her place and had fun creating a few new recipes that I will be sharing in this blog in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned for all that deliciousness 😉 hehe

Since we are young, my cousin and I have always been cooking together. I remember this one year, when my mom was still living in Paris and I lived one year at my grand parents house in the middle of the woods, she was often coming back home with me after school to cook and invent recipes. I guess I can say that we have an incredible “kitchen chemistry” and we are both passionate with cooking because we always end up creating delicious meals and it’s definitely our way to socialize and have fun when we are together.

She’s been living in Montreal for a few years now but we are both extremely busy and I unfortunately don’t see her as often I would want to. Before yesterday, our last “cook off” was a YEAR ago!!! Pretty bad right? I know we’re awful….

And it’s not even because we don’t like to spend time together (pretty much the opposite) but like I’ve said, I’m super busy with my business and she’s a full time student doing her master degree while working many hours a week. I wish our schedule was more flexible so we could do this more often but at least the internet is there to keep in touch. Last night we made the promise to see each other more often.. let’s hope we’re able to make it this time! We always have so much fun and look at the delicious goodies we are preparing!! Please keep your fingers crossed for me so we see each other more often. 😛

We really hope you will enjoy this simple, yet flavorful summer salad. Are you planning a picnic or a BBQ with your friends and family? This salad be the next hit at your next event, who knows 🙂 Try it out and let me know!

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Grilled Cheezy Polenta with Spicy Pomegranate Salad

May 20, 2013 by Ariel 2 Comments

I’m planning a bunch of photo shoots in the upcoming months and I have to start watching what I eat…. Sound awful right? lol No worries it’s not THAT bad because my head is full of delicious ideas to keep me happy even when I have to watch what I eat…

This is a fun and easy recipe, for example, that I like to prepare as a lunch during those “model bootcamp” time but you could easily serve it as a fun appetizer. The total recipe will give you 4-5 maybe even more portions of polenta and salad dressing so it’s something you can keep in your fridge for about a week and grill your polenta at the last minute when you’re ready to eat it. I hope you’ll like it as much as I do and let me know how it turned out!

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