It’s hot. It’s been about 40ºC with the humidex for over a week and not surprisingly, a heavy, hearty meal isn’t what I’m looking for nowadays. I still love love love noodles, though, so here is a recipe for something I get pretty often in Vietnamese restaurants. Vietnamese Chicken and Vermicelli 2 Chicken thighs 1/2…
Category: salad
Couscous Salad
In an effort to be healthy (and get rid of a TON of cilantro), I present: couscous salad. Measurements are approximate! Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup couscous 2 3/4 cups water 1/2 tbsp lemon zest Lemon juice to taste 1/2 cup cilantro, finely chopped 1/2 tomato, diced 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp turmeric splash of…
Barbecued Chipotle Chicken and Mashed Potato Salad
First, apologies for taking FOREVER to write a new post. It’s been an insane two months with new projects and our first-ever home purchase. Lunch Lady Lainey and the Hubster are now homeowners. Due to the deliciously unseasonable weather, I was able to barbecue a couple of days ago and came up with an amazingly…
Bean Salad. WITH BARLEY!
I love barley but I never make it. Heck, unless it’s in a soup, I never eat it. Today I decided to go into my first foray into making barley as a major part of a meal. Enter: Bean and Barley Salad This salad is crunchy, chewy (in a good way) and filling. It’s also…
Salami and Bean salad
Last week I almost exclusively ate salami sandwiches for lunch. It was a mix of laziness and a weird craving I was having. I still had a little left over, and wanted to make something somewhat healthy and easy so here it is: Salami and Bean Salad. Ingredients 1 can mixed beans, drained and rinsed…
Quinoa Salad with Lemon and Soy Dressing
There comes a day every summer where you realize that you really really need to start taking care of yourself. I call it the Day After the Canada Day Long Weekend. This weekend usually involves more booze, bbq and nachos than any one person should be consuming over a three day period. There’s only one…
Chick’n chicken salad
I really wanted to have some nice Asian-style chicken with my salad in an effort to slowly wean myself off the bad eating I’ve been doing lately. I mean, grilled chicken is pretty good for you, right? So what if it’s a thigh piece and you don’t trim ANY of the fat off? Ingredients 1…
Spinach and other stuff salad
In an effort to detoxify my body after a bit of a french fry (and let’s face it, booze) binge, I decided to have spinach salad for a few lunches. The great thing about spinach salad is that all you need is a box of baby spinach, some protein, some quinoa (which keeps very well…
Easy pasta salad
My plan today was to buy sushi for lunch. This morning, my cheapness overcame my laziness and I made one of the laziest, but still satisfying, meals I had in my arsenal. Working Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: roughly 10 minutes Ingredients Pasta, cooked as per directions on package (also a great recipe for leftover…
Quinoa and Other Stuff Salad
Otherwise known as the “Quinoa and whatever else I have laying around” salad. Quinoa is supposed to be super good for you, so I try to make it as often as I can. Ingredients 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed well 3/4 cup water Any veggies, beans, etc. you have laying around 1 lemon or some…