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Baked sweet potato with egg and smoked salmon

Baked sweet potato with egg and smoked salmon

Here’s a fun and healthy recipe for a yummy lunch or dinner -or even breakfast if you’d like. These baked sweet potatoes require a little wait because the have to go twice in the oven, but they don’t need a lot of an effort to make. Plus, they are delicious, flavorful, and display a lot of pretty colors in your plate 🙂 I came up with this recipe the other night when Arnaud wasn’t home, and I think he was…

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Roasted hazelnut chocolate spread (vegan/dairy-free)

Roasted hazelnut chocolate spread (vegan/dairy-free)

Who doesn’t like a good hazelnut-chocolate spread on a fresh slice of French bread or on pancakes and waffles? For breakfast, as a snack, whatever the reason, it is always irresistible! However, between the varieties with palm oil, those with way too much sugar or the ones with crazy unhealthy and scary ingredients, it is hard to find the perfect spread! Also, if you know me well, you probably know that I always prefer to make something myself rather than getting the…

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Double Trouble: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (vegan/dairy free)

Double Trouble: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (vegan/dairy free)

With the return of the warmer weather, it is the perfect opportunity to give this delicious ice cream recipe a shot. If you’re like Arnaud and I and love peanut butter, chocolate, and above all any combination of these two, then this recipe is for you! What could be best than eating peanut butter cups by the spoon, in a frozen version? The consistency of this ice cream is great, even without ice cream maker (I don’t have one yet but it’s on my…

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Vitamin and antioxidant refresher with strawberries, grapefruit, mint and green tea

Vitamin and antioxidant refresher with strawberries, grapefruit, mint and green tea

Here’s a tasty drink packed with vitamins and antioxidants. Perfect for a sunny day (or a snowy day like we had in Flagstaff last week ;-)), it’s a great and healthy alternative to regular soft drinks, and will make you kick off Spring season in style! Cheers! Makes 2-3 servings: Combine and blend the following ingredients until smooth: 2 cups (about 50cl) chilled green tea or mint green tea, sweetened to taste (honey, stevia, brown sugar, agave,…) 1 handful of fresh mint…

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Zucchini, pine nuts and cheese stuffed mushrooms

Zucchini, pine nuts and cheese stuffed mushrooms

These stuffed mushrooms are just perfect as a nice and simple dinner, but they also make a great appetizer. This is exactly the kind of comfort food I like, and on top of that they are filled with healthy stuff! This recipe is also gluten free. At home we love the vegetarian version as much as the one with bacon, you get to choose which one you’d like the most! Makes 3-4 servings 1 pack of large, whole white mushrooms (about 7-8, depending…

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Secretly healthy chocolate brownies with fudgy frosting

Secretly healthy chocolate brownies with fudgy frosting

Friends, I am pretty excited about this new recipe! These brownies are so moist and fudgy, yet I didn’t use any butter nor refined sugar to make them. That must be some kind of miracle, right? The frosting is great too and will melt in your mouth, although it is so much healthier than regular buttercream frosting -and it is super easy to make too! The secret ingredient that allowed me not to use butter and to reduce the amount of sweetener in…

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