Get my travel tips & tricks here! Our Trip to Hawaii Aloha! I'm finally sharing the details of our recent trip to the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii! It has been 7 years since we last visited and we were so excited to have the opportunity to visit once again as a complete family! Whenever we travel I always like to think about how we'll budget and where we'll splurge so that we can make the most out of our trip. We always fly with Alaska Air and cross the US land border to avoid lengthy wait times at customs and save HUGE on flights within the US. We use our Alaska Air credit card to build miles and managed to pay for our round trip flights this way! (not sponsored, we just ...
Vegan Warm Potato Salad
If you ever got to try the Earls restaurant warm potato salad and loved it as much as I did then you're going to love this vegan version! It's full of flavour and creamy goodness you won't be able to stop at one bite! Vegan Warm Potato Salad The weather is warming up here in Kelowna and warmer weather makes me think of barbecues and get togethers with friends and family. Food is always the center of attention at such gatherings and so I present to you this delicious vegan warm potato salad! If I'm being honest, this dish could actually be a main course LOL because I love potatoes. Plus this recipe has other vegetables in it so it makes it balanced right? In any case, your omni ...
Hearty Soy Curl Stew With Cheesy Pastry Straws
This cozy stew is perfect for cold nights when you want something filling and full of flavor! The soy curls add a "chicken" texture which is perfect for this dish. Hearty Soy Curl Stew With Cheesy Pastry Straws In these early days of spring it's hard not to jump into warm weather mode; clothing and all! Mother Nature on the other hand likes to remind us that there are still chillier days ahead and so this stew is a perfect transitional dish from winter to spring or fall to winter! This soy curl stew is reminiscent of the chicken pot pies and beef stews my mom used to make when I was a kid. We'd usually pair it with a slice of Polish rye bread and dip it into the stew when it was ...
The Best Glazed Lemon Cake Donuts
These glazed lemon donuts are going to be the talk of all of your gatherings! Perfectly sweetened and lemon-y! The Best Glazed Lemon Cake Donuts Spring days are coming and there’s nothing more refreshing than lemon flavored anything! I know I love the smell of lemon essential oils diffusing in my home for that bright and fresh scent. It’s even better when that lemon fragrance is coming from the oven! These glazed lemon cake donuts are going to be a hit in your home from this point on! This recipe (as always) is egg and dairy free and FULL of lemony flavor! That’s because it’s liquid content is essentially just freshly squeezed juice from a lemon. Have you seen my lemon juice hack? ...
Easy 3 Ingredient Chocolate Chia Pudding
This easy 3 ingredient chocolate chia pudding will have you and your kiddos looking forward to snack time! Easy & Delicious 3 Ingredient Chocolate Chia Pudding I have forgotten how much our family loves chia pudding. When we switched over to a vegan lifestyle, I had pinned just about every tasty looking treat to my Pinterest board so I wouldn't lose the kids enthusiasm over changing up the food we eat. Though you can make a traditional pudding vegan style, this one is definitely a much better choice based on the nutrition facts of chia seeds: the star of this 3 ingredient chocolate chia pudding recipe! In this recipe we use a pre-made chocolate syrup and trade off with ...
Easy Chickpea Toona Smash
This easy chickpea toona smash will remind you of the days when you used to eat tuna for lunch but instead it's cruelty free! When I was a kid, I LOVED tuna sandwiches for lunch. My mom made them so saucy with mayo and onion and I didn't care how bad my breath smelled when I brought it to school LOL! Moving into my adult life I definitely still ate it but as I started learning about animal agriculture and it's harmful effects on our environment, I stopped grabbing the tins of tuna to stock my pantry with. Still, I longed for something that would replace that delicious mayo-y, creamy, savoury goodness of tuna so I went looking on the internet for a vegan tuna recipe. A lot came back ...