Watermelon & Strawberry Popsicle

By Angelika Hanna It is one of the easiest DIY in the kitchen. Fruit popsicles. All you need is your favorite fresh or frozen fruit, or – to make it even more easy – your favorite fruit juice, and some water. For some watery fruits you do not even need to add any water. As…

Stuffed Mini Peppers from the Grill

By Angelika Hanna I got the idea for this lunch from a potluck recipe post. It is an easy and quick-to-make summer lunch or party/potluck snack. Recipe: Prep Time: 20 min Cook Time: 10 min (+ 10 min to pre-cook meat) Total Time: 30 min Yield: 3 servings Cuisine: North American/Canadian Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 1 pound…

Green Power Smoothie Summer 2020

By Angelika Hanna It’s refreshing, vegan, healthy, and tasty all together. Recipe: Prep Time: 20 min Blend Time: Approx. 3-5 min Yield: 2 servings Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 2 cups spinach 1 mini cucumber (also known as Persian cucumber) 1 celery stalk 1 mango, fully ripened 1/2 avocado, fully ripened 1 tbsp hemp hearts 1…

Colorful Summer Potato Salad

By Angelika Hanna This German-inspired vegan potato salad recipe is a delicious side dish. Recipe: Prep Time: 30 min (plus cooking and cooling time for the potatoes) Yield: 3-4 servings Cuisine: German-inspired Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 3 baking potatoes*, cooked, peeled, cut into bite-sized chunks 1 red Bell pepper, cubed 1/4 red onion, cubed…

Salmon & Salad Plate

By Angelika Hanna Recipe: Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 10 min Total Time: 20 min Cuisine: World Cuisine Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: Raw salmon filet Flavorless vegetable oil Missed lettuce leaves Celery stalk Sweet onion Black Kalamata olives Red Bell pepper Baby carrots Lemon juice High quality extra virgin cold pressed olive oil Kosher salt…

German-Style Plum Cake

By Angelika Hanna We are in early September. The grocery stores are filled with harvest goodies in the produce ail. There are bushels of all kinds of vegetables and baskets with late summer/early fall fruits. Among the fruits we harvest in the late summer/early fall in Ontario (and back in Germany too!) are the purple…

Oven-Roasted Tomatoes

By Angelika Hanna It is September 2nd. Late summer and the main harvest season in Ontario. This is the season when the farmers’ markets burst with locally grown vegetables. The grocery stores are filled with bushels of Roma tomatoes for a fair price. Of course, one has to take advantage of this season. This recipe…

Super Grains Fusilli Salad

By Angelika Hanna As much as I love pasta, I have tried to eat less of it lately because of its high carb content. Luckily, I found a healthier alternative. The Fusilli I use in this salad consists of flours from multiple healthy grains: Red and white quinoa flour, chia flour, amaranth flour, and sorghum…

Strawberry-Lettuce-Goat Cheese Salad

By Angelika Hanna I had postponed to make this recipe for a while. When I heard of it in the beginning of this summer, my initial, spontaneous thought was: ‘This sounds interesting, I’m gonna try this’. But then, every time I went shopping at the grocery store, I felt rather hesitant about buying the goat…

Rice & Ground Beef-Stuffed Multi-Colored Peppers

By Angelika Hanna This dish has not only been delicious but also fun to prepare. I find stuffing fresh veggies is an enjoyable part of cooking during the summer season. Recipe: Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 1 hr 15 min Total Time: 1 hr 30 min Yield: 4 servings Cuisine: North American/Canadian/Italian Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients:…