Vegetarian French-Canadian Pea Soup

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Every February, many Manitobans bundle up in their parkas, mittens and touques, don a ceinture fléchée and brave the cold to celebrate a 10 day event called Festival du Voyageur. The Festival is a province wide party celebrating the French-Canadian heritage + culture that so many Manitobans share. The festival is based upon the time of voyageurs and the fur trade here on the Canadian prairies.  A lot of the festivities take place in an old fort called Fort Gibraltar in St.Boniface, Manitoba. During the day, you can enjoy a variety of activities such as snow shoeing, sledding, sleigh rides, building a quinzee, and…

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Vegetarian Cobb Salad with Pesto Ranch

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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just want a large, fresh salad for dinner. I’m talking a salad that’s a meal in itself – one that can double as a main dish. Take a cobb salad for instance. A cobb salad is the perfect light meal that is actually quite filling. It’s also well balanced with protein, fibre and fresh veggies. A traditional cobb salad generally consists of avocado, bacon, tomatoes, eggs, chicken and blue cheese. But since I’m a vegetarian, I have not had a traditional cobb salad in ages.    When I was in Edmonton in December…

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Basil Pesto Ranch Dressing

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Just a quick little post for this fine Wednesday evening. Today I made a delicious vegetarian cobb salad with pesto ranch dressing. The dressing alone was fantastic and now I want to put it on everything! *hehe* It would also be great as a dip for raw veggies. I’m a huge fan of veggies and dip! Hope you are all having a wonderful week. Tonight I met up with two friends visiting from Japan. It was so lovely to see them! I am hoping to go to Japan in the next 2 year to visit them. Cannot wait :) It’s…

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