Nettie's

I love the texture of this black olive salad with lentils and feta. There’s a lot of crunch! Lentils, olives and feta are the perfect summer ingredients for a summer salad. You can use any colour lentil or olive. Makes: 6 servings Preparation Time: 35 minutes Ingredients: 1½ cups black lentils 4 cups romaine lettuce, […]

Quinoa resembles millet in appearance and texture. It has a very interesting food history and I hope it becomes a staple in your kitchen. This lime quinoa salad is my favourite recipe to demonstrate how to use quinoa. It is a nutritional powerhouse and so easy to prepare. Make sure to rinse this grain for […]

A tomato classic, gazpacho is a chilled tomato soup that is known around the world as a Spanish contribution to the dinner table. You will need a 12-cup (2.8 L) food processor in order to process this soup but if you have a smaller capacity food processor or blender, divide the ingredients in half or […]

Frozen berries work really well in this apple pie blueberry muffin recipe. I like mixing and matching the colours of the fruit. Moist and flavourful, these muffins are a hit. You can use either honey or maple syrup as the sweetener, I like combining them. You can drink the leftover apple juice that the currants […]

Get dinner on the table as soon as you can with these black bean tacos with cheddar and coleslaw. With a twist of the wrist, open a can of organic black beans that can be mashed and heated quickly. Prepare some rice or quinoa to either serve as a side or use as a filling. […]