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Cashew Fudge with a Touch of Lime

February 14, 2016 by Ariel 3 Comments

ohhh you’re gonna like this one and since it’s Valentine’s Day, this dessert is coming right in time.

Don’t worry if you already have a lot of work to be done in the kitchen for tonight, this fudge recipe is gonna take you about 5 minutes to prepare and only 30 minutes to 1 hour maximum in the freezer so you don’t have to do much and can concentrate on your main dish.

Tired of the classic chocolate fudge? This no bake and no fuss cashew version should satisfy your palates. Not too keen on extremely sweet desserts? No worries, the lime juice and zest of lime is balancing the flavours perfectly.

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Basil Lover Green Smoothie

March 18, 2015 by Ariel 1 Comment

I love the subtile, yet noticeable taste of the basil leaves in this one…

For who isn’t super fan of the extremely sweet smoothies (like me), this mildly sweet, yet tangy drink might just be what you needed.

Good Morning!

Green Smoothie Life

Prep time

3 mins

Total time

3 mins

Author: ZestyAndSpicy.com

Recipe type: Smoothie

Cuisine: Healthy

Ingredients

1 banana,
1 green apple,
Juice of ½ lime,
4 strawberries,
¼ cup fresh basil,
1 big curled kale leave,
½ cup of almond/coconut milk

Instructions

- Blend all the ingredients
- Enjoy!

Easy, Breezy, Guacamoly…

June 11, 2013 by Ariel 3 Comments

Oh sun where are you?? You dont dare to show you face often enough in Montreal these days and how am I suppose to enjoy this delicious Guacamole on my balcony with a good book if you’re never there!! 🙁 #SadFace

Ok seriously, the past few days and weeks have been quit rainy, gray and cold on my side of the planet. I’m starting to think that we are going to have a very rainy summer if we even have one. At least my garden is not doing THAT bad and I’ll be tasting some of the juicy tomatoes growing in my plants soon but I feel like it could be stronger. Mother nature doesn’t seem to like us that much and I’m hoping this post could be the beginning of an apology for what ever she feel like we did around here…. This year’s winter was harsh, then we barely had a spring and now it’s raining like crazy… ugh…

I hope the weather is a lot nicer on your part of the planet and you have all the sun you need to put yourself on your balcony (or in your backyard) with a beer, a good book and this flavorful guacamole that takes only a few minutes to make….

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Honey, Mustard Chicken Wings with Dijon/Lime dipping sauce

May 29, 2013 by Ariel 7 Comments

I’ve been teasing my twitter and facebook followers for a while now about a new chicken wings recipe… The worst thing is, I have shot these photos about month ago and wrote this recipe 2 months ago but you know how I roll… I get so busy and the culinary site suffer. It’s not because I don’t want to come here (pretty much the opposite) but I don’t always have the time and since my business took off again (thanks god) I’ve been swamped (in a good way) and every day is busier than the one before.

There is also the fact that I wanted to post other recipes before this one but I haven’t been able to get around to take photos of the more healthiest meals I have made so today I said “fuck it” I’m posting my wing recipe and I’ll just have to deal with it! lol The reason why I wanted to post healthier recipes is because I’m currently on “model bootcamp diet” and I don’t allow myself the juicy and delicious wings like these ones or the spicy maple chicken wings I made earlier this year.

I’m planning a lot of shootings in the upcoming weeks and months so I have to watch what I eat a bit more. Although I call it a “model bootcamp diet”, it’s not really a diet but more a new way of life/eating. I don’t feel like I’m stopping myself from eating what I like (beside the obvious junk food) so that’s why I don’t feel like I’m on a diet. Plus I wanted to show you that it’s not because you watch what you eat, that you will always feel like you’re starving yourself, then get frustrated because you cant eat what you would normally eat. I’ll get to that, I have a lot of delicious and flavorful recipes that are on the healthy side and the next time I’ll be posting something here it will be in this category. (hopefully lol)

Till then, enjoy these delicious honey and mustard wings with the flavorful dipping sauce… Ohhh just looking at the photos I’m already drooling.. you?

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Apple Crumble Pie

October 26, 2012 by Ariel 4 Comments

I wish I had the time to go pick up apples myself in the trees but I don’t… instead, I’m doing like a ton of city people and I bought them at the grocery store. Next year, I will make the time to go outside the city and go pick them up myself to them prepare a ton of tasty goodies for this blog but this year I have to make sacrifices to work on my online business full time with barely any time to play. Boohoo so sad 🙁

I was stressed out yesterday before making this. Not for any particular reason but I guess I was just working too much and because of my overdose of productivity I started getting all annoyed and stressed out so I decided to step away from my computer for an hour to be creative in my kitchen. Removing the skin of the fresh apples, touching the flour and smelling the aroma of cardamon and cinnamon was exactly what I needed because right after making this apple crumble pie, I felt amazing and accomplished. Then the day went by, I had to go to my yoga class and the second I came back, the only idea I had in mind was to try my crumble. It was orgasmic! I sincerely hope you get around to try out this recipe because it’s worth it 🙂 I used Spartan apples because they were the only fresh one at my grocery store but feel free to use the one you prefer. I honestly prefer a more sour tasting apple so that was perfect for me. I’m even thinking on trying out this recipe with green apples this winter. If you do it before me, let me know how that turned out!