This recipe is adapted (barely) from one of my favourite new cookbooks Thug Kitchen. I love every recipe in this book and have been obsessively cooking and eating my way through it.

• 2 cups wild rice blend or brown rice
• 2 tsp safflower oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 tbsp fresh grated ginger
• 1/2 cup green chilies, diced. Can use canned or fresh
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp chipotle chili powder
• 1 ripe mango, in bite sized pieces
• 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
• zest and juice of 1 lime
• fresh cilantro to top

Rinse the rice. In a medium pot heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until tender about 3 minutes. Stir in the ginger and cook for 30 seconds. Add the rice and cook for 2 minutes, keep stirring every so often. Add the coconut milk, broth, salt, and chili powder. Stir to combine. Bring to a simmer. Give another quick stir then cover and reduce heat to low (you want it to be at a low simmer) cook for 30-40 minutes or until most of the liquid has absorbed. When the rice has finished coking fold in the chillies, beans, mango, lime zest and juice. Let it all cook for another minute then serve topped with cilantro….and maybe a little sriracha.

Where’s the meat? If you are one of those people who don’t think dinner is complete without some meat, this dish would be great paired with chicken or a white fish such as tilapia, halibut, hake, haddock, sole, cod or flounder

These are so good and so easy. Make them, you won’t be sorry.

Serves 6

• 1 small head of cauliflower, cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 1/2 cups chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 3-4 tbsp, red Thai curry paste
• 3-4 tbsp coconut cream, the thick stuff on the top of the can of coconut milk
• 1 tbsp safflower oil
• 1 small mango, cut into strips
• 1 small red onion, diced
• 1 ripe avocado, cut into strips
• cilantro
• plain yogurt
• sriracha ( if you like )
• 6 mini naan

Preheat oven to 400. Toss the cauliflower and chickpeas into a medium-sized bowl. In a small bowl mix together the curry paste,coconut cream and oil. Stir the curry mixture into the cauliflower and chickpeas. Make sure everything is evenly coated. Dump the cauliflower mixture into a baking dish and bake for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit for a few minutes. Pop your naan bread in the oven for a minute to warm.

To serve: On a mini naan add a little plain yogurt. Top with the cauliflower mixture then add the mango, red onion, avocado and cilantro. If you want you can also add a splash of sriracha. Enjoy.

I think the warm weather is finally here to stay. To celebrate I decided to whip up this super sweet and refreshing combination of mango, pineapple and banana. I hope you like it as much as Poppy and I did.

Serves 2

1 Mango
1 banana, frozen
3-4 Pineapple spears
1 cup of coconut water
1 cup of coconut milk, frozen

Toss everything in the blender and enjoy. Happy Summer!

*Go green:

- Toss in a few handfuls of spinach, kale or chard