Category: Gluten-free

If Your PMS Were a Cartoon Character + PMS Popcorn Recipe

If Your PMS Were a Cartoon Character + PMS Popcorn Recipe

Chocolate-drenched popcorn with a sprinkle of shredded coconut and sea salt. The ultimate recipe to soothe chocolate cravings – under 300 calories for the entire batch!

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Sweet Potato Chocolate Quinoa Crumble Muffins

Sweet Potato Chocolate Quinoa Crumble Muffins

Gluten-free muffins made with roasted sweet potato and chocolate chunks. Topped with a maple-infused quinoa crumble topping. I’ve been rocking a dairy-free life since the early 90’s thanks to my lactose intolerant Mom who raised us on Rice Dream ice cream bars, hemp milk and cashew yogurt. Bless her heart.

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Oil-free Mashed Root Veggies – Healthier Mashed Potatoes

Oil-free Mashed Root Veggies – Healthier Mashed Potatoes

Mashed root vegetables seasoned with a touch of dill, pepper and salt. Simple, delicious and hearty. You need to have this dish on your Thanksgiving table this year. Yes, yes you do. Since I’m Canadian and couldn’t use Thanksgiving as an excuse to make this veggie mash, Kevin and I planned a get together with…

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Oil-free Sweet Potato Fudge Cake (no sugar!)

Oil-free Sweet Potato Fudge Cake (no sugar!)

A vegan and gluten-free healthy fudge cake recipe made without oil or sugar. It’s moist, dense, and can be frosted! Oil-free recipes. I’ve been making lots of them. Not because I endorse a fat-free diet. Oil-free and fat-free are not the same. Healthy fats – avocado, nuts, seeds, oils, butters, olives, fish are GREAT. Dietary…

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30 Days of Fresh-Pressed Juice with Real Juice

30 Days of Fresh-Pressed Juice with Real Juice

If your digestion sucks, you’re worried about your vitamin/mineral intake, or there are days that you just cannot eat another green salad, I know exactly where you’re coming from. In August, I started replacing 1 of my daily snacks with a fresh-pressed green juice to help with all of these issues + more.

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Homemade Robot Gummy Candy

Homemade Robot Gummy Candy

4-Ingredient homemade gummy candies made with kombucha for a fabulously healthy, naturally sweet snack! Print Homemade Robot Gummy Candy Author: Leanne Vogel Recipe type: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Sugar-free, Yeast-free, Corn-free, Grain-free, Nut-free, Egg-free Prep time:  5 mins Cook time:  5 mins Total time:  10 mins Serves: 4   4-Ingredient homemade gummy candies made with fresh-pressed juice for a fabulously…

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Coconut Cauliflower Rice

Coconut Cauliflower Rice

Bits of cauliflower enveloped in a toasted coconut milk and cardamom sauce. Coconut “rice” without the grains or starch. My girl Melissa from Clothes Make the Girl just launched her new cookbook, Well Fed 2 – a collection of recipes for people who love to eat. People who love to eat? That’s ME! (And I…

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Roasty Toasty Coconut Ginger Squash Porridge

Roasty Toasty Coconut Ginger Squash Porridge

Healthy porridge made with fresh roasted butternut squash, gently scooped and surrounded with fresh cashew milk, toasted coconut and ginger chunks. I usually go for savory breakfasts over sweet only because if I start the day with an overly sweet breakfast, I’ll be craving sugar all day long.

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Quinoa Sweet Potato POW! Breakfast Cookies

Quinoa Sweet Potato POW! Breakfast Cookies

Fresh roasted sweet potatoes mixed with dark chocolate pieces and winter spices to fill your morning with the goodness of sweet potato pie. I wake up at 7am whether my alarm is set or not. I stretch in bed, sit up, twist this way and that and jump in the shower, first thing.

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Creamy Vegan Bone Bowl

Creamy Vegan Bone Bowl

Greens bowl loaded with steamed greens, paprika roasted almonds and a creamy mushroom sauce. When your body is not getting estrogen, it has a hard time maintaining bone density – a major problem for someone who hasn’t been producing estrogen for over 5 years (aka me).

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