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Weight LossCategory: Sugar-free
Healthy Easter Desserts: Carrot Cake Pops + Hazelnut Truffles
A classic carrot cake experience without all the baking, sugars and animal products. The cake is sweetened with prunes and raisins, filled with raw shredded carrots, and topped with a raisin-sweetened frosting. I have 2 new Easter dessert recipes for you. Exciting! The first: cake pops.
Plantain Bean Salad
A light bean salad recipe made with chunks of plantains and a naturally sweetened dressing. Kevin and I are MARRIED and off enjoying ourselves on our honeymoon for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be in and out, sharing our stories along the way, inviting guests to share new recipes and continuing with our 8-week…
No Sugar Biscotti with Tart Ice Cream (vegan + paleo)
Almond flour biscotti with chunks of crisp pecans and sweetened with non GMO fruit. Served with a side of tart berry-cacao ice cream. The genetic modification in our food supply has come into the spotlight. 5 years ago? It was difficult to find anyone to chat with about the dangers of GMO’s. Now it’s commonplace.
How To Make (mind-blowing) Vegan Sour Cream
Vegan sour cream made without soy. Ketogenic friendly, too! Mind blowingly delicious. Creamy, amazing. Make now. With the addition of macadamia nuts, this recipe is absolutely mind-blowing! And, it’s a perfect dairy-free ketogenic sour cream replacement. With just 4.7 grams of net carbs, if you’re dairy-free and doing keto, this sour cream recipe is for…
Get Glowing Superfoods Breakfast Pudding (vegan + paleo)
Blended breakfast pudding that’s high in fiber and has absolutely no added sugars. I created this Happy Tummy Breakfast Pudding recipe a couple of years ago and loved it so much that I ate it for breakfast for 6 solid months. The recipe was phenomenal. So delicious. The only thing I didn’t like about it…
5-Minute Vegan Cream of Tomato Soup (paleo, too!)
8-ingredient creamy tomato soup without the cream. This easy, blend and go recipe is high in flavor, nutrients and feel-good whole food ingredients. I visited Victoria last Fall for a writing workshop led by the fabulous, Alexandra Franzen. She’s a wordsmith extraordinaire, that woman. Victoria is also the home of one of my favorite people…
Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips (paleo)
Homemade sweet potato tortilla chips made with sweet potato, onion and flax seed. No corn! No dehydrator needed. When I’ve made a lovingly healthy choice for myself I am encouraged to make more of them… because, it feels good. Like, stepping away from my plate when full, saying “no” to food when I’m legitimately not…
Lentil Bake with Sugar-free Barbecue Sauce
6-Ingredient homemade sugar-free barbecue sauce that’s just so darn good! BBQ sauce craze. Happening right now. My daily eats are filled with it. Heck, I even dip my sweet potato fries in the stuff (mixed with a little mayo, of course ;)
Bacon Shepherd’s Pie (gluten-free + paleo)
Shepherd’s pie (also known as cottage pie) layered with sauteed beef, bacon and veggies in a smoked sauce, topped with garlic mashed cauliflower and baked until crisp. I’m not eating many potatoes these days… Not because I don’t love them (because, wow, do I love potatoes) but because when I pop, the fun just don’t…
Nacho Cheese Cauliflower Tots (paleo + gluten-free)
Crispy cauliflower tots packed with nacho cheese flavor without the dairy – a healthy alternative to deep-dried potato snacks. One of the most powerful steps I’ve taken to heal my relationship with food was giving myself permission to eat whenever I am hungry. 9am, 3pm or 1am. It doesn’t matter.