Category: Sugar-free

The Ultimate Guide to Everything Coconut: Flour, Oil, Butter, Cream, Milk, Water, Shreds, Sugar and Nectar

The Ultimate Guide to Everything Coconut: Flour, Oil, Butter, Cream, Milk, Water, Shreds, Sugar and Nectar

Everything you ever wanted to know about coconut. From coconut milk, to coconut butter, coconut water, coconut nectar and everything in between. Coconut has saved my ketogenic life numerous times. Green Coconut Curry, Biscuits and Bread, and Coconut Cauliflower Rice. In each of these adventures, I used a different form of coconut. What’s the difference…

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Masala Chai Squash Porridge (paleo + vegan)

Masala Chai Squash Porridge (paleo + vegan)

Paleo porridge made with roasted butternut squash and masala chai milk. Also safe for gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegan eating styles. I went (primarily) grain-free a couple of months ago in an attempt to reduce bloating and digestive issues. Living grain-free requires creativity.

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Beer & Bacon Chicken with Gravy

Beer & Bacon Chicken with Gravy

Delightfully tender chicken in a smoky bacon and beer sauce. Delicious served with my Healthier Mashed Potatoes recipe. In 2008, Kevin and I rented a cabin in Golden BC to celebrate our first Easter together.

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Chocolate Covered Cranberry Bars

Chocolate Covered Cranberry Bars

Lightly sweetened chocolate-layer bars—a healthy hemp-seed base and melted chocolate coating, sandwiched between a dense layer of cranberry cream. Wow, what a Christmas! Were you following along with me? My family and I made gluten-free gingerbread houses, drank spiked dairy-free eggnog, slathered cranberry sauce on everything, blasted the Christmas music, kissed under the mistletoe and…

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Healthy Shopping Spree at Sobeys

Healthy Shopping Spree at Sobeys

The giveaway winner is JOY from Ontario! Thanks for entering, everyone. I was invited to the new Sobeys in Evanston; a community in North West Calgary, for a health food reconnaissance mission. The new Evanston store was built to reflect Sobeys’ commitment to providing Canadians with better food experiences that allow them to enjoy fresh…

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Spiced Pear Cider + Healthful Pursuit Holiday Gift Guide

Spiced Pear Cider + Healthful Pursuit Holiday Gift Guide

Natural, spiced cider made from fresh-pressed pears and apples. A wholesome, sugar-free approach to the classic Winter drink.

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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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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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