Category: Vegan

No Bake Granola Cakes

No Bake Granola Cakes

Big changes are happening over on my workouts page and even bigger changes are happening with my marathon training plans. February has been a challenge for me, I was losing muscle, motivation, and forgetting why I began running in the first place. My passion was slowly exiting. A couple days ago I decided I needed…

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Zucchini Apple Breakfast Cake with Cashew Glaze

Zucchini Apple Breakfast Cake with Cashew Glaze

Do you ever just wake up on a Sunday morning and want to bake to your little hearts content? As a kid, my mom would bake something absolutely delicious every Sunday morning breakfast. She’d make things like cinnamon buns, breakfast cakes [like this one], croissants and ham, or a wife saver [which I didn’t like…

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Trail Mix Energy Squares

Trail Mix Energy Squares

Holy giveaway! The mandatory entry for my snack attack giveaway is to tell me what your favorite snack in the whole world is. I’m seeing a lot of nut butter, yogurt, chobani, and more salsa and tortilla chip comments than I can count. I really need to try this Chobani stuff. I wonder if I…

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Smooth and Flavorful Sautéed Veggie Hummus

Smooth and Flavorful Sautéed Veggie Hummus

Many lessons have been learned over the past couple days. Taking pictures of food before you’ve tried it can lead to disappointment. You can never make too many brownies. Unless of course you’re going on your 4th run at it in 3 days. I never want to see chocolate again, is that bad? And my…

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Pumpkin Pie Quinoa Breakfast Casserole

Pumpkin Pie Quinoa Breakfast Casserole

Nothing says I love you like a bouquet of flowers just after you’ve told your girlfriend she is no longer allowed to bring liquids into your car. Kevin was away on business this past week. He drives a much nicer car than me. One could argue that the only reason his is better is because…

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Lovers Chocolate Raspberry Quinoa Cake

Lovers Chocolate Raspberry Quinoa Cake

I’ve never done this much Valentine’s Day baking in my life. This easily surpasses what I did at Christmas. Something you should know about me – I have a tendency to go overboard on everything, including themed events. But I can now say with 100% confidence, this is the last new 2011 Valentine’s recipe I’ll…

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Flirty Rasberry Fig Bars

Flirty Rasberry Fig Bars

If you’ve been following me for a bit than you may be well aware that I have a slight medjool date obsession. Here goes! Print Flirty Rasberry Fig Bars Author: Leanne Vogel Recipe type: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Refined sugar-free, Yeast-free, Corn-free, Grain-free Prep time:  20 mins Cook time:  20 mins Total time:  40 mins Serves: 16   Grain-free bars…

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Cacao Macaroons

Cacao Macaroons

On Tuesday night I treated myself to a raw chocolate making class at the Light Cellar in Bowness, Calgary. When signing up for the class I was told I’d be eating loads of chocolate and if you know me you know I love my chocolate, so getting excited for this course was an easy task….

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Pumpkin & Squash Seeds

Pumpkin & Squash Seeds

I was surprised at how many seeds were in the pumpkins this year. I’ve been collecting squash seeds since last Monday so I decided to combine all the seeds together to make my favourite alternative to popcorn.   Print Pumpkin & Squash Seeds Author: Leanne Vogel Recipe type: Candida Friendly, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Nut-free, Paleo, Refined…

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