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Weight LossCategory: Vegan
5 Reasons Why This Nutrition Educator No Longer Likes Leafy Greens in Her Smoothies (psst, it burns 10x the calories!) + a “Green” Smoothie recipe
Add this green super ingredient to your next smoothie and ditch the bloat, burn 10 times the calories and boost energy. No dark leafy greens required. I was in the mall last week frantically searching for a 25th birthday present for my little sister when I got distracted by Teavana and bought 500 grams of…
4 Things to Expect This Summer + recipe for Dairy-free Ice Cream Bars
Chocolate-covered dairy-free ice cream on a stick. Made with just 7 healthy ingredients. When you eat healthy, you feel better. It’s science. The cool part? Healthy can be popsicles. Healthy can be ice cream. It’s all in the ingredients.
Almond Pulp: What It Is, Why It’s Your Friend and What To Do With It + a recipe for Grain-free Cinnamon Raisin Toast
A grain-free and dairy-free approach to cinnamon raisin toast. All the flavor, none of the sugar, grains or unhealthy fats. This vegan and paleo cinnamon raisin bread recipe is made from leftover almond pulp. Almond pulp, what? Let me explain. What is almond pulp? When you make your own almond milk at home (like my…
How To Take Your Food Allergies on the Road Without Causing Boundless Stress + a recipe for Nut-free Gingersnap Balls
Summer-friendly, no-bake gingersnap balls with dried fruits and seeds. No nuts or medjool dates included! In a few short weeks, I’ll be driving from Calgary to Whistler BC to attend Wanderlust; a 5-day outdoor yoga + music festival in the Canadian Rockies. (Can’t wait to take you along with me!) I’ll be on the road…
Chocolate Avocado Freeze Bites
Frozen cubes of vanilla-flavored avocado coated with dark chocolate. 2 months ago, a self-made vegan + paleo vanilla ice cream on a stick with a hard chocolate shell quickly inspired me to work frantically on a new summer cookbook. It’s a vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, banana-free popsicle no-bake cookbook. More details to come very, very soon.
Crisp Eggplant Chips with Smoky Seasoning
Thinly sliced eggplant rounds sprinkled with homemade smoky seasoning and slow roasted until crisp. Who knew that sprinkling eggplant with seasoning and slow roasting for an hour would create such a delicious (healthy) snack? I sure didn’t.
Nourishing Turmeric Milk (golden milk)
Defy age and neutralize free radicals with this dairy-free milk recipe made with soaked almonds, soft medjool dates and loads of antioxidant-rich turmeric. I believe in conscious living. When I get lost in cravings, think negatively about my body, or push myself too hard, I remind myself that::
Coconut Chunk Curried Kale Salad
Gluten-free, paleo and vegan salad with curry-infused roasted vegetables in a tart lemon sauce, folded in with fresh coconut meat, kale and pomegranate seeds. There was a sale on whole coconuts at the grocery store the other day… so I bought 7 of them. Now, I am on a mission to come up with new…
Dairy-free Cream Sauce
This dairy-free, vegan and paleo cream sauce is the answer to your recipe woes. You can spread it, bake it, pour it and drizzle it just like any other creamy sauce out there. I was put on a heavy dose of steroids and anti-histamines following my anaphylactic episodes. They made me ragging hungry at every…
Paleo Falafel (no beans!)
Ground nuts, seeds and fresh herbs make the perfect texture and flavor in these bean-free, low-carb, and keto falafel balls. First, I have to say:: I have nothing against beans! I love them… sometimes. It’s just nice to have options, you know? A recipe for those days where you’re all like, “I want falafel, but…