Vegan Cream and Blood Orange Parfaits

Vegan Cream and Blood Orange Parfaits

An open mind transforms our restrictions into celebrations. Do some of your allergies or sensitivities feel like a death sentence? A horrible, twisted joke? Or a major restriction on how you live your life? Gosh, I know that feeling. But it doesn’t have to be this way! We can give up the allergy fight and…

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4 New Recipes and Dairy-free Alternatives

4 New Recipes and Dairy-free Alternatives

Many of us have jumped on the dairy-free recipes train with the Done with Dairy Toolkit. Well done, bravo! As a result of the challenge, I’ve received a bunch of questions about goat dairy and the potential role it can play in the lives of folks that are sensitive to lactose. So today, I’m giving…

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Vegan Lemon Pudding

Vegan Lemon Pudding

We have two things to celebrate today… Thing #1 – this recipe. It’s mind blowing-ly awesome. Preparing it (and writing about it) makes me feel like an anti-dairy ninja battling crap pudding everywhere with dairy-free ease and resourcefulness. HIYAH! Thing #2 – holy flourishing business, batman. I had the opportunity to share a recipe on…

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Grain-free Chocolate Dessert Crackers

Grain-free Chocolate Dessert Crackers

Hey guys… do you crave chocolate? You know, like really crave chocolate? So bad that; by the time you’ve come to your senses, you’ve managed to polish off half a bar of chocolate by nibbling on it throughout the day? Gosh, I’ve been there. This mindless pattern of eating can spark loads of guilt, regret…

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Creating Goals with Soul

Creating Goals with Soul

365 days ago today, I was on a plane heading home from India with a heart full of radical ways I was going to change my life, ditch the extra baggage, and get real with myself. Joy, bliss, freedom… they were all high on my list. And, to celebrate, I’m going on a little journey…

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Coconut Lime Frosty Cups

Coconut Lime Frosty Cups

Not a day goes by that I don’t treat myself to something sweet. A baked apple, frozen banana, small piece of chocolate… nothing fancy, just something small that I can savor. If I’m feeling ultra creative, I’ll whip up a quick dessert that’s freezer friendly and make a couple of servings to last the whole…

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Vegan Alfredo Sauce (paleo, soy-free & nut-free)

Vegan Alfredo Sauce (paleo, soy-free & nut-free)

BOOM! Every time I post a new dairy-free recipe for our collection of dairy-free awesomeness that is the Done with Dairy Toolkit, I just want to start the post with BOOM. So today, I did it… and I think a Paleo & Vegan Alfredo Sauce recipe deserves it. Don’t you?

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The Romance of Quebec City

The Romance of Quebec City

Regardless of the intense weather conditions this past weekend, Kevin and I packed up the car with healthy snacks and audiobooks and made our way up North for our first visit to Quebec City. It was a lovely (snowy) day filled with beautiful sights, fogged up camera lenses and great eats. Here are some of…

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Quick & Easy Vegan Caesar Salad

Quick & Easy Vegan Caesar Salad

7 days have passed since I proposed we all try going dairy-free for a week using the resources from my new Done with Dairy Toolkit. I gotta say, I’m so impressed by your enthusiasm and willingness to do the challenge. Head on over to the Done with Dairy Toolkit comments to read what others’ have experienced…

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17 Recipes for Healthy Eyes

17 Recipes for Healthy Eyes

Before meeting Kevin, I hadn’t put much thought into how the foods I ate could be impacting the health of my eyes. But with a prescription for -8.50 and yearly checkups with the doctor where; before we met, he was told that his eyesight would only continue to worsen, my lack of interest in eye…

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