Recipes

My new YouTube channel! Raw/vegan wellness

Hi loves, I know an update is definitely due, especially with moving — there’s a reason why that update’s been delayed and that is because I’ve been working on creating my new YouTube channel! This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time… in fact, if you’ve been reading the blog for a while you probably heard me mention it on here before. I’m happy to share that the channel has finaaallly been created! While traveling in Florida I did a bunch of filming vlog-style. This was insanely fun and I hope to keep on creating more videos! …

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Raw vegan chocolate brownie smoothie bowl

Rarely do I eat chocolate these days but I can’t help it… Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that makes me want something chocolatey and decadent! Carob is a nice chocolate substitute and all but it just doesn’t compare to the real thing. In honour of Valentine’s Day, I’m posting my favourite way to eat chocolate – which is in a giant smoothie bowl like this, a rich mess of flavours and textures all melding together. This one is chocolate ice cream topped with fudge brownie balls, drizzled chocolate sauce, raspberries and crushed brazil nuts. OMG – eating this was …

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Vegan potato crust pizza (fat free, grain free + mostly raw)

Sometimes I get asked if there’s any “normal” foods I miss eating, from before my big diet change. Pizza would have to be at the top of that list. Truthfully I have not been able to find any raw vegan pizza recipes that taste even remotely close to the real thing. Don’t get me wrong, there are amazing raw vegan pizzas out there. I have tried many and have gone nuts over pretty much all of them! And I think it’s incredible that raw vegan pizza even exists in the world, filling that comfort food void for many a raw vegan. …

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Christmas bliss ball truffles (raw, vegan, lowfat)

I’m dreaming of a raw vegan Christmas… 😉 It’s my favourite holiday and the season of festive desserts! Usually I follow my tradition of making Christmas chocolate bark at this time of year but I had to come up with a different plan now that my diet has changed. What could I make that I would love but could also bring to Christmas dinner for a lot of other guests? I almost went with raw chocolate brownies but decided on bliss ball truffles instead – the perfect finger food to snack on! These taste like a decadent fudgy brownie, in bite-sized …

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How (and why) Ayurveda shapes what I eat

Plus a recipe for Kitchari ♥ I’m teaching the nutrition section in a yoga teacher training this month and as I put together the content for this, it’s gotten me thinking a lot about ayurveda and just how much this ancient science shapes how and what I eat. Ayurveda is basically a system of holistic self-healing – it’s the oldest continually practiced medicine in the world, originating from India over 5,000 years ago. I’ve been very familiar with ayurveda for a long time as a result of working in the yoga world… it’s fairly common to hear us yogis refer to …

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gluten-free apple pancake

Amazing german apple pancake! (gluten-free)

When apple pie and pancakes come together… Every once in a while you eat something that jives so utterly and perfectly with the mood you’re in. With each bite, it feels as though the food stars have aligned, there is no other place you should be, there is no other food that your body could possibly desire instead. Eating this pancake, I had one of those moments. My goodness is this tasty… Despite making an entire skillet, I ate the majority of it in one sitting.. oops! What I LOVE so much about this pancake is how healthy and nourishing it …

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