Piggies! It is DAY 7 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month in honour of my fabulous Vitamix Giveaway! If you haven't entered yet, don't miss out on a chance to get your hands on this amazing blender! Sign up for our amazing giveaways, create a piggy name, and then share it on Facebook and Twitter for bonus entries! Good Luck! This is a very short post today as I just picked up my surrogate sister, Kat from the airport. She was one of my best friends in high school when I lived in Singapore, and when her parents moved to Indonesia, she remained as a boarding student and my parents were her guardians. She became part of our family and will always think of her as my second sister. She is a Qantas flight attendant and manages to snag the odd trip to L.A.... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 6 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month in celebration of our fabulous Vitamix 5200 Giveaway! If you haven't entered yet, don't miss out on your chance to win this phenomenal blender. Simply sign up and create a piggy name, share your entry on Facebook and Twitter for bonus chances to win. Every time your piggy name is mentioned by another piggy, you BOTH get a bonus entry! So share with your friends and family for a better chance to win! Good Luck! Today I am going to show you that your blender is not just for food! You can make AMAZING home made natural organic skincare in seconds. I am incredibly particular about what I put on my skin. If I can't put it in my mouth, I don't put it on my skin! I do use some commercially produced... Keep Reading
Happy New Year Piggies! To celebrate I am giving away a Vitamix 5200 valued at $449. I am SO excited I could burst! Insert piggy dance of joy here :) Those of you who have been following me for a while are well acqauinted with my long-time love affair with this miraculous machine. I use my Vitamix at least three times a day. I actually have TWO Vitamix blenders -- I have a red one and a white one! What can I say? Some people collect shoes, I collect fabulous blenders. Hey, I am The Blender Girl. This amazing Vitamix giveaway runs for the entire month of January. So plenty of opportunities to enter! Here's the trick to increasing your chances of winning: Once you create a piggy name and enter the giveaway, share your piggy name on Twitter... Keep Reading
Piggies! I am continuing with my cranberry orgy and posting my favourite raw vegan Body Ecology cranberry smoothie in honour of the release of Donna Gate’s new book, “The Baby Boomer Diet” and the companion DVD series, “Growing Younger: Anti-Aging Secrets For every Generation”. Those of you who have been following me for a while would be familiar with how The Body Ecology Diet changed my life. I had suffered lethargy and candida my whole life, and after having tried every whole foods diet known to man, I started on Body Ecology stage one and never looked back. Donna had successfully cherry picked many of the same elements from what she calls “the pillars of holistic health” as I had. It wasn’t until I put them together in the way that she... Keep Reading
Today, I continue sharing some of the anti-cancer smoothies I created for the Thrive Alive Foundation in Canada. We started last week with the Brazil Nut Berry Smoothie, and we continue today with this salty alkaline kale green smoothie. Now, I will say right off the bat that this salty savoury smoothie will not be for everyone. If you are new to green smoothies, I would suggest starting with a sweet fruity green smoothie to ease into the idea and taste of blended greens. But for those of you who are more adventurous, this smoothie is a delicious healthy alkaline smoothie to include in your weekly eating regime. I think it tastes like liquid guacamole! YUMMO! I love cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower for boosting... Keep Reading
Piggies! My five blender inspired vegan Chow Tips are live. Honestly, as the writer of a humble vegetarian food blog, this was a dream come true! Please check them out on the Chow website or on You Tube and let me know what you think. I really welcome your feedback and would love you to post a comment on the Chow website too! I shared my quick easy vegan breakfast parfait (you can find the recipe for these breakfast bombs here); my favourite vegan apple pie smoothie (see recipe here); quick easy tips for how to clean your blender; how to make whole lemons into lemonade (for alternate recipe check out my velvet ginger lemonade here); one of my all-time favourite vegan recipes, my apple pie in a glass; and a one-pot vegan rice dish that can... Keep Reading
Today I am feeling more grateful than ever for my health. After what has been the most challenging year of my life I am finally back on the road to optimum vitality and abundance, and I owe so much to the extraordinary women in my life, who have nurtured me with love, understanding, compassion, and a lot of incredible comfort food! I owe a huge part of my recovery to Dr Elaine Carter who has changed my life, and to Sharon and Lois who work with her. Today we are celebrating another wonderful vegan recipe cooked up with these three wonderful women who have been such guiding lights and wonderful friends this year. I am grateful every day for their wisdom and insight. We have so much fun cooking together and sharing stories over delicious... Keep Reading
Fellow avocado lovers, today is your day! Prepare to dip your snouts in the avocado trough of Heaven. For those of you who have not yet embraced the joys of avocado – this avocado gazpacho just might intoxicate you! This quick and easy raw gazpacho is like “liquid guacamole” that kicked me into a pleasure-induced coma and that had me “coat-checking” my teeth and dreaming up a raw vegan recipe for a “taco in a glass”. Hmmm…food for thought. But for today, I continue my celebration of “all things gazpacho” inspired by Janet Mendel’s wonderful article in the LA Times Food Section. Janet posted an exotic white gazpacho recipe (Ajo blanco con uvas) - an unusual emulsion of white garlic, almonds and grapes that has its origins in the... Keep Reading
It is steaming hot outside! Too hot to cook. It is time to get naked and take a Summer dip.....right into Kurma’s inspired trough of Heaven that is! With all of these gorgeous Summer nights (no I am not going to break into a number from Grease for this dish) I have been existing on a very low maintenance raw vegan piggy diet of lettuce wraps slathered with scrumptious spreads. Whatever raw nuts have been dehydrated take a spin in the food processor with a handful of fresh herbs and spices, lime juice and sea salt, making a great base for rawlicious inspiration. I found a sad lonely little bag of green peas in my freezer the other night begging for a nutty match. As I lay my hands on those naked little beads my taste buds immediately... Keep Reading
This is my last Winter recipe for those of you in Australia, before I head back to enjoy the American Summer and all things raw! But it is really cold here in Melbourne and my body is crying out for something warm. Whenever I need a nourishing, strengthening gluten free Winter recipe I look no further than the whole foods recipe collection of Tony Chiodo. I got this fantastic creamy vegan cauliflower mash recipe about ten years ago when I took a series of macrobiotic cooking classes with Tony in Australia, and I have been chowing down on this cauliflower millet mash with gratitude ever since. Tony’s gentle, laid back approach to vegetarian cooking, and his philosophy of love and sharing quick easy recipes really appealed to me. I quickly... Keep Reading
