It is DAY 22 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we celebrate our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway with the FABULOUS Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, a.k.a The Healthy Voyager -- Holistic Nutritionist, Vegan Chef, Best Selling Cookbook Author of THE HEALTHY VOYAGER'S GLOBAL KITCHEN, LifeStyle Entrepreneur, and the Executive Producer, Creator, Writer, and Host of the wildly successful "The Healthy Voyager" web series, radio show, and website. If you don't know about this lovely lady, you are in for a treat!  After graduating in 1998 from the University of Miami with an AA in Microbiology, a BS in Communications (Film), and a BA in Theatre Performance, Carolyn moved to Los Angeles and opened a Lifestyle and Entertainment... Keep Reading

It is DAY 28 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am delighted to feature the dazzling Kristen Suzanne from Kristen's Raw. If you are not acquainted with this lovely lady, then you are just letting some of the best in the raw foods world pass you by! Kristen is AMAZING.  As a former competitive bodybuilder, Kristen Suzanne has been studying nutrition, fitness and food preparation for more than 15 years. She is now an accomplished raw vegan chef, and author helping people succeed with a raw foods lifestyle. Kristen has authored 12 incredible raw vegan recipe and lifestyle books, and through radio, television, classes, her newsletter, and very popular blog, Kristen's Raw, she is helping people all around the world to get the... Keep Reading

It is DAY 26 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am delighted to feature the lovely Laura-Jane, AKA The Rawtarian. Laura-Jane is a passionate raw vegan chef dedicated to creating flavourful raw dishes that will inspire others to include more live foods in their diet.  The Rawtarian has some fantastic raw food recipes. You can find delicious raw salads, raw soups, raw puddings, raw cakes; fantastic raw dehydrated crackers and breads; raw dehydrated cookies bars and loaves; and so much more. Some of my personal favourites are: raw taco meat, raw cream of celery soup, raw zucchini bread, raw lemon bars, raw eggnog, and one of her best recipes, the raw chocolate brownies with raw chocolate icing. YUMMO!  These quick easy raw... Keep Reading

It is DAY 25 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am honoured to feature the inspiring and gorgeous Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram from Fully Raw, the founder of the largest raw, organic produce community cooperative in the USA, Rawfully Organic. If you don't know about this incredible woman, get acquainted. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, she has an EXTRAORDINARILY generous spirit. I am going to go as far as to proclaim her "A Living Mother Teresa." Kristina Gabrielle Carrillo-Bucaram is a leading visionary in the raw movement, especially in Houston, TX.  Half Lebanese and half Ecuadorian, she is bilingual and shares the flavour of her cultures wherever she goes! Kristina studied Kinesiology, Health Science, Raw Foods, and... Keep Reading

It is DAY 22 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am thrilled to be featuring the incredible Matt Amsden from Euphoria Loves Rawvolution and Rawvolution. I absolutely love Matt's books, RAWVOLUTION and THE RAWVOLUTION CONTINUES and eat at his fabulous restaurant in Santa Monica almost every week. The buddha bites, sea dragon roll, and spirulina warrior shake make me swoon! I am in NYC for the rest of the year, and am becoming a frequent visitor at the East Village location.  If you are not in L.A or NYC, Matt's book RAWVOLUTION has tons of SUPER EASY raw food recipes you can sample. I love the cactus salad, spirulina pie, raw pizza, and the signature "Big Matt with Cheese." The raw food recipes are organized by type, level of... Keep Reading

It is DAY 18 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and we celebrate our fantastic Excalibur Dehydrator Giveaway with my lovely Aussie friend, Robyn Law from Girl On Raw. Robyn and I were introduced by our mutual friend, Kellie a few years ago; and although we have never met in person, remain great virtual buddies. Robyn was one of the first people I connected with in the raw food community when I started my blog, and so I just could never have done this raw vegan event without her. You are in for a treat, because she has brought two delicious super easy raw recipes to the party today.  This capri cheese and raw vegan garlic and rosemary crackers are AMAZING. Not only do they have fantastic flavour, but they are SUPER EASY too. These... Keep Reading

It is DAY 8 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I delighted to introduce you to the incredible Sheleana Breakell and Caleb Jennings from the Young and Raw blog. Where do I start describing this dynamic duo? Young and Raw, Strong and Open, Wise and Humble, Generous and Caring. Yep! That just about says it all. Well... not quite.  So, who are these two? Sheleana and Caleb met in Vancouver Canada, and after talking with Preet Marwaha from Organic Lives, who suggested they adopt a raw vegan lifestyle in order to eradicate Sheleana's chronic health problems, successfully transformed their lives with the power of live foods. On a raw foods diet, Sheleana lost 45lbs, healed her body of infertility, re-balanced her energy from extreme... Keep Reading

It is DAY 3 of Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur, and after opening with the lovely Carol Alt and Sarma Melngailis, we have another POWERHOUSE lady in the raw foods community for you today! If you are interested in raw foods, healthy living and sustainability (and hopefully you all are nodding your piggy heads right now) you absolutely need to know the gorgeous Blythe Metz, host of the PHENOMENAL web series Blythe Raw Live.  This weekly one hour live show, partnered with WyTV, airs every Friday at 12PM PT on Ustream or BlyththeRaw.com.  I LOVE this show and never miss it. Every week is an entertaining learning experience, and you can participate in the live chat as the show is streaming. Blythe interviews leading experts in natural... Keep Reading

Piggies! It is DAY 28 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and we celebrate the last 3 days of our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious gluten free vegan garlic rosemary crackers created by Kalinda Piper from Wheat Free Meat Free. These crackers have a delicious flavour and texture using a mixture of almond meal, sorghum flour, and potato starch, and binding it all together with flaxmeal. Aren't flaxseeds a gift from the Gods in the gluten free vegan world?! Just AMAZING! If you have never made crackers before, give it a go! You will be surprised at how easy it is! Kalinda's crackers are wonderful with vegan dips and spreads, or with a delicious salad or soup.  Kalinda says about rolling the crackers, "A lot of cracker... Keep Reading

Piggies! It is DAY 17 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, and today we celebrate our 7QT Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious gluten free vegan crackers from the fabulous Maggie Savage of She Let Them Eat Cake. Is that not the best name for a blog ever?! It immediately conjures up images of love and fun, and that is EXACTLY what this lovely lady is about. I utterly ADORE her, and I feel certain that once you familiarize yourself with her gorgeous blog, you will too! It is pretty hard not to. Not only are her gluten free vegan recipes delicious, they are made with organic whole ingredients and a whole lotta heart! Maggie also shares my obsession with smoothies! What can I say? That ALWAYS scores extra points in my trough!... Keep Reading