Happy St Patrick's Day! This is my favourite "non holiday season" celebration of the year, not just because I am part Irish (yes, I am a McDermott and an O'Sullivan), but because the entire world goes green with food! Yippppeeee! I thought long and hard about what special "green" recipe I was going to share to pay homage this year, and I decided on this raw, alkaline, sugar-free, cancer-friendly, diabetic-friendly mint pudding that Scott and other acutely ill patients could enjoy.  I have received literally hundreds of emails from readers and listeners who have read our cancer story, or listened to The pH Miracle, who have asked for help and support with recipes to aid their transition into a more alkaline lifestyle. I am going to... Keep Reading

After sharing my decadent chocolate hazelnut nutella smoothie yesterday, I wanted to share a more forgiving dessert for those of you on low sugar, low sodium, anti-candida, anti-cancer, alkaline diets, or for those of you health conscious foodies who want something delicious without all of the sugar! Well, I don't mind tooting my own horn and proclaiming that I have hit the JACKPOT with this "pumpkin pie" smoothie that is vegan, alkaline, and sugar free!  I created this delectable recipe as a Valentine's Day surprise for Scott, who has been maintaining a strict vegan, alkaline diet. He has had nothing sweeter than a carrot stick in over six months. I know it may seem a little odd to post a pumpkin recipe at this time of the year. But... Keep Reading

It is Valentine's Day this week, and I have been saving my most decadent "make your sweetheart weak at the knees" chocolate hazelnut shake for this occasion. Valentine's Day is a fabulous excuse to spoil yourself and your special somebody, and this "liquid nutella" delivers in spectacular fashion.  I am going to offer a disclaimer right off the bat and say that this is NOT a low-calorie "healthy" smoothie. This shake is luxurious, decadent, and ALL about the FUN! "Hello, My Name is Tess, and I am a Chocoholic." Today, I am giving myself permission to enable my addiction with reckless abandon. Hazelnuts and chocolate are a culinary match made in heaven, and this shake is a blendaholic's orgy! LOL! It will seriously rock your world.  I... Keep Reading

Well, it is Christmas eve here in Australia! My extended family has just arrived, and my mum, sister, aunties, and cousins are cooking up a storm getting ready for our Fisher Family Christmas Extravaganza. Four days of non-stop of celebration! Those of you who have been following me for a while may remember that I celebrate Christmas every second year with my mother’s extended family, and every other year with Scott’s family in America. Scott just arrived yesterday for his first visit to Australia, and I can’t wait to show him all the sights and have him meet all of my beloved friends and family. He is sleeping beside me as I type this, catching up on some much needed rest before the festivities begin. He has a lot of names to... Keep Reading

I just arrived in Australia for my month-long vacation, and it is so wonderful to be home with my family! I spent the last few days in L.A creating some new allergy free recipes I could make with my niece, Alexandra this holiday season, and we have already whipped up a batch of this vegan pumpkin pie ice cream to share with everybody on Christmas day. This super easy recipe is a delightful nut-free alternative for people unable to use almonds, cashews and pecans this holiday season. I know that coconuts have now been officially classified as "nuts", but for the purposes of this recipe, I am referring to tree nuts.  I tried a few variations of this ice cream, and this blend yielded a rich creamy consistency and light flavour. I will... Keep Reading

We continue DAY 20 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and celebrate our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway with my dear friend, Maura Knowles, founder of the incredible Mac-n-Mo's. If you are a Diabetic, or are looking for incredible Diabetic-Friendly, Sugar-Free, Low Sodium baking mixes and treats, this lovely lady is about to become your new best friend! Some of you may be familiar with the videos Maura and I presented together last year when we featured her Gluten Free Vegan Banana Mini Loaf, Vegan Minty Cocoa Balls, and Gluten Free Vegan Veggie Pot Pies all made with her fabulous Mac-n-Mo's Morselicious All-Purpose Baking Mix. Maura is building a "Morselicious" Treat Empire, and her mission: "Changing The Way We... Keep Reading

It is DAY 5 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and I am super excited to celebrate "All Things Hannah Kaminsky." Hannah is an accomplished Chef, Recipe Developer, Food Stylist, Prop Stylist, and extraordinary Food Photographer. If you don't know about this incredible woman, then you are missing out on one of the great creative culinary talents in the United States! So let me acquaint you; and all I can say is, you are in for a treat! I deliberately use the word "treat" because that is what Hannah Kaminsky specializes in -- Incredible Vegan Sweet Treats! Hannah is the author of three AMAZING vegan dessert cookbooks: MY SWEET VEGAN, VEGAN DESSERTS, and VEGAN A LA MODE which was released this past Summer. I have well-loved... Keep Reading

Here's another one of my favourite frozen dessert recipes from the Vitamix Recipe Center. This quick easy vegan pineapple freeze tastes just like instant tropical frozen yoghurt. It is SO easy and SO delicious. The best thing about this recipe, besides the fact that it takes literally under a minute to make, is that is utilizes three simple ingredients: pineapple, lime juice, and tofu. It also contains NO added sugar! You gotta love that :) This frozen treat is creamy and sweet with a slight tang, and stikes a gorgeous balance for a dessert that you don't have to coat-check your colon to enjoy! If you can't eat soy, substitute the tofu with a bit of rice milk, hemp milk, almond milk etc, or try adding in some fresh coconut meat or... Keep Reading

This is the last week of our fabulous Vitamix Giveaway. If you haven't entered yet, don't miss out on your chance to win a Vitamix 750 Professional Series valued at $689! We end out month of fabulous recipes from the Vitamix Recipe Center with TREATS! Yippppeeee! I have saved the best for last. A week of quick easy desserts and soups! YUMMO! This Spiced Strawberry Ice Cream is my absolute FAVOURITE recipe in the Vitamix Recipe Center. It is super quick and easy and absolutely DELICIOUS. This scrumptious blend strikes a fabulous balance between sweet and spicy and is hard to quit eating! I fell in love with this recipe after filming the Vitamix Recipe Video. This video shows just how easy it is to make this yummy treat in seconds by... Keep Reading

It is DAY 31, the last day of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and we have had an incredible month of delicious raw vegan recipes all made in the Excalibur Dehydrator. It has been quite a party! I would like to thank each and every one of my incredible guests for their gracious participation and generosity sharing the delicious creations they whipped up in their Excalibur Dehydrator. One of my readers emailed me saying, "August was like dehydrating 101!" I couldn't agree more. If you don't have one of these babies yet you can either enter this month's giveaway to win a 9-tray dehydrator, or you can just purchase one now and receive 10% OFF and FREE shipping using coupon code: BlenderGirlEXC.  So let's just recap for those of you who... Keep Reading