I don’t know about you, but I grew up with SodaStream. When I was growing up in Australia, commercial soda was reserved for guests and special occasions. My mother was very strict about healthy eating, and even natural soda was a treat. But whenever we were allowed to indulge, we made our own homemade sodas using fresh lemon, lime, and orange juice. It was a sad day, when we packed up the SodaStream! It, along with many of my childhood possessions, were boxed up and put in storage when we moved to Singapore in the late 80’s. We never found the SodaStream when we moved back to Australia more than 12 years later. However, I would satisfy my SodaStream addiction whenever I would visit my friends, Stephanie and Rod, and their children... Keep Reading
Piggies! The day has finally come! It is DAY 31 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month - the last day to enter our VItamix 5200 giveaway. I am SO excited to announce the winner tomorrow! I have been overwhelmed with the response to this giveaway. It has just been incredible. Thankyou for all of your amazing support this month. I must admit, I am exhausted! LOL! But it has been a lot of fun sharing these delicious Vitamix blender recipes, and receiving all of your comments, facebook posts, and tweets. I am just sorry there will be only be one winner. I wish I could give every person who entered a machine! If you are not the lucky winner, fear not. I will do another Vitamix giveaway later in the year! Also, don't forget that you can purchase... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 21 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month to celebrate our Vitamix 5200 giveaway. There is still 10 days left to get your hands on this amazing blender! To enter, simply create a piggy name, enter your email address, and share on Twitter and Facebook for bonus entries. Good Luck! My "easy peasy" blender pies have been incredibly popular, and they are still some of my most requested recipes. When my honey lemon blender pie was featured by Udi's Gluten Free Foods last year, 11,000 people came to check out that easy peasy pie in 1 day! Needless to say, I was overwhelmed with emails of piggy love after people had sampled it. Many of those people became "blender pie devotees" and hopped into the gluten free blender pecan pie and blender... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 13 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month to celebrate our Vitamix 5200 giveaway. Don't miss out on your chance to win this amazing blender. Enter and share on Facebook and Twitter for bonus entries. Every time somebody else mentions your piggy name in a subsequent entry, you both get a bonus entry. Good Luck! It is Friday the 13th, so I decided post a "live on the edge" decadent chocolate cake today. I am sharing this recipe in honour of my friend Olivia, who LOVES jaffas! For those of you who are not familiar with "Jaffas", they are iconic Australian chocolates with a chewy chocolate centre that is covered with an orange flavoured reddish coloured confectionary. "Jaffas" get their name from the Jaffa Orange. These sickly sweet... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 9 in our "I LOVE Vitamix" month to celebrate our amazing Vitamix Giveaway. Enter for your chance to win this fantastic blender, and share on Twitter and Facebook for bonus entries. Good Luck! We continue week two with Vitamix Recipe #9: Raw Vegan Gluten Free Carrot Cake Pudding. This raw vegan mousse is quick, easy, and delicious. I don't want to mislead you and pretend this can replace a delectable piece of gluten free vegan carrot cake. Sadly, it cannot. However, if you are not inclined to bake and want a little taste of some of the notes of a carrot cake, this pudding hits the spot. I decided to try a variation-on-a-theme after the success of my raw vegan spicy orange cranberry mousse and spicy vegan sweet potato... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 4 of "I Love Vitamix" month in honour of my amazing Vitamix 5200 Giveaway. Don't miss out on your chance to win what will become your best healthy friend in the kitchen! Simply create a piggy name and enter your email address for your chance to win. Then share on Facebook and Twitter for bonus entries. Every time your piggy name is mentioned in an entry, you get a bonus entry! So, share share share to get your hands on that Vitamix! Today is a special day for another reason. I am thrilled to be featuring the amazing Vibeke Vale as the January Pig Of The Month. Vibeke is a personal vegan chef and one of the most inspiring and knowlegable people I know in the vegan/vegetarian world. Check out her wonderful blog, Vegan... Keep Reading
Piggies, I cannot believe Christmas is on Sunday! I am like a child opening up an advent calender counting down the days until I can open the big prize at the end. For me, that would be a wonderful day with my mum, dad, family and friends. I am so grateful to have my lovely parents here for a whole month! My mum and I have already been cooking up a storm. Yes, I will be sharing the fruits of our labour over the coming months! Those of you who were following me this time last year might remember me explaining our family Christmas traditions, where we spend every second year with my mum's extended family hosting a four-day-feast in a different Australian city. On the alternate year, everyone spends Christmas with their in-laws. My sister... Keep Reading
Piggies, today I am sharing the last of my "blender-inspired" recipes in my four month of guest posts with Recipe Relay. Check out this amazing website where cooks create recipes "relaying" local seasonal ingredients off each other. I love this idea. It is so different from other recipe sites out there. I started my series with my zesty ginger lemonade made with whole lemons; then moved onto my creamy vegan butternut squash soup; and then shared (what turned out to be a very popular) raw vegan spicy cranberry mousse. I had planned to finish my time with Recipe Relay by sharing a delectable vegan maple pecan sweet potato pie that has had me rubbing my belly with piggy pride after scoffing three slices in one sitting on more than one... Keep Reading
Piggies, I shared this delicious raw vegan orange cranberry mousse as part of my blender-inspired series for Recipe Relay last week, and I thought it only fair that I share it here. I love home made cranberry sauce with the delicious blend of sweet and spicy! Cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg just scream autumn to me, and I feel warm and comforted. I was craving those flavours the other day, so I had the idea of creating a super quick and easy spiced cranberry mousse that I could serve at holiday dinners. I have a penchant for quick blender mousses using avocado as the base. “God’s butter” never lets me down and serves as a wonderful blank canvas for inspiration. After blending and tasting this mousse for over half an hour and devouring half of... Keep Reading
Happy November Piggies! I say this, not only because it marks the official start of the holiday season in my world; but it is also exactly 45 sleeps until my mum and dad arrive for their month-long Christmas visit! I cannot wait! If that isn’t enough, we are also celebrating the official launch of our piggy giveaway competitions here at Healthy Blender Recipes. Make sure you enter for chance to win an organic skincare pack from Zaaina Skincare valued at $125. There will be some more fantastic giveaways leading up to Christmas listed here on the website, as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages, so be sure to check back every week for a chance to take home the piggy loot! I don’t know about you, but in my house we celebrate with cake! So,... Keep Reading
