It is DAY 28 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am delighted to feature the GORGEOUS Christy Smith from Whole To Healthy. Excalibur introduced me to Christy, and I immediately fell in love with her warmth, enthusiasm, and humility. This lovely lady was nervous about her recipe being featured, and then delivers this INCREDIBLE SHOW STOPPING raw vegan dessert. HA! I served her raw vegan pumpkin layer cake to my dinner guests last week, and after one bite of what I promised would be Piggy HEEEEVEN they were all scrambling for note books to scribble down the recipe. Do NOT be put off by the apparent fiddly work. This dessert is a game changer. YUMMO!   Delicious sweet morsels of pleasure are Christy's specialty! Like me, Christy is... Keep Reading

It is DAY 5 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I have an INCREDIBLE Sunday brunch treat on the menu today. These delicious raw lavender blintzes with blackberry syrup are the handiwork of the lovely Natalia, raw food chef and shamanic practitioner from NataliaNW. Natalia works with her clients on a physical and energetic level to facilitate profound transformations toward optimum health through a unique blend of shamanic energy medicine and pure healing foods.  Natalia advocates "a pure, organic, plant based diet, high in living foods. A pure diet cleanses us in body, mind and spirit. It is these foods that bring us to new levels of vitality and radiance while activating our intuition and spiritual connection." I am absolutely... Keep Reading

Piggies! As this is Memorial Day, I thought I would share one of my favourite quick easy desserts that I am serving up today. This nifty little idea looks impressive, and turns the simple into the sublime in minutes. After all, who doesn't enjoy a delicious ice cream sundae? This is a creative way to serve them. I freeze mine in cupcake liners sitting in cold muffin tins, as I've found this yields the best results. But you could also roll the ice cream, freeze it, and serve it straight onto a plate with some couli, or arrange them in cocktail glasses with some chocolate sauce. YUM! I just like the idea of little ice cream cakes!  The beauty of this recipe is that there is NO FIXED RECIPE! You can choose any ice cream you like, and roll... Keep Reading

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