Piggies! It is DAY 27 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month, and we are on the home stretch of our Vitamix giveaway celebration. Just 5 days left to enter for your chance to win the best blender on the planet! Create a piggy name and then share it with the link to the giveaway on Twitter and Facebook to increase your chances of winning! I am SO excited to see who wins! I can't wait to tell them!! Today we are celebrating with Vitamix Recipe #27: Raw Vegan Healthy Sugar Free Raspberry Jam. Now, I don't eat preserves, jams, and jellies very often. But when I do, I always make my own, so I can control the quality of the ingredients and the level of sugar! I was at my friend Kris's house last year, and she was making home made apricot jam with a bucket... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 25 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month and we are into our last week of the Vitamix 5200 giveway. Only 7 days left to get your hands on the best blender on the planet! Enter and share your piggy name on Twitter and Facebook for bonus entries. Good Luck! Today I am posting one of my favourite guilty pleasures - home made vegan chocolate hazelnut spread. I was reminded of this naughty little recipe when my friend, Mika, texted me yesterday requesting an alternative to peanut butter for her son, Kai, who refuses to put anything else on his toast! I gave them a Vitamix for Christmas, and suggested they make their own flavoured nut butters in their blender, and then move onto fruit spreads and then healthier vegetable spreads like the... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 11 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month and the Vitamix Giveaway is going off like a cracker. We have had almost 15,000 hits to this giveaway in the last 11 days! Pretty incredible. Don't miss out on your chance to win a Vitamix 5200 blender. Simply create a piggy name, enter your email address and share on Twitter and Facebook for bonus entries. Every time your piggy name gets mentioned you get a bonus entry! So here is Vitamix Recipe #11: Raw Vegan Sun Dried Tomato & Red Pepper No Bean Hummus. I love this recipe because it is ridiculously quick and easy, and is loaded with flavour. You will need a high speed blender in order to get a really smooth creamy consistency. However, if you don't have a Vitamix you can make this dip in... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 2 of "I Love Vitamix" month in honour of my amazing Vitamix Giveaway! We had literally over 2,000 hits to the giveaway in Day 1! Just sensational. Don't miss out on YOUR chance to win a Vitamix 5200 blender. Here's how you do it: 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 by somebody else, you get a bonus entry! So, enter and share to get your hands on a piece of kitchen magic! I use my Vitamix at least 3 times a day to make all kinds of healthy blender recipes, and I am posting a delicious Vitamix recipe every day for the month of January to celebrate this amazing blender that I think is the... Keep Reading
Piggies! it's official. I have a serious girl crush on the delightful Eva Rawposa and Venita Hale from Uncooking 101. Those HBR piggies who tried Eva's "better-than-tequila" margarita have felt the love! Those of you who haven't had a chance to see what all the fuss is about, check out her amazing RAWkstar recipes on her raw recipe blog and indulge. There is something for everyone, from really simple "blend and pour" recipes (which we piggies LOVE) to more detailed salads and other delicious healthy meal ideas. But her raw recipes all have one thing in common: they are made with healthy live whole foods and enzymes, and are bursting with flavour and nutrition. I have tried a TON of the raw recipes off this site and it really IS... Keep Reading
OK - piggy announcements! First and foremost - It is official. FeedBURNER has successfully burnt through the last of my "piggy-zen" patience, which was already in short supply. You will be thrilled to learn that, at Max's suggestion, we have changed the subscription and feed settings, so that all recipe posts feed directly from the site - giving me greater control; and hopefully curing the email diarrhoea that has been spamming your inboxes in a relentless and annoying fashion akin to the desperate invasive techniques used by paparazzi stalkers. A big piggy "Thankyou" to all of you who have continued to roll around in this new trough with a wink and a snort, despite the frustrating technical glitches that have unfortunately plagued our... Keep Reading
Some time ago, I made this phenomenal vegan roasted beetroot dip that was one of the most incredible vegan dips I have ever tasted. I have been dreaming about it ever since my first bite of piggy Heaven and thought it was time I perfected the blend and shared the best kept secret in the beet-loving world. Actually, let me re-phrase that and say "the dip loving" world. I shared this scrumptious beetroot dip with Kris and Courtney (AKA my staunch beet-phobe skeptics) who took their first bite with a dreaded wince that quickly turned into a look of orgasmic surprise coupled with a mouse-like falsetto cry of "I didn't know beets could taste this good"! Suffice to say -- they are now beet-loving converts. If anyone says they don't like beets -... Keep Reading
It’s time to blend and dip again! You know I am always on the hunt for another “show stopping” vegan dip to add to my whole foods repertoire. For those of you who are new to this crazy vegetarian recipe blog – welcome to another one of my blending obsessions! Who can forget the raw creamy cashew dip, green pea chutney or muhammara? Oh! Show Me the Way to Piggy Heaven! I grabbed a bunch of organic spinach out of the fridge yesterday and was just about to throw it in the blender (my Vitamix) to make a green smoothieg, when the carrot and celery sticks in the crisper cried out in desperation begging to dip into the Eden Alley vegan spinach dip trough. As my mouth started salivating and my taste buds began dancing in memory of the moment I... Keep Reading
My father always tells me that happiness is tied up in expectations. If you keep your expectations in a realistic place, you are less likely to be disappointed. I have found this advice to be true in all aspects of life; and I offer it up today when making this raw vegan cashew cheese. Don’t get me wrong -- this raw vegan spread is absolutely scrumptious. But if you turn on your food processor expecting this to taste exactly like cheese made from cow’s milk, you might be a little disappointed. Conversely, if you think of it as an raw vegan allergy free alternative to dairy cheeses, or a delicious raw vegan spread to flavour dishes, you will be thrilled with the results. Greedy snouts dipping into this “vegan cashew cheese” usually say 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
