Happy Meatless Monday! Our Thrive Foods Direct Giveaway and celebration of easy, allergy free, vegan meal ideas and recipes continues to be popular on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Today, I am delighted to share this SENSATIONAL Allergy-Friendly Stuffed Acorn Squash with Millet, Spinach, Cranberries, and Hemp Seeds from Cybele Pascal's fabulous new cookbook, ALLERGY-FREE AND EASY COOKING 30-Minute Meals Without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish, and Sesame, that was released by Ten Speed Press in December 2012. I have been happily cooking my way through this book, as I have done previously with Cybele's other two bestselling books, THE ALLERGEN-FREE BAKER'S HANDBOOK and THE WHOLE FOODS ALLERGY... Keep Reading
The pH Miracle audiobook continues to sell like alkaline hotcakes since Scott and I announced it on Facebook last week. In case you missed Scott's story, you can read or listen to his incredible journey with cancer here. You can also read my more humourous account of how we came to narrate Dr Young's book here. We will begin recording the second book in the series some time in the next couple of months. I can't wait! It really has been quite a magical journey the last six months, and we are so grateful for our loyal readers and listeners, as well as the unwavering love and support from our beloved friends and family, who embraced our seemingly bizarre "green" liquid lifestyle with gusto and enthusiasm -- proving to be a glorious (and... Keep Reading
With the Thrive Foods Direct giveaway proving to be extremely popular, I am LOVING sharing quick, easy, healthy meal options to soften the blow for the rest of us who aren't lucky enough to win a week's worth of vegan meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) delivered! So, as promised, here is one of my all-time favourite alkaline dishes that ANYBODY can prepare in less than 15 minutes. I absolutely LOVE this raw, vegan cauliflower tabouli because it is super quick and easy, and absolutely delicious! Bursting with fresh flavours, live enzymes, and nutrients, this serves as a complete meal on it's own, or a yummy side dish. Those of you who have been following me for a while would be familiar with my tabouli obsession. I have honestly... Keep Reading
I cannot believe we're already into March! Where has the time gone? I have to start this month by thanking you for all of the lovely comments, facebook posts, tweets, and emails of love and support we have received since Scott and I shared our cancer story. We are utterly thrilled that so many of our readers and listeners have purchased The pH Miracle audiobook that we narrated, and have contacted us to express how inspiring it has been. We really appreciate each and every one of you. I am happy to report that Scott is living down at the ranch with Dr Young for the next couple of weeks, and not only is he nearing the end of his cancer treatment, he is also close to being insulin-free as well! As a type 1 diabetic, who has been... Keep Reading
It is DAY 31 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we celebrate the final day of our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway party with one of the most famous vegans in the world -- the super talented and HILARIOUS Ellen Degeneres, host of The Ellen Show. Ellen gave me permission to share her Easy Vegan Tofu Ceviche to close this event, and I was thrilled! This recipe is super quick and easy, and is bursting with fresh live enzymes and simple zesty flavours. The wildly popular Ellen Show celebrates it's 10th Season this year. Since debuting in 2003, the show has won 32 Daytime Emmy Awards, including four for Outstanding Talk Show; two awards for Outstanding Talk Show—Entertainment; and in many writing and technical... Keep Reading
It is DAY 30 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we celebrate our Breville Sous Chef Food Processor Giveaway today with the spectacular Mariel Hemgingway -- Actress, Presenter, Speaker, Environmental Activist, Best-Selling Author, and Yoga and Holistic Living GODDESS. Yes, Mariel is the granddaughter of illustrious author, Ernest Hemingway. However, Mariel has become famous in her own right for her talent as an actress, as well as her expertise in holistic living. At the tender age of thirteen, Mariel took Hollywood by storm with her debut performance in “Lipstick”. Four years later her work in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” earned her an Oscar nomination. She has since made thirty films, made numerous television appearances,... Keep Reading
It is DAY 29 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and I am humbled and honoured to be featuring the visionary leader of high-end vegan cuisine, the brilliant Eric Tucker, Executive Chef from the highly acclaimed Millennium Restaurant at the Savoy Hotel in San Francisco. Since this "Vegan Mecca" opened in 1994, it has been widely considered to be the best vegan restaurant in the world, gracefully setting the benchmark for sophisticated vegan cooking. Using exotic ingredients, subtly nuanced flavours, and absolutely exquisite presentation, Tucker and his team have elevated vegan cuisine to the level of fine dining. THE MILLENNIUM COOKBOOK shared many of their inspired gourmet vegan dishes with the home cook. In their second... Keep Reading
It is DAY 28 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and I am tickled pink to be featuring the stunningly gorgeous and hilarious Dreena Burton, Canadian Goddess, and wildly successful Vegan Chef, Best-Selling Cookbook Author, Award-Winning Recipe Developer, and Blogger Extraordinaire at Plant Powered Kitchen. I have admired Dreena and her AMAZING recipes for years, and was thrilled when the always generous JL Goes Vegan introduced us. We have since exchanged quite a few entertaining emails, and my Dreemy Crush has now developed into a full blown obsession! This sweet, humble, super talented woman and her recipes ROCK! So, come on a ride with me and fall in love with the captivating Dreena Burton. Dreena has been a vegan for... Keep Reading
It is DAY 27 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and I am delighted to celebrate the incredible Jennifer Cornbleet, celebrated Raw Food Chef, Recipe Developer, Instructor, long-time faculty member, and “teacher to the teachers” at the famous Living Light Culinary Institute in California. She is also author of the best-selling book, RAW FOOD MADE EASY FOR 1 or 2 PEOPLE REVISED. If you are a raw food beginner and want to learn everything there is to know about “going live,” Jenny is THE woman! I LOVE the fact that ANIMAL LIBERATION by my Aussie compatriot, Peter Singer, was one of the catalysts to Jenny becoming interested in vegetarianism. Then after being introduced to raw foods by the fabulous yoga instructor and... Keep Reading
It is DAY 22 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and it is an honour to open the third week of celebrations of our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway with three of the STARS of the vegan world, the FABULOUS Joy Pierson, Angel Ramos & Jorge Pineda from the highly acclaimed Candle 79 in NYC. They are graciously sharing their Famous Gluten Free Black Bean Chipotle Burgers from their incredible CANDLE 79 COOKBOOK. Do NOT miss making this delicious recipe and grabbing a copy of this amazing cookbook. The recipes in this book are seriously MIND BLOWING! This book takes pride of place in my kitchen, and would be one of my favourite cookbooks of all time. I LIVE at Candle 79 and Candle Cafe when I am in NYC. The Candle team... Keep Reading
