It is DAY 22 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we celebrate our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway with the FABULOUS Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, a.k.a The Healthy Voyager -- Holistic Nutritionist, Vegan Chef, Best Selling Cookbook Author of THE HEALTHY VOYAGER'S GLOBAL KITCHEN, LifeStyle Entrepreneur, and the Executive Producer, Creator, Writer, and Host of the wildly successful "The Healthy Voyager" web series, radio show, and website. If you don't know about this lovely lady, you are in for a treat! After graduating in 1998 from the University of Miami with an AA in Microbiology, a BS in Communications (Film), and a BA in Theatre Performance, Carolyn moved to Los Angeles and opened a Lifestyle and Entertainment... 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
It is DAY 30 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I have deliberately saved this lovely lady to last! Not only because we are nearing the end of August and moving into the California Food Literacy Month of September that she successfully lobbied for; but also because she is one of my very favourite food bloggers in the world! I speak of my friend, the FABULOUS Amber Stott, founder of California Food Literacy Center, and blogger extraodinaire at Awake at the Whisk. If you don't know Amber, well, you are just missing out on one of the most incredible women on the planet. Literally. I first met Amber at IFBC in 2011. I fell in love with her there, stayed in touch, and then hung out a whole lot more at BlogHer Food 2012 in Seattle... Keep Reading
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 28 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am delighted to feature the dazzling Kristen Suzanne from Kristen's Raw. If you are not acquainted with this lovely lady, then you are just letting some of the best in the raw foods world pass you by! Kristen is AMAZING. As a former competitive bodybuilder, Kristen Suzanne has been studying nutrition, fitness and food preparation for more than 15 years. She is now an accomplished raw vegan chef, and author helping people succeed with a raw foods lifestyle. Kristen has authored 12 incredible raw vegan recipe and lifestyle books, and through radio, television, classes, her newsletter, and very popular blog, Kristen's Raw, she is helping people all around the world to get the... Keep Reading
It is DAY 26 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am utterly thrilled to be featuring the wonderful Marie-Claire Hermans from Ravishing Raw. Marie-Claire is a raw food chef, author, and coach in Belgium, Europe and is a wonderful contributor for this Excalibur event because she specializes in making raw food look and taste like cooked food! This is especially helpful for raw food beginners who are craving cooked foods during their transitional period. You can also purchase the RAVISHING JUICE FAST, eBook, where Marie-Claire guides people through a cleansing juice fast for 3 weeks with thorough information to remove all toxins and rejuvenate your body safely. This fabulous eBook comes with a recipe for every day through the... Keep Reading
It is DAY 25 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and we continue to celebrate our Excalibur Dehydrator Giveaway with the gorgeous Cecilia Kinzie from Raw Glow. She has brought her fantastic raw vegan no nut carrot pulp cookies to the party, and these little morsels are DELICIOUS! What a FANTASTIC way to use leftover carrot pulp from your juicing! These cookies literally took me 10 minutes to make, before they were in my Excalibur dehydrator filling my house with the warm scent of Christmas! We had a dinner party while these babies were "baking" and, as people were entering the house, they all cried out in unison, "Wow, something smells AMAZING!" They then tasted these cookies, and were all scrambling in their purses to write down the... Keep Reading
It is DAY 26 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am delighted to feature the lovely Laura-Jane, AKA The Rawtarian. Laura-Jane is a passionate raw vegan chef dedicated to creating flavourful raw dishes that will inspire others to include more live foods in their diet. The Rawtarian has some fantastic raw food recipes. You can find delicious raw salads, raw soups, raw puddings, raw cakes; fantastic raw dehydrated crackers and breads; raw dehydrated cookies bars and loaves; and so much more. Some of my personal favourites are: raw taco meat, raw cream of celery soup, raw zucchini bread, raw lemon bars, raw eggnog, and one of her best recipes, the raw chocolate brownies with raw chocolate icing. YUMMO! These quick easy raw... Keep Reading
It is DAY 25 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and we continue our Excalibur 9-Tray Dehydrator Giveaway celebration with a fellow Aussie -- the wonderful Mark Valencia from Self Sufficient Me. I was introduced to Mark through Excalibur. They are HUGE fans of Mark's site, and I can see why! This website ROCKS! It is absolutely LOADED with tips and information for living a self sufficient lifestyle. Although Mark's main blog is based out of Bellmere, a small suburb in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 45kms north of Brisbane, this is a global community website. You can participate and share information about sustainable living in the global forum, Self Sufficient Culture, or the Self Sufficient You section. After... Keep Reading
It is DAY 25 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I am honoured to feature the inspiring and gorgeous Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram from Fully Raw, the founder of the largest raw, organic produce community cooperative in the USA, Rawfully Organic. If you don't know about this incredible woman, get acquainted. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, she has an EXTRAORDINARILY generous spirit. I am going to go as far as to proclaim her "A Living Mother Teresa." Kristina Gabrielle Carrillo-Bucaram is a leading visionary in the raw movement, especially in Houston, TX. Half Lebanese and half Ecuadorian, she is bilingual and shares the flavour of her cultures wherever she goes! Kristina studied Kinesiology, Health Science, Raw Foods, and... Keep Reading
