Are you including probiotic-rich foods in your diet? Including coconut water kefir, cultured vegetables, and this raw almond milk kefir have helped enormously to rebalance my inner eco-system, and restore my health and vitality. I wrote about many of these ideas in my how to section when I started the site a few years ago. But, it has been remiss of me not to have posted these very important recipes here on the blog. I will share these recipes in the next couple of months.   Those of you who have been following me for a while would be familiar with my life-long battle with candida. You can read more about my personal story here. But, just briefly, I had tried every anti-candida diet known to man, and nothing really worked until I... Keep Reading

Wondering how to make hemp milk? It is LOADED with protein and is super quick and easy. This hemp seed milk recipe is really basic, and you can adapt it to your taste preference. Best part is, you don't have to soak the seeds. So, you can be enjoying a glass of homemade hemp milk in literally minutes! Hemp is an incredibly powerful food, and I highly recommend including it in your weekly diet in any way possible. You can enjoy hemp four ways: hemp seeds, hemp protein powder, hemp oil, and hemp milk. Hemp seeds are extremely rich in vitamins, minerals, healthy plant based fats, antioxidants, fibre, live enzymes, and natural chlorophyll. Hemp is also an amazing source of Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty essential fatty acids, and contains... Keep Reading

We are into the third week of our Vega Giveaway. Congratulations to Heather Byrne and Tracey Gorham who are the first two winners. I will announce another lucky recipient on facebook and twitter at the end of this week. Good Luck :) I am so excited to share my favourite Vega Product and one of the greatest discoveries of the last two years -- Sacha Inchi Seeds, or, as Vega has called them, "Saviseeds". I first discovered sacha inchi seeds while reading Brendan Brazier's THRIVE FOODS book. I have raved about this book in so many posts, I would imagine you are all familiar with the book. If you are not, let me share with you one of the best nutrient-dense superfood vegan recipe books on the market. I have made almost every single... Keep Reading

Are you including sunflower seeds in your diet? Try making raw homemade sunflower seed milk as a delicious way to enjoy these nutritionally dense seeds. As with the homemade almond milk, cashew milk, macadamia milk, hazelnut milk, Brazil nut milk, coconut milk, rice milk, and pumpkin seed milk recipes I have posted, this raw homemade sunflower seed milk recipe is as easy as SOAK, BLEND, and DEVOUR, and makes a fabulous base for smoothies, ice creams, and desserts, and is a really interesting addition to savoury recipes like curries and stews. If you live in the U.S, sunflower seeds are local treasures. Sunflower seeds are the fruit of the sunflower that is native to North America and enjoyed by Native Americans for years. They are... Keep Reading

Are you including pumpkin seeds in your diet? If you don't enjoy chomping down on a handful of pepitas, try making raw pumpkin seed milk. It is LOADED with nutrients, and is absolutely delicious. As with the homemade almond milk, cashew milk, macadamia milk, hazelnut milk, Brazil nut milk, coconut milk, and rice milk recipes I have posted, this raw pumpkin seed milk recipe is as easy as SOAK, BLEND, and DEVOUR, and makes a fabulous base for smoothies, ice creams, and desserts. Pumpkin seed milk is a fun way to include these nutrient-rich seeds into your diet. Best of all, this food is native and local to the Americas! As squash was one of the first domesticated plants in the Americas, there is a long history of enjoying pepitas dating... Keep Reading

Homemade raw hazelnut milk is a culinary gift from the gods! I don’t tend to "milk" hazelnuts as much as other raw nuts and seeds, as my mind always wants to pair them with chocolate for decadent treats like pralines, chocolates tortes, home made ice creams, hazelnut butter, chocolate spread (Nutella) and chocolate pancakes! However, plain slightly sweetened hazelnut milk makes a delicious treat on it's own. It is a wonderful chilled drink, or can be mixed with some raw cacao for a chocolate hazelnut milk that is DIVINE! As with the homemade almond milk, cashew milk, macadamia milk, Brazil nut milk, coconut milk, and rice milk recipes I have posted, this raw hazelnut milk is as easy as SOAK, BLEND, and DEVOUR, and makes a fabulous base... Keep Reading

February is all about healthy smoothies to celebrate our VEGA Giveaway with Brendan Brazier. We will give away FOUR VEGA Prize Packs, and I will announce one lucky winner every week on Facebook and Twitter.  So, in honour of this fabulous giveaway, I am going to post some of my favourite smoothies recipes using the amazing VEGA products, as well as some other treats. Brendan is extremely passionate about nutrient density and nutritional diversity in his book, THRIVE FOODS. He uses a lot of different whole grains, nuts, seeds, and superfoods in his recipes.  I am going to use a of different plant based milks as the base for many of these smoothie recipes, and it occurred to me that I hadn't posted many of the vegan milks that I use on... Keep Reading

It is DAY 4 of our "Healthy Green Juicing with Omega" to celebrate our Omega Juicer Giveaway. Enter for your chance to WIN One of FIVE Omega Vert VRT350 Masticating Juicers. I will announce the first winner on Monday. I am SO excited! We started the first 3 days of the new year with Karen Kipp's 3 DAY Winter Juice Fast. It proved to be extremely popular, with many people following along on the Facebook Page, Facebook Group, and on my Healthy Holiday Detox Board featured in the 30 DAYS OF PINSPIRATION campaign on Pinterest.  Remember that Karen is offering a FREE Guided 3-Day Juice Fast with these recipes via a private Facebook Group January 18-20, 2013. You can sign up for free here. Karen will be available to moderate the group all... Keep Reading

Oh “happy day”! I get to celebrate all things cashew. Those of you who know me, are well acquainted with my cashew addiction. Those of you who are new to this recipe blog -- welcome to my obsession. Don’t be alarmed. I assure you, it is perfectly safe, and downright delicious. I will warn you though, it is highly contagious. But be comforted in the knowledge that you can enable this addiction, without too much collateral damage. Raw foodies, vegans, and vegetarians know all too well, the joys of the miraculous cashew. And yes, the joy extends far beyond throwing them in a salad or stir-fry. Which, hey, isn’t bad either! But there are a ton of other things you can exploit, the “all too compliant” cashew for. Cashews have long been one... Keep Reading

I don’t know about you, but I have never tasted anything made with raw coconut that I didn’t like. In fact, my love of all things coconut might just rival my love of avocados. Yep, a huge statement. But there it is. Confessions of a vegetarian food blogger. The thing that both of these incredible raw foods have in common, is that they are both nutritional powerhouses. Please indulge me for a moment. I am going to sing the praises of all-things-raw-coconut again. Raw coconut contains powerful antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral properties almost unmatched by any other food. The lauric and caprylic acids contained in coconuts are toxic to viruses and bacteria. But not healthy intestinal bacteria. It is high in saturated fat, and... Keep Reading