Piggies! It is DAY 26 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month, and we are into the last week of our fabulous Vitamix 5200 giveaway. If you haven't entered yet, don't miss out on your chance to win the world's best high speed blender! Share the link and a prompt to "mention your piggy name" on Facebook and Twitter, and every time your piggy name gets mentioned in a subsequent entry you both get a bonus entry. So share like crazy to increase your chances of winning! Good Luck! Today we are celebrating with some tropical magic with Vitamix Recipe #26: Raw Vegan Pineapple Ginger Sorbet. I LOVE making raw vegan ice cream in my Vitamix, and it doesn't get much easier than this recipe. Just throw all of the ingredients in your high speed blender and devour. If... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 16 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month to celebrate our fantastic Vitamix 5200 Giveaway! Don't miss out on your chance to win the Rolls Royce of blenders! Simply create a piggy name, enter your email address and share on Twitter and Facebook with your friends, family, and followers. Every time your piggy name gets mentioned in a subsequent entry you both get a bonus entry. Good Luck! We continue our celebration with one of my favourite healthy homemade ice cream recipes. Vitamix Recipe #16: Vegan Japanese Black Sesame Ice Cream. This recipe is quick and easy, tastes delicious, has a fabulous balance of sweet and savoury, and is a little bit different from conventional ice cream flavours. If you have never eaten black sesame ice... 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
It seems I didn’t go to enough meetings this week and the raw chocolate coconut butter did not quite take care of my vegan chocolate fix. My chocoholism is in control today and I am posting another delectable vegan chocolate treat that promises to kick even the most sober cream dreamer and cacaoholic back into denial. Today we move onto step three in our twelve step program – “pairing hazelnuts with chocolate in Nutella requires us to make amends with our colons. But if we make vegan hazelnut cacao ice cream with natural sweeteners we can indulge without any letters of apology”. I was watching the morning news this morning and a commercial came on advertising Nutella spread as a wonderful way to get children to eat breakfast! I believe it... Keep Reading
Oh! Happy day when I get to share my love of all things coconut. Coconut lovers, today I am sharing the keys to coconut nirvana; and the best thing about this key is you don’t have to put on your mechanical goggles, pick up your cleaver and crack any raw coconuts to use it! This quick and easy vegan coconut ice cream is as simple as open, pour, stir, blend, chill, churn and devour. As long as you can use a can opener, you can be chowing down on fresh vegan coconut ice cream in a matter of hours. Perfect for those of you who have written to me bemoaning the fact that you will never crack open a coconut! The only trouble with this Thai coconut ice cream is learning how to stop at one scoop! It is absolutely delicious. I was first introduced... Keep Reading
OK. So I couldn’t stand not having any coconut ice cream in the freezer! Last post I made some raw banana ice cream, after mournfully closing my freezer, having made the sad discovery that there was no coconut meat left! As good as that banana ice cream was, I simply had to grab a couple of cases of Young Thai Coconuts, and spent the whole afternoon smashing coconuts on the deck, and making raw vegan ice cream in various flavours. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon. Well, the last part that ended with me enjoying two tubs of home made vegan ice cream while watching “Pride and Prejudice”. Jane Austen and a tub of guilt-free raw vanilla ice cream? Does life get any sweeter than that? I really cannot rave enough about how fantastic this... Keep Reading
I am going to warn you straight off the bat before I proceed any further - this raw vegan banana ice cream is hard to quit eating! So if you are prepared for a few extra calories on the lips and hips and get excited by bananas, then look no further than this delectable vegan cashew ice cream, that can literally be blended up in 5 minutes. Well, half an hour if you include the time churning in the ice cream maker. But you can walk around the house doing other things while the machine is working it’s magic! I will say, that you will need a high speed blender such as Vitamix in order to make a vegan cashew ice cream with a really creamy texture. A regular blender will yield a more grainy result. I came up with the recipe for this raw vegan... Keep Reading
This avocado ice cream recipe is affectionately dedicated to pigs far and wide who share my obsession and great love of “all things avocado”. I posted my raw avocado smoothie recipe some time ago to introduce my great love of this divine fruit. I thought I would share another avocado recipe, that takes the smoothie to another level. Avocado ice cream! Have you ever had it? I know some of you are screwing up your noses with skepticism about dairy free ice cream made out of avocado. But I know you avocado lovers are wetting your snouts with excited anticipation. This avocado ice cream is like a frozen avocado with a little something extra. If you are an avocado lover, it is downright delicious. For those of you not fond of avocados, see you... Keep Reading
There is nothing more refreshing on a stinking hot Summer’s day than a fresh lemon granita or sorbet. It was a scorcher of a day last week and and I couldn’t help wishing I was back in Italy dipping my spoon into a zesty home made lemon granita overlooking the crystal clear blue water of Positano. Oh My! That brings back memories of what would have to be one of the most memorable holidays of my life. I had just finished touring with a theatre show in Europe, and decided to spend a few lazy months exploring Italy on my way home. I should mention that this sadly marked the end of my strict Macrobiotic ways! I have always been a firm believer that the best way to immerse yourself in a culture is to live like a local, have a go at speaking... Keep Reading
