Piggies! It is DAY 27 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, and we celebrate our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious super easy gluten free vegan pizza buns created by the fabulous Megan Lust from The Gluten Free Vegan. I LOVE Megan's tag line, "It's Gluten Free. It's Vegan. It Actually Tastes Good" and these pizza buns taste GOOOOOOD! They are quick and easy, and Megan even shows you how to make them in her You Tube Video. I absolutely LOVE Daiya Cheese! It just HAS to be the BEST vegan cheese on the planet, and Megan uses it in spectacular fashion here! These pizza buns were gobbled up in record speed at our movie night last weekend. YUMMO! Everybody asked for the recipe! I prompted turned on Megan's video!... Keep Reading
Piggies! You are in for a treat today, because I am going to introduce you to Fresh N Lean -- my favourite vegan meal delivery service that will CHANGE YOUR LIFE! The vegan meals that this company prepares and delivers right to your door will ROCK YOUR WORLD. I had the pleasure of visiting their commercial kitchen and headquarters in Marina Del Rey, CA, and tasted many of their incredible recipes. One bite of their lasagne and I was hooked...along with hundreds of other people, as they revealed it was their most popular recipe! I, of course, boldly asked if I could have the recipe to share with you, and guess what? They not only gave me the recipe, but granted permission to publish it here! WOW! Talk about a shining example of, "Don't Ask,... Keep Reading
Piggies! I cannot believe I haven't shared my favourite homemade vegan tomato pasta sauce recipe until now. Just like the chunky vegetable soup recipe I shared last week, I make this vegetarian tomato pasta sauce recipe so often for my niece, that I forget to post it! LOL! I was actually prompted to post this by one of my favourite readers, Eric, who wrote to me for some advice about how to sneak more vegetables into his son, Tony's diet. Tony was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 5, and at age of 10, has undergone almost 30 rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. Becauese of these procedures, Tony is extremely sensitive to certain flavours and doesn't eat a lot of vegetables. I had the pleasure of speaking to Eric on the phone, in order... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 29 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month and we are down to the last 3 days of our fantastic Vitamix giveaway. It has been an amazing month of celebration and the response to this giveaway has been literally mind blowing! It appears a lot of healthy piggies want to get their hands on a Vitamix 5200 blender! Don't miss out on your chance to win. To enter, simply create a piggy name, enter your email address, and then share on Twitter and Facebook for bonus entries. Every time your piggy gets name gets mentioned in a subsequent entry, you both get a bonus entry! Good Luck! Today we continue our love affair with all things well blender with Vitamix Recipe #29: Gluten Free Vegan Mac N Cheese. This quick easy pasta dish is simple and... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 23 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month and we continue the celebration of our Vitamix 5200 giveaway. If you haven't entered yet, create a piggy name, enter your email address and share on Facebook and Twitter for bonus entries! Today I am sharing one of my favourite quick easy healthy raw vegan meals: Vitamix Recipe #23: Raw Vegan Spaghetti Marinara with "No Meat" Balls. If you are looking for a delicious healthy low-carb meal, this is it! The meat balls are optional. If you can't be bothered making them, this is still a satisfying meal. I just include them to sneak in some more veggies and nutrition, and to make the dish a little bit more filling. If you are looking to make this dish nut free, just leave them out. I have... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 10 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month, and we are giving away a fabulous Vitamix 5200. Don't miss out on your chance to win! Enter, and share on Facebook and Twitter for bonus entries. The more your piggy name is mentioned in subsequent entries, the more chances you have to get your hands on that blender! Good Luck. I thought I would post one of my all-time favourite healthy vegan pasta recipes. I have not made the entire recipe in a Vitamix. I just blended part of the pasta sauce. However, this is a fantastic example of how your blender can help you with all kinds of healthy recipes, whether they are fully blended or not. This recipe utilizes a home made tomato puree that you can whip up in a few pulses by placing the tomatoes... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 3 of "I Love Vitamix" month here at Healthy Blender Recipes to celebrate our amazing January Vitamix Giveaway! If you haven't entered yet, simply create a piggy name, enter your email address, and then share on Facebook and Twitter for bonus entries. The more you share the more chances you have to win this brilliant kitchen machine that will literally change your life and give you a healthy advantage. So here's another delicious recipe to give you some Vitamix inspiration! We continue our raw vegan "healthy green Vitamix" theme this week with Vitamix Recipe #3: Raw Vegan Alkaline Alfredo Pasta. This healthy alfredo sauce is quick, easy, and absolutely delicious. The thing I love about this raw vegan alfredo sauce is how... Keep Reading
It doesn’t get much easier than this delicious raw macadamia pesto. I got a version of this raw pesto from The Australian Macadamia Society and it is a winner. They have some fantastic macadamia recipes on their site. This macadamia pesto epitomizes the blend and live philosophy! If you are looking for fabulous food processor recipes this is it! Literally, throw everything in your food processor, blend and chow! No chopping, no mess, no fuss. And best of all -- this raw pesto is absolutely phenomenal. You just will not believe something so easy can have so much flavour. Trust me, this macadamia pesto is just to die for! This raw pesto is a fantastic last minute saver when you want to throw a delicious nibble together for those last minute... Keep Reading
I love gluten free pasta! It is such a quick, easy meal that always seems to hit the spot. Enjoying pasta has not been a problem for us, as there are quite a few fantastic gluten free packaged pastas out there that taste really good. My personal favourites in the United States, are the Trader Joe’s Brown Rice Penne and the Tinkyada Organic Brown Rice Pasta. In Australia, I am partial to the Orgran rice and corn pasta. For me, they most closely resemble the flavour and texture of traditional wheat pasta. However, I have always been a firm believer that food should not just satisfy hunger and flavour needs; but should also be as nutritionally dense as possible. These pre-packaged gluten free pastas are fantastic for convenience. But as far... Keep Reading
One of the things I missed the most after starting a gluten free diet was going out for a really great pizza. I happily ate my stash of Amy’s frozen rice crust pizzas to stave off the wheat weeping, but longed to find a home made gluten-free pizza base recipe that I could make from scratch. I continued experimenting with every packaged gluten-free pizza dough mix I could find, and did have some success -- the Wholefoods mix was quite good. Although, like so many of the other mixes, I found them a bit too starchy and doughy, or they tasted like cardboard. I was left wanting. However, a couple of years ago, I hit the gluten-free pizza base jackpot! I took some fantastic gluten free cooking classes with Rachel Van Den Bosch, and she shared... Keep Reading
