Piggies! I have been inspired by our Gluten Free Healthy Surprise Giveaway, and so this month I am sharing some quick easy gluten free vegan snack recipes. These maple cinnamon almonds are absolutely scrumptious! Raw almonds are my favourite snack food, and if I want to make them more decadent, I cover them in different sweeteners and flavourings and dehydrate them. I made a few different kinds of sugar almonds last Christmas, and they were a huge hit. I have labelled this recipe as "raw" because the almonds are raw and dehydrated. However, strictly speaking, they are not completely raw because the maple sugar has been made from boiled maple syrup. But, there are raw foodists who eat maple syrup. So I thought I would include it in the... Keep Reading
Piggies! May is Celiac Awareness month, and to celebrate I am helping to launch the BRAND NEW Gluten Free Surprise snack delivery service from Healthy Surprise. In this month's giveaway, you can WIN a Six Month Subscription to Gluten Free Surprise valued at $396! That is SIX boxes full of delicious gluten free snacks delivered directly to your door. My friend Joe has teamed up with some of the best natural food companies in America to bring you a box full of healthy gluten free snacks every month. Partner companies (what you might find in each box) include: Hail Merry, Caveman Bakery, Go Raw, Two Degrees, Home Free, Righteously Raw, Yoga Earth, Bobo's Oat Bars, Skinny Crisps, Two Moms in the Raw, Bumble Bar, Kopali, The Bliss Bar, Twin... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 23 of Gluten Free Baking with KitchenAid, and we begin the last week of KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway Mania with this fantastic gluten free, vegan crunchy topped apple coffee cake from the DIVINE Kim Lutz and Megan Hart from Welcoming Kitchen. If you are living with multiple food allergies, this amazing website will be a LIFESAVER for you and your family. All of the delicious recipes that Kim and Megan share are free of the eight common allergens (dairy, eggs, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, fish, and shellfish), and are gluten-free, and vegan. WOO HOO! I swear this site is a GOLD MINE! I call these ladies the "dynamic duo" because they do AMAZING things together in the food allergic community. These ladies both... Keep Reading
Piggies! WOW! Are you are in for a treat this month! Or many treats, I should say as this is "Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid" month in celebration of our April Giveaway - a KitchenAid 7-qt bowl-lift residential stand mixer valued at $549! As I will be attending the first Nourished Gluten Free Food Bloggers Conference and the Gluten and Allergy Free Expo in Chicago this month, I thought it only fitting that I celebrate "All things Gluten Free." So, I thought to myself, what better way to do this than to team up with over thirty gluten free bloggers and share a gluten free treat a day that can be made in the phenomenal KitchenAid stand mixers? Now, those you who have been following me for a while are well acquainted with my love affair... 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
Today I am sharing one of my favourite super easy vegan chunky vegetable soup recipes! Those of you who wonder if I have surrended my teeth will be pleased to discover that I am, at long last, featuring another non blended soup! My father and I have had a 30 year debate about the virtues of chunk versus blended soups. We have agreed to disagree and acknowledge that there is room in the belly for both! I made a pot of this soup as a quick dinner last night and changed my mind about my scheduled post at the last minute and decided to share this recipe. Scott was so taken with it, I thought it deserved a mention. You know when you have been making a recipe for so long you take it for granted? It's kind of how I feel about this soup. It is... Keep Reading
"Oh, Happy Day" when I get to celebrate one of my favourite companies! The Le Creuset enameled cast iron cookware that I own would have to be some of my all-time favourite pieces. When Le Creuset agreed to do a giveaway one of their incredible 5 1/2 qt fennel round French ovens and an 11 inch not stick stainless steel fying pans this month I was SO excited! Make sure you enter for your chance to win these fantastic cookware. Simply create a piggy name, and then share on Twitter and Facebook for bonus entries. Every time your piggy name is mentioned in a subsequent entry, you get a bonus entry. When my French oven and frypan arrived in the mail I was like a kid in a candy store giving those pieces a workout! I was reminded with every giddy... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 25 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month and we are into our last week of the Vitamix 5200 giveway. Only 7 days left to get your hands on the best blender on the planet! Enter and share your piggy name on Twitter and Facebook for bonus entries. Good Luck! Today I am posting one of my favourite guilty pleasures - home made vegan chocolate hazelnut spread. I was reminded of this naughty little recipe when my friend, Mika, texted me yesterday requesting an alternative to peanut butter for her son, Kai, who refuses to put anything else on his toast! I gave them a Vitamix for Christmas, and suggested they make their own flavoured nut butters in their blender, and then move onto fruit spreads and then healthier vegetable spreads like the... 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
