No self-respecting Thanksgiving dinner is complete without a truckload of delicious creamy mashed potatoes. I absolutely love them! It is a special treat for me, as I don’t eat potatoes on a daily, or even a weekly basis. Following a mostly alkaline vegan diet, and being susceptible to candida, I eat them sparingly. When I do eat potatoes, I always eat red skinned potatoes, the only potatoes allowed on the Body Ecology Diet, an anti-candida immune boosting regime that successfully helped me rid myself of years of overgrowth of yeast. So, for those of you “B.E” folks this recipe is for you! Instead of using tons of cream and butter, or even vegan butter spread like Earth Balance (which IS fantastic with potatoes by the way) I prefer... Keep Reading
Our Le Creuset Holiday Giveaway is proving to be very popular. I can't wait to see who wins $720 worth of Cherry Red pieces to use for the holidays. I will announce the winner on Dec 11th, so good Luck! Until then, I will continue sharing some fabulous vegan holiday recipes I am making at home with my Le Creuset cookware. As I mentioned when I posted the Spicy Roasted Candied Maple Pecans earlier this week, I was inspired by Bryant Terry’s Thanksgiving menu in the holiday issue of the Vegetarian Times to add some candied maple pecans to a vegan version of my mother-in-law Sandra Hanes’s orange cinnamon sweet potato mash. The results were spectacular, and I had to share the recipe with you. The original recipe contains cream, butter,... Keep Reading
We end our wonderful week of Vitamix Purees and Salad Dressings today, and I have saved the VERY BEST for last! This vegan ginger beet puree might be my absolute favourite dip, puree or spread recipe in the Vitamix Recipe Center. That is really saying something because there are some incredible recipes that come out of the Vitamix test kitchen. Whilst I think my Vegan Roasted Beetroot Dip that has been featured on Chow.Com and numerous other websites is a showstopper, this Vitamix Ginger Beet Puree offers a different taste sensation for beet lovers! This recipe is not to be missed. It is glorious as a dip with veggie sticks or sprouted tortilla chips, or fantastic as side dish with tofu, grilled vegetables, grains or pasta. I have... Keep Reading
If you are a Vitamix subscriber you would have received the email blast that went out yesterday officially announcing the fabulous NEW Vitamix website, marking the beginning of a new generation of blending at the Vitamix Corporation. If you haven't checked out the new world order, do yourself a favour and spend some time on this sleek new site. There is a fabulous new Recipe Center with GORGEOUS food photography; Vitamix Spotlight, where well known chefs such as Alex Guarnaschelli talk about their experience with Vitamix; and wonderful new shopping area where you can check out everything Vitamix has to offer! If you don't have their special spatula to ensure you can scrape out every last bit of your yummies. I am really proud to be... Keep Reading
Sauces and purees are LIFESAVERS when you are vegan and vegetarian. They are fantastic for adding delicious flavour to grains and vegetables, as well as tossing through pasta, and spreading on pizza, sandwiches, and wraps. Vitamix makes creating a variety of different blends SO easy. As I mention in my Vitamix Purees video, you can make silky smooth purees or thicker sauces with the Vitamix depending on your preference. I enjoy super smooth blends for some recipes, and then at other times prefer some texture like with this marinara sauce, where a rustic consistency is brilliant. This recipe is a fantastic blank canvas for all kinds of flavourful inspiration. It is delicious as it is, or you can add in some more vegetables like... Keep Reading
Our Vitamix 750 Giveaway continues to blitz Facebook and Twitter, and I coudn't be more excited! I can't wait to tell one lucky winner that their new Vitamix is on the way! If you haven't entered yet, don't miss the opportunity to get your hands on the machine that will change your life, making food preparation so much easier! One of the many great features of the Vitamix is that you can use it much like you would a food processor to chop practially any kind of food. Be sure to check out my Vitamix Food Prep video, where I explain the wet chop and dry chop methods in the Vitamix. I mention this because on the surface this applesauce seems ridiculously easy and very basic. But that is how I like to roll in the kitchen, and it is... 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... Keep Reading
OK - piggy announcements! First and foremost - It is official. FeedBURNER has successfully burnt through the last of my "piggy-zen" patience, which was already in short supply. You will be thrilled to learn that, at Max's suggestion, we have changed the subscription and feed settings, so that all recipe posts feed directly from the site - giving me greater control; and hopefully curing the email diarrhoea that has been spamming your inboxes in a relentless and annoying fashion akin to the desperate invasive techniques used by paparazzi stalkers. A big piggy "Thankyou" to all of you who have continued to roll around in this new trough with a wink and a snort, despite the frustrating technical glitches that have unfortunately plagued our... Keep Reading
