If you are looking for SENSATIONAL "ROCK YOUR WORLD" salads, this Raw, Vegan, "Hearts Of Love" Salad with Green Goddess Dressing IS IT! This gloriously green creation is the work of my dear friend, and celebrity makeup artist, Geoffrey Rodriguez. With over 20 years experience, Geoffrey is one of America's leading make-up artists in fashion and advertising. After apprenticing in NYC with internationally renowned make-up artist, Vincent Longo, Geoffrey moved to London in 1997 to take up his position as the Global Artist for Vincent Longo Cosmetics, where he became recognized by top industry insiders as an authority in beauty. In the spring of 2000, he redirected his focus toward fashion editorial and advertising, working with high... Keep Reading
With the Thrive Foods Direct giveaway proving to be extremely popular, I am LOVING sharing quick, easy, healthy meal options to soften the blow for the rest of us who aren't lucky enough to win a week's worth of vegan meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) delivered! So, as promised, here is one of my all-time favourite alkaline dishes that ANYBODY can prepare in less than 15 minutes. I absolutely LOVE this raw, vegan cauliflower tabouli because it is super quick and easy, and absolutely delicious! Bursting with fresh flavours, live enzymes, and nutrients, this serves as a complete meal on it's own, or a yummy side dish. Those of you who have been following me for a while would be familiar with my tabouli obsession. I have honestly... Keep Reading
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Scott and I had a SPECTACULAR thanksgiving week in NYC. I had intended to post recipes last week, but the wifi in our building in NYC wasn't working, and alas, I had to keep playing instead of working. It was a hardship. LOL! Here's a recap.. We enjoyed a SENSATIONAL gluten free, vegan, thanksgiving lunch at Candle 79. The food was absolutely exquisite, (as usual) and an added bonus was seeing my beautiful friends JL and Gena from JL Goes Vegan and Choosing Raw enjoying the sumptious plant based feast! We then took a lovely stroll through the streets of Manhatten looking at the pretty Christmas lights, before meeting up with our dear friends from Australia, Kat and Wayne, for a Japanese banquet... Keep Reading
It is DAY 31 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we celebrate the final day of our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway party with one of the most famous vegans in the world -- the super talented and HILARIOUS Ellen Degeneres, host of The Ellen Show. Ellen gave me permission to share her Easy Vegan Tofu Ceviche to close this event, and I was thrilled! This recipe is super quick and easy, and is bursting with fresh live enzymes and simple zesty flavours. The wildly popular Ellen Show celebrates it's 10th Season this year. Since debuting in 2003, the show has won 32 Daytime Emmy Awards, including four for Outstanding Talk Show; two awards for Outstanding Talk Show—Entertainment; and in many writing and technical... Keep Reading
It is DAY 17 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we celebrate our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway with the incomparable Ricki Heller, the GENIUS behind the hilarious and highly informative anti-candida vegan blog, Diet, Dessert, and Dogs. Those of you who have been following me for a while will remember Ricki from the Gluten Free Baking with KitchenAid event earlier this year, where her Vegan Chocolate Buttercream Frosting was a SENSATION, and the most popular recipe of the month with over 10,000 hits. If you are not acquainted with Ricki's PHENOMENAL blog and cookbooks, then you are missing out on one of the great treasures in life! I have made TONS of her inspired recipes and they have all been... Keep Reading
It is DAY 8 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" celebrating our Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway, and we start Week Two off with a bang with the ROCKSTAR of the raw foods world, the incomparable Matthew Kenney. I was fortunate enough to meet Matthew a few years ago at a “RAWkstar” Degustation Dinner at Matthew Kenney OKC (formally 105 Degrees). You can read my story about that event here. I will unleash the squealing teenager in me again and openly admit that I felt a few butterflies bounce around in my overdulged stomach when I met Matthew. He is just HOT! He is THE movie star poster boy for eating raw foods! If seeing him in person doesn’t make you grab for a naked celery stick…..nothing will! "Yes, my name is Tess, and I... Keep Reading
It is DAY 6 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we continue our celebration of our Breville Sous Chef® Food Processor Giveaway with this delicious Curried Vegan Potato Salad from Dr Wayne Coates, PhD, a.k.a "Mr Chia", author of one of my favourite books, CHIA: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ULTIMATE SUPERFOOD. Sterling Publishing sent me a copy of this book earlier this year, and I have learnt so many "chia seed" tricks from it. I don't know about you, but I eat chia seeds every day. They really ARE "the ultimate superfood." I had to share this with you as I believe this book is a must have in any healthy kitchen. For those of you who are not familiar with chia seeds, they are grain-like seeds in the mint family that have been... Keep Reading
It is DAY 19 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and the lovely Lauren Felts from The Holy Kale brings her delicious raw vegan burgers and caprese salad to our Excalibur Dehydrator Giveaway party. I connected with this wonderful lady on Twitter and immediately fell in love with her website. For starters, how good is that name, "The Holy Kale?" LOVE it! I just HAD to have her be part of this event. Lauren Felts is a certified nutritionist and owner of the health and wellness website, The Holy Kale. As an advocate for inspiring others on their quest for health, Lauren specializes in holistic nutrition, cleansing, toxin-free living, and utilizing superfoods for beauty by addressing not only the body, but also the mind and soul. Lauren... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 17 of "I LOVE Vitamix" month to celebrate Vitamix and our amazing Vitamix 5200 giveaway! Enter and share on Twitter and Facebook for your chance to get your hands on the best blender in the world! Every time your piggy name gets mentioned in a subsequent entry you both get a bonus entry. Good Luck! Today, we celebrate that Vitamix is not just for blending. You can chop vegetables and prepare salads in your Vitamix! Is there anything this machine can't do? Just make sure you pulse so you don't end up with dip! LOL! If you don't have a Vitamix you can chop these vegetables by hand or use a good processor. I did chop the brussel sprouts by hand just to give them an extra bit of love. I LOVE chopped salads because it appeals... Keep Reading
Can you believe it is already December 1st? WHERE has the time gone this year? I must say, that I am not disappointed, as this is my favourite time of the year! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the holidays. I had a wonderful thanksgiving up in Sacramento eating more than my fair share of delicious decadent food! I love how good food and holidays bring family and friends together in celebration. But after my slightly over-indulgent acidic orgy that saw me coat-checking my colon at every turn, I have been doing some much needed detoxing with a lot of green smoothies preparing for the Christmas festivities. I will share some delicious Christmas treats in the coming weeks and then we will detox together in January! So instead of sharing some of my new green... Keep Reading
