It is DAY 5 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur" and I have an INCREDIBLE Sunday brunch treat on the menu today. These delicious raw lavender blintzes with blackberry syrup are the handiwork of the lovely Natalia, raw food chef and shamanic practitioner from NataliaNW. Natalia works with her clients on a physical and energetic level to facilitate profound transformations toward optimum health through a unique blend of shamanic energy medicine and pure healing foods. Natalia advocates "a pure, organic, plant based diet, high in living foods. A pure diet cleanses us in body, mind and spirit. It is these foods that bring us to new levels of vitality and radiance while activating our intuition and spiritual connection." I am absolutely... Keep Reading
It is DAY 2 of "Raw Food Recipes with Excalibur", and after opening with supermodel Carol Alt we continue our celebration with another RAWKSTAR beauty, -- the inspiring co-founder and owner of Pure Food and Wine, and CEO of One Lucky Duck in NYC, Sarma Melngailis. To say this lady was building a raw foods empire would be an understatement. After ditching her life of mergers and acquisitions in corporate America, and training at the French Culinary Institute in NYC, Sarma was introduced to raw food at a chance dinner with a friend. After experimenting with, thriving on, and embracing this new lifestyle, Sarma abandoned her idea for a Morrocan eatery, and instead opened a raw foods restaurant with then partner Matthew Kenney in... Keep Reading
Piggies! As this is Memorial Day, I thought I would share one of my favourite quick easy desserts that I am serving up today. This nifty little idea looks impressive, and turns the simple into the sublime in minutes. After all, who doesn't enjoy a delicious ice cream sundae? This is a creative way to serve them. I freeze mine in cupcake liners sitting in cold muffin tins, as I've found this yields the best results. But you could also roll the ice cream, freeze it, and serve it straight onto a plate with some couli, or arrange them in cocktail glasses with some chocolate sauce. YUM! I just like the idea of little ice cream cakes! The beauty of this recipe is that there is NO FIXED RECIPE! You can choose any ice cream you like, and roll... Keep Reading
Piggies, I continue to share my favourite quick easy gluten free snack recipes to celebrate Celiac Awarness Month and our Gluten Free Healthy Surprise Giveaway. I have received several emails, tweets, and facebook messages about the wonderful customer service people have experienced from Joe and the staff at Healthy Surprise. If you are not acquainted with Gluten Free Surprise, check it out. Also, have a read of Joe Winke's story as part of my Pig Of The Month series. It is really funny. Don't forget to enter the giveaway to win 6 months of gluten free snacks delivered to your door! AMAZING! So, here's today's gluten free snack recipe. I have been meaning to share these quick easy raw vegan coconut macadamia macaroons since Christmas... Keep Reading
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 30 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid, which means it is the LAST DAY to enter to win the 7QT KitchenAid Stand Mixer! We have had an incredible month of delicious gluten free recipes created by some of the top gluten free bloggers in the world. So, it is only fitting that we wrap up our celebration in style with these SENSATIONAL gluten free peanut butter glazed chocolate midnight doughnuts created by the incomparable Silvana Nardone from Silvana's Kitchen. These doughnuts are rich and DELICIOUS. I had never made doughnuts before, and Scott and I had SO much fun! Silvana will be featuring these babies in the May/June issue of Easy Eats magazine. How lucky are we that we get to sample them first?! Do not miss making... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 29 of Gluten Free Baking with KitchenAid and we celebrate the second to the last day of our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with this delicious gluten free apple spiced loaf created by Jennifer Cafferty from GFree Life and founder of The Gluten and Allergy Free Expo and the Nourished Gluten Free Food Bloggers Conference. This gluten free apple spiced loaf is really a sweet cake baked in a loaf pan! Pure apple deliciousness! This apple cake is gluten free, dairy free, soy free, nut-free, and is amazingly moist! Scott and I happily scoffed half the loaf during our "Mad Men Marathon" last night. The other half will be enjoyed when we continue it tonight! So who is Jen Cafferty? Well, she is one BUSY gluten free maven... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 25 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and I divert today with these delicious non-baked gluten free autumn spiced truffle bites created by the lovely Lisa Natcharian from Allergy Free Vintage Cookery. I came across Lisa's blog some time ago when I was searching for healthy recipes for multiple food allergies. I was immediately struck by the warmth and fun of Lisa's blog, (check out the photo of her and Johnny Depp) and then found myself getting lost in the sea of incredible food allergy information! I immediately forwarded many of the articles to my sister, who is cooking for my little niece, Alexandra who suffers from multiple food allergies. If you are living with multiple food allergies, Lisa's blog is a... Keep Reading
Piggies! It is DAY 25 of Gluten Free Baking With KitchenAid and today we continue to celebrate our KitchenAid Stand Mixer Giveaway with these delicious gluten free, dairy free, almond cranberry muffins from the lovely Linda Etherton from The Gluten-Free Homemaker. All of Linda's wonderful recipes are gluten free, dairy free, and soy free. My kind of recipes! I LOVE any recipes made with almond flour, and Linda beautifully mixes protein and starchy flours together to create a lovely moist muffin with a gorgeous flavour. I used cranberries in my batch, but you could also use raisins. Either way, these muffins are piggilicious! I use that word deliberately, for I scoffed FOUR in one sitting. YES! I AM a pig! Oh, and there's more! When... Keep Reading
