Happy Meatless Monday! Our Thrive Foods Direct Giveaway and celebration of easy, allergy free, vegan meal ideas and recipes continues to be popular on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Today, I am delighted to share this SENSATIONAL Allergy-Friendly Stuffed Acorn Squash with Millet, Spinach, Cranberries, and Hemp Seeds from Cybele Pascal's fabulous new cookbook, ALLERGY-FREE AND EASY COOKING 30-Minute Meals Without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Fish, Shellfish, and Sesame, that was released by Ten Speed Press in December 2012. I have been happily cooking my way through this book, as I have done previously with Cybele's other two bestselling books, THE ALLERGEN-FREE BAKER'S HANDBOOK and THE WHOLE FOODS ALLERGY... 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 cannot believe we're already into March! Where has the time gone? I have to start this month by thanking you for all of the lovely comments, facebook posts, tweets, and emails of love and support we have received since Scott and I shared our cancer story. We are utterly thrilled that so many of our readers and listeners have purchased The pH Miracle audiobook that we narrated, and have contacted us to express how inspiring it has been. We really appreciate each and every one of you. I am happy to report that Scott is living down at the ranch with Dr Young for the next couple of weeks, and not only is he nearing the end of his cancer treatment, he is also close to being insulin-free as well! As a type 1 diabetic, who has been... Keep Reading
Well, we are definitely right in the thick of party mode now! Scott and I have been skipping all over NYC with our Santa hats on spreading the Christmas cheer. We have attended all manner of holiday parties hosted by friends and colleagues in NYC. Some companies are SO creative! A highlight would have to be the Audible "CandyLand" themed party. What a blast. On the opposite coast, I hosted a humble holiday party in L.A; and in preparation for feeding 30 people, I decided to give my new Breville Risotto Plus a workout, in order to leave more room on the stove top and in the oven for the rest of the food! Whilst preparing the meal, I realized that I had never posted a slow cooker recipe on the site. A fact my mother (a passionate slow... 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
Well, Thanksgiving is in three days, and we are all planning our holiday menus. Scott and I are spending Thanksgiving in NYC with our dear friends Kat and Wayne. We are all attending the famous Candle 79 Vegan Thanksgiving feast, and we are SO excited! So, here is my last Thanksgiving recipe for this year, and I wanted to celebrate Way Better Snacks today! As I posted last week, I am thrilled to be one of their new Brand Ambassadors. Way Better Snacks are seriously the best tortilla chips I have ever tasted! AND they only use sprouted, NON-GMO, natural ingredients that are Gluten Free, Kosher, and free of additives and preservatives. Now these chips are fabulous as a snack on their own, served with homemade dips and spreads, or as... Keep Reading
I threw this simple alkaline vegan holiday dish together last Christmas with some simple fresh ingredients that were on hand at the house, and the results were spectacular. The dish was a huge hit, and I have been saving them to share for these holidays! I served these at our Thanksgiving potluck last weekend and they were a sensation. Instead of using canned soup, cream, butter or other toxic flavourings you find in so many holiday green bean dishes, this recipe is light with a refreshing tang. The delicious aroma when you sauté the garlic, almonds, and lemon juice makes you salivate, and I have been caught eating the mixture off the wooden spoon before it even reaches the green beans! You really could serve that as a side topping,... Keep Reading
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
It is DAY 30 of "Gluten Free Vegan Recipes with Breville" and we celebrate our Breville Sous Chef Food Processor Giveaway today with the spectacular Mariel Hemgingway -- Actress, Presenter, Speaker, Environmental Activist, Best-Selling Author, and Yoga and Holistic Living GODDESS. Yes, Mariel is the granddaughter of illustrious author, Ernest Hemingway. However, Mariel has become famous in her own right for her talent as an actress, as well as her expertise in holistic living. At the tender age of thirteen, Mariel took Hollywood by storm with her debut performance in “Lipstick”. Four years later her work in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” earned her an Oscar nomination. She has since made thirty films, made numerous television appearances,... Keep Reading
