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If you’re starting to or wanting to try out the raw diet, let me give you a list of five vegetables to start off, because I personally believe they taste really good raw. Cucumbers Unless you’re like my husband who thinks cucumbers are bitter, I think they are one of the greatest things meant to…
Today’s parsnip day! I bought a bunch and this is my first time cooking with them! (Look, I made it into a SAUCE, because I didn’t add enough water!) (Yields: 1 bowl, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 1 hr) Ingredients 2 leeks 5 white mushrooms 3 parsnips 2 cloves garlic 3 tablespoon…
Adapted from Dietdessertndogs.com (Yields: 1 plate, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 40 mins) Ingredients 3 medium/large parsnips 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 2 tablespoons nut butter (I used almond butter) 1 tablespoon olive oil Instructions Peel the skin off the parsnips. Then, cut them…
(Yields: 1 large pot, Serving: 14, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 1 hr) Ingredients 1 1/2 cup multi whole grain rice (I usually use Kashi pilaf or Chinese multi whole grain rice) 1/3 cup steel cut oats 1/2 cup brown rice 2 tablespoon millets 2 tablespoon maize 1 tablespoon flax seeds 1 tablespoon white…
OH MAN, wintermelon is one of my favourite Chinese food. I lie for it, and die for it! It can be really hard to find, but I’ve managed to track it down in our local Asian supermarket! (Yields: 1 bowl, Serving: 2, Prep time: 5 mins, Cook time: 30 mins) Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil…
This is literally the fruit salad my husband and I eat every day. (Yields: 2 bowls, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins) Ingredients 1 apple, chopped 1 orange, chopped with pith 1 cup green or red grapes 6 raspberries 6 blackberries 1 Asian pear, chopped I often rotate between blueberries and blackberries, strawberries and raspberries,…
Nutella has always been my secret, guilty pleasure but darn it, all store bought nutella has so much processed sugar it’s not even funny. I decided to make this purely out of ingredients I consider to be much healthier. Tip: You’ll be in heaven if you eat this with hazelnuts! (Yields: 1 jar, Serving: 30,…
Mmm, nothing like an antioxidant rich berry smoothie right after a workout! (Yields: 2 cups, Serving: 2, Prep time: 5 mins, Cook time: 5 mins) Ingredients 1 tablespoon chia seeds 1 cup 100% pomegranate juice 2 cups mixed frozen berries (blackberries, blueberries, raspberries) 6 ice cubes Be sure that you’ve frozen the berries overnight! Put…
(Yields: 1 cup, Serving: 1, Prep time: 5 mins) Ingredients 1 cup water (or coconut water) 3 slices of lime 2-3 mint leaves Instructions Pour a cup of water in the glass. Cut three slices of lime and place two in the cup and one on the glass (for decoration). Cut some mint leaves and…