(Yields: 1 slice, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 10 mins) Ingredients 1/4 cup sliced almonds 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts 2 tablespoons pecans 1/2 cup oven toasted old fashioned oats 1 tablespoon date paste (instructions here*) 1 tablespoon chia seeds 1 tablespoon ground flax 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon carob…
Is it hard getting kids to eat their vegetables? Here are some ways to help kids enjoy their veggies more. Expose them at a Young Age I’ve read articles that say that kids up to the age of 2 will eat anything but after that, they will not even touch anything new. So before…
I love exotic fruits, don’t you? There are some rare ones we simply don’t see often, and I’d like to share some of these. Longans Longans are similar to lychee and is often used as a medicine in China. It can be used for stomach aches, insomnia, amnesia, and has the ability to nourish the…
(Yields: 2 bowls, Serving: 4, Prep time: 15 mins) Ingredients 2 avocados 1/4 cup carob powder 12 pitted medjool dates 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Instructions Here’s what the ingredients look like: Remove the avocado pit and add all the ingredients into the blender. Blend until it’s very smooth. Do be careful as sometimes, dates…
(Yields: 1 plate, Serving: 2, Prep time: 25 mins) Ingredients 1/2 orange 4 baby carrots 1/2 yellow bell pepper 1/2 orange bell pepper 1 Roma tomato 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds 4 sundried tomatoes (in olive oil) 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon rosemary 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon garlic…
Sometimes, dates can be hard to grind when there’s not a lot of ingredients, leaving them in big chunks. Date paste is much easier as it’s already ground up. What you will need: Dates (I used a packet) Blender Instructions Put all the dates into the blender. Blend on normal speed and use a food…
(Yields: 2 plates, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 35 mins) Ingredients 1 1/2 cup Jasmine brown rice 2 cups vegetable broth (I used a homemade version, recipe here*) 1 small yellow onion 1 tablespoon extra light olive oil A few sprinkles Himalayan/Sea Salt 1 garlic clove 1 cup cilantro 2 scallions 1…
I did an article about kitchen appliances that gave me nightmares before, now it’s time to spill the secrets of which items I absolutely can’t live without! Chopsticks I grew up using chopsticks, so I find them really easy to use, particularly for noodles and such. I like the wooden ones best, as they aren’t…
(Yields: 2 brownies, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 10 mins) Ingredients 1/4 cup brown rice flour 1/4 cup rice bran 1 cup oven toasted oats 2 tablespoon brown rice syrup (or 1 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup) 1 tablespoon almond milk 1 tablespoon white grape juice 1 tablespoon almond butter (other nut butters…
The art of making vegan cheese is amazing, because the moment you put it in your mouth, you realise that it tastes very similar to the real thing! So, here are tips on the best foods to make fresh vegan cheese. (Check out a cashew cheese recipe here) Lemon Juice This is really important to…