NO BAKE CHOCOLATE TART - sugar-free, gluten-free, vegan Cravings for chocolate don’t subside with me. They are always there. Is it psychological, or a nutrient-need? Probably both. But while the craving grips me and awesome local brands are keeping raw cacao on the shelves, I will keep making chocolate everything. This time I made a [...]
Sugar-Free Chocolate Brownies with Sweet Potato & Butternut I don’t know about you, but I quite like having dessert for breakfast. Dessert that makes my body and mind feel good because of the lovely nutrients hidden inside. I recently adapted my Sugar-Free Chocolate Brownies recipe to include butternut as well as sweet potato. That’s right; [...]
Mood Enhancing Fudgy Chocolate Eggs with Organic Reishi It can’t all be about boosting our immune systems, right? How about we bust out the chocolaty smiles with mood enhancing fudgy chocolate eggs with organic reishi? They’re made with ingredients which naturally lift the spirits and energy levels… and which in turn, boosts the immune [...]
Reishi Gets Red Carpet Treatment for Immune Boosting Health Benefits Our immune systems are basking in all the attention. Suddenly they get to hang out on the red carpet with the friends who make them feel great. Like reishi with its beta-glucans. I keep imagining the insides of our bodies as a bustling metropole, with [...]
Sugar-Free Pink & White Coconut Ice Old cravings die hard. While we strive for the elusive thing called ‘health’, our awareness grows, our food choices change, and we let things we previously enjoyed go, sometimes with sticky-outie bottom lips. My making a batch of Sugar-Free Pink & White Coconut Ice was in response to my [...]
Sugar-Free Jelly Treats (for the Kids, and Grown-Ups, Too) I played with agar agar! Sure, I understood in theory that it was an ingredient with health benefits with which to make jelly, but until I had made these sugar-free jelly treats (for the kids, and grown-ups, too), I found it a bit of a tangle [...]
They’re the kind of food I’ve always thought tastes better when bought. Which is difficult for me, because I’m totally nuts and seem to want to make everything myself and from scratch. It was a pleasant surprise trying these gluten-free baked butternut falafels with pea protein (for healthy heart, hair and nails) to find they [...]
When you need calming, but you also need energy (and you’re a little hungry)… Pretty pink caramel protein balls (with maca and CBD oil) to the rescue! Not the regular shaped rescue, to be sure. But an enjoyable escape from the norm, and easy to pop in your mouth when you need a delicious and [...]
Naturally fermented sauerkraut may surprise you, since it is likely easier thank you think. Try your hand at it. Snack on it from the fridge, hide it in smoothies, or serve it with everything. There are two bonuses to making your own gut-healthy naturally fermented sauerkraut: you can skip ‘arms’ at the gym that week, [...]
What is the point of spending money on superfoods? Is it necessary and are the health benefits really all that great? Yes, it sometimes feels crazy buying powdered food to add to our fresh food. It’s understandable to ask ‘Why Superfoods?’ and wonder whether the promised health benefits are really having an effect. [...]
