I’m still rather obsessed with Righteously Raw chocolate. Righteous Cacao. – EVERYTHING Audrey creates. She is truly incredible. So, remember those waxy Andes Mints we used to received with the check following dinner at many different types of restaurants?I do – YUCK.I’m NOT a fan of artificial mint flavor. In fact, I detest it.Fresh mint…
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We might as well call this raw foods salad: Superfood Kitchen Sink.Truly, it contains ALL the good stuff – all the superfoods – all the super tasting foods, all the super feeling foods, and all the super powerful foods! Superfoods are foods — mostly plant-based but also some fish and dairy — that are thought…
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On a whim, I decided to coalesce some of the best cuisines and flavors on earth: savory and sour kimchi with rich and savory tomato marinara, all served over homemade gnocchi.How can you resist that?Well, the resistance comes in the form of garlic breath – but if we’re all on board, who cares? The benefits…
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Reminiscent of Mexican Pepper Cookies, these vegan, raw, gluten-free no-bake double chocolate chunk and coconut butter cookies laced with ghost pepper salt satisfy your every craving. And, they are kind of like a superfood: coconut butter (yep), chocolate (yep), MORE chocolate (of course), and ghost pepper salt (yes, your new best friend). It’s sounds intimidating,…
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Long, long ago I experimented with a raw foods diet.The vibration was high, my skin was immaculate, and my digestion was amazing.I also developed a heavy love affair with both Sarma Melngailis and Matthew Kenney.However, it was work – a lot of work – AND a whole lot of money. Nuts, seeds, avocados, piles of…
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Challenges are welcome.Challenges are accepted.This time, “you can’t bake a cookie with salad dressing.”Well, yes I can.Challenge defeated!Cranberry Poppyseed Pecan Charms “Cookies.”These are actually NO-bake, simply because the day I made them it was 101 degrees and our air conditioning was broken. There was NO way I was turning on the oven!Rolled in oats, they…
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A little of this…a little of that…I found myself in the kitchen creating again. Only because I had some leftover key limes, a whole bunch of coconut flour on hand, and an awful lot of vegan, gluten-free friends. Oh, and don’t get me wrong, there’s always some rum on the shelf at our house! Key…
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Macadamia nuts are so often supplanted in sweet dishes, even if salted. This time I was craving something a little more savory – in fact, the ultimate of savory: umami. Years ago, in my vegan days, I created raw and delectable recipes like this each and every day. I had quite a plant powered following…
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It seems to me, everything about summer screams “tropical,” and everything tropical indicates coconut and macadamia nut. Or, at least, that’s the way it should be. Now that summer has wrapped up and I skipped a whole season of tropical eating (I live no where near the tropics, of course), I’m craving the sweet creamy…
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I have been attracted to the live, raw, vegan, whole foods lifestyle for many years. It just makes sense for our bodies, the environment, and the health and wellbeing of both. A grain-free lifestyle is a no-brainer for me, and the benefits of soaking and sprouting before consumption creates a list a mile-long. But, it…
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