Vegan “Gratin” with Vegetarian Options This makes a scrumptious side dish – or, if you are doing a low carb or plant-based diet, scoop a generous helping of these over the salad to make it infinitely more appealing! Roasted brussels sprouts anytime are a resounding Yes! But this gratin-style vegan or vegetarian combination is everything […]
Economical & Enhanced Nutrition that Will Benefit the Whole Family There are many science-based health benefits to adding lemons to your meals and just about every functional/integrative medicine doctor or holistic practitioner recommend drinking a cup of warm lemon water first thing in the morning. Although our first instinct is to grab that coffee, tea […]
Raw or Raw Fusion – Vegan, Gluten-Free + Morning Routine Idea We just started another 21 Day Raw Foods Challenge with a group of 120 people on Facebook. We host these periodically and it’s free to join, just request at this link. I have to admit that my biggest challenge to staying high raw is […]
Vegan & Gluten-Free w/ Raw Fusion Options I recently posed a plant-based meal challenge to students of our Natural Wellness Academy: The idea was to either create or redesign a recipe using tips and techniques they have learned in the Holistic Health and Raw Fusion areas of the course. The aim of this endeavor is […]
Raw Fusion Sunday Brunch I hosted a brunch on Sunday with a couple of my local Natural Wellness Academy coaching candidates. Currently I am working on 4 new books: One of them is about anti-aging and how the “Blue Zone” diets, based more on the Mediterranean style of eating has been continuously shown to have […]
As we move into spring and summer in the Northern Hemisphere we can lighten up and enjoy the bountiful fruits and vegetables of the season. What better way to make use of them than in a spring roll? These make attractive and tasty starters or having a few more will satisfy for a light supper. […]
Sometimes I just play around with foods that I have available or what I am craving at the moment. One day I had some soaked almonds that I was going to use to make milk but I wanted to make some kind of meatless pate for dinner to pair with some flaxseed crackers I had […]
This is an easy nut pate, made with just a few ingredients. I wrote extensively about the benefit of eating more nuts (especially walnuts) in a former blog. This dish is ideal for “Meatless Mondays” or when you have vegan/vegetarian guests or if you are wanting to cut back on animal protein. You will be […]
Last week, chocolate giant Nestle announced its plans to scrap artificial food coloring in response to concerns that dyes affect children’s behavior. However, raw foods proponents have known for years that you don’t need to brew Orange Yellow S C.I. 15985 in a lab to add beautiful colors to your sweets. Read to find easy-to-find and easy-to-make all-natural organic alternatives to iffy artificial food colorings.
Raw, Vegan, Grain-Gluten Free (with Raw Fusion options) The original recipe was contributed by one of our Natural Wellness coaching candidates, to which we did a little tweaking. Sue Boyce is the uber-talent behind Rawsome – do check out her website for some great recipes and fabulous desserts. We recently had a photo session to […]