This watermelon lime chia fresca features homemade watermelon juice that you make in your blender! Water, lime juice, and chia seeds are added to this watermelon juice base to create a hydrating endurance drink that’s perfect for a pre-run or pre-workout… or for sipping on the patio! I’ve observed a palpable change in my outlook…
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Vegan Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookies
These vegan pumpkin spice oatmeal cookies pack a powerful punch! Oat flour, oats, pumpkin, maple syrup, almond butter, warming spices, and chocolate combine into one delightful vegan cookie. I am slowly but surely learning how to tune into my body. Instead of pushing through fatigue, I take breaks. When I have the energy, I push…
Green Goddess Pesto Pasta Salad
A pasta salad featuring a green goddess pesto made with basil or parsley, avocado, cashews, lemon, garlic, nutritional yeast, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Perfect for a dish to pass or potluck gathering! Yesterday, one of my best friends hosted a gathering at her place. Beyond the delicious food and drink (plantain tortillas, quinoa taco…
No-Churn Vegan Chocolate Ice Cream
A no-churn vegan chocolate ice cream recipe that does not require an ice cream machine! Rich, creamy, and satisfying, this dairy free ice cream with coconut milk, cocoa, and maple syrup is made in a food processor. Remember those Chocolate Cashew Cookie Dough Balls I shared a few days ago? You may recall my off-handed…
Cashew Chocolate Cookie Dough Energy Balls
These cashew chocolate cookie dough energy balls are an essential addition to your healthy snack rotation. You’ll need just eight everyday ingredients including cashews, dates, oat flour, nut butter, and maple syrup to make these energizing bites. With September almost upon us, it’s back to school for some, and back to work for others. How…
Blueberry Chai Protein Smoothie Bowl
Meet your new favourite late summer breakfast. This Blueberry Chai Protein Smoothie Bowl is cool and refreshing, but it also features warming spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom. It’s perfect for cooler summer mornings. When I visited Vancouver last year, I had a long list of restaurants, bakeries, and cafes that I wanted to hit…
What I Eat in a Day: Healthy and Plant-Based Meals and Snacks
Disclaimer: I write these posts to give you some inspiration and ideas, and to show you my non-restrictive approach to eating, not to suggest that this is how you have to eat to feel good and be healthy. Everyone is different. We live in a world where diet culture is promoted at every turn. It…
Vegan Breakfast Sandwich with Tempeh, Avocado, and Tomato
This vegan breakfast sandwich with tempeh, avocado, and tomato isn’t kidding around. It’s piled high with tempeh chorizo, avocado, beet hummus, tomato, mustard, and pickled jalapenos. You can use a bagel, bread, or an English muffin as your base. Six days out of seven, I reach for standard breakfast fare: overnight oats, sourdough toast with…
Matcha Avocado Mint Chip Smoothie
This matcha avocado mint chip smoothie consists of a healthy blend of avocado, frozen banana, matcha, mint, non-dairy milk, and cacao nibs. You’ll fall head over heels for this drink with a consistency resembling a milkshake! I tend to go through spells with smoothies. Either I’m chugging them like they’re going out of style, or…
Raw Vegan Blueberry Pecan Ice Cream Sandwiches
These Raw Vegan Blueberry Pecan Ice Cream Sandwiches are the ideal healthy dessert. Blueberry banana ‘ice cream’ is sandwiched between no-bake date-pecan cookies for a healthier take on the classic ice cream sandwich that we all know and love. Remember those classic ice cream sandwiches that we all knew and loved growing up? The ones…