I absolutely love this colourful seed-packed coleslaw. It’s bright and beautiful with a variety of textures, plus it’s super easy to make and bursting with fresh flavour and health benefits.
I basically used every seed I had in my pantry for this salad, but feel free to use your choice of seeds and/or nuts. They’re a great source of healthy fats and plant-based protein, and add a wonderful crunch to this family-friendly slaw.
Read MoreI have always loved carrots — raw, steamed, roasted, blended into smoothies, and as cake! In fact, I think carrot cake is one of my all-time favourite desserts. And this recipe delivers the flavours I love in easy, no-bake overnight oats you can feel good about serving your family for brekkie!
Carrot Cake Oats contain no refined sugar and are absolutely loaded with protein, fibre, antioxidants, healthy fats, adaptogens, and pre and probiotics, too. Doesn’t get much better than that!
Read MoreRich, fudgy chocolate cake in minutes?! Count me in! Especially when it’s healthy enough to eat for breakfast! Yup, this sexy single serving sensation is packed with antioxidants, healthy fats, fibre, and protein. It’s also nut-free and suitable for vegan, gluten-free, paleo, and keto diets.
Read MoreI love these tasty Matcha Coconut Protein Balls. They are free of gluten, dairy and refined sugar, but absolutely packed with easy-to-digest energy along with antioxidants, fibre, healthy fats, and protein. They are great for snack time or breakfast on-the-go. And they are super simple to make in the food processor or blender, with no baking required.
Read MoreThis “Double Double” Cake — double chocolate and double banana — is made with both ripe bananas and banana flour. It’s nut-free, grain-free, gluten-free, and paleo-friendly, and makes a perfect nutritious-and-delicious treat for breakfast, snack time, dessert, or school lunch boxes. It has a texture that’s a cross between a fudgy brownie and good old fashioned snacking cake. Better still, it’s refined sugar free and packed with healthy fats and protein!
Read MoreThis is the kind of dish I can eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It’s quick, easy, and well-balanced, not to mention super tasty and satisfying. I love the combination of smoked salmon, mushrooms, greens, and creamy vegan cheese. Sometimes I cut it up and serve it on homemade paleo bagels — cream cheese & lox frittata sandwiches are my jam!
Read MoreThis fresh & flavourful dip is super easy to make and packed with antioxidants, fibre, and tasty gut-healthy ingredients like ginger and miso. I love to use it as a dip for crackers and crudités, a topping for toast, pizza, salad, eggs, baked potatoes and roasted vegetables, or a flavour booster for proteins.
Read MoreI absolutely love these easy-to-make instant pot steel cut protein oats. They deliver loads of chocolatey goodness along with healthy fats, fibre, and plant-based protein!
Read MoreAlmond Butter & Jam Cauliflower Proats are super easy to make and loaded with vitamins & minerals, antioxidants, fibre, healthy fats, protein, and pre & probiotics, too! Don’t let the cauliflower here scare you off! This is a simple and delicious way to get some veggies at brekkie. Riced cauliflower adds a great chew and extra nutrients without much flavour!
Read MoreFresh from the oven granola has got to be one of my favourite things. Throw in the delectable cherry almond combo, and I’m in seventh heaven.
Read MoreThis is one of my favourite go-to pesto recipes featuring the classic combo of fresh basil and pine nuts.
Read MoreI am a diehard oatmeal fan, but I also love switching things up and trying new grain and grain-free porridge alternatives. Here I cooked some gluten-free buckwheat groats and used them to make both sweet and savoury breakfast bowls.
Read MoreI love these easy vegan baked oats. They can be enjoyed warm from the oven or made ahead and served cold or reheated for a quick weekday breakfast. You get to enjoy all the chocolatey banana bread-like goodness, but with no refined sugar and loads of healthy fats, fibre (almost 10g!), and over 12 grams of plant-based protein.
Read MoreThis is the kind of dish I can eat for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It’s quick, easy, and well-balanced, not to mention super tasty and satisfying. Fortunately, it’s also a winner with hubs and the 3 chicklets, who always say it reminds them of pizza!
Read MoreI absolutely love these healthier “Reese’s” copycat candies. They’re rich and creamy with that chocolatey peanut buttery goodness we all know and love. You’ll barely believe that they’re refined sugar-free, vegan, low-carb/keto, and easily modified to be paleo and nut-free, too!
Read MoreThis nut-free pumpkin seed, spinach, and cilantro pesto is super easy to make, not to mention incredibly versatile, nutritious, and delicious!
Read MoreI am a big fan of overnight oats. I am also a big fan of getting in some veggies at brekkie. So zucchini oats or “zoats” are win win in my books. Especially when they’re packed with chocolatey goodness along with loads of antioxidants, fibre, healthy fats, protein, pre and probiotics, and adaptogens, too!
Read MoreThere are few breakfasts as simple and satisfying as overnight protein oats. You simply mix the ingredients together in a matter of minutes the night before, and they soak while you sleep. In the morning, they're ready whenever you are!
This blueberry ginger version is a personal favourite. It tastes great and is absolutely packed with all the goods — vitamins & minerals, antioxidants, fibre, healthy fats, and protein.
Read MoreI was recently introduced to Baru seeds and I love them! They taste like a cross between peanuts and cashews except they are nut-free & school-safe. Baru seeds are rich in plant-based protein as well as fiber and vitamin E.
This is a recipe for a chocolate & adaptogen baru seed butter that my whole family loves!
Read MoreThese non-fried “Refried” Beans are a hit with the whole family. In fact, the kids like them better than any canned or restaurant refried beans they’ve ever had. So give them a go and let me know what you think!
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