Healthy, wholesome, recipe inspiration
Do you have a favourite nut? Almond? Cashew? Brazil? Pecan? How about hazelnuts?? I do love my hazelnuts but honestly can’t convince myself to pick a favourite. It’s like picking a favourite child. HOW CAN I NARROW IT DOWN?! I LOVE THEM ALL. Which is why I love making my own nut butters. It is EASY and DELICIOUS with an added bonus of avoiding any unwanted fillers. weeee!!
Are you ready to give it a try?
Ghee is one of my favourite foods. I don’t eat a lot of dairy (I’m allergic to whey) so when I found out that ghee had no lactose, casein and whey I was ALL IN. In my opinion, ghee tastes better than butter anyway because it has a deeper, nuttier flavour. I spread that stuff on bread, muffins, use it in elixirs, baking and smother it on dates for the best snack EVER. Like Ever, Ever! So I decided to make a tiny bit more elaborate recipe with the dates and ghee and share it with you all!
This recipe involves just 3 ingredients:
1)soft medjool dates
2)my chaga and chai spiced ghee
3)chocolate
That’s ALL! It’s so easy. Are you ready to give it a go?
[Read more…] about Chocolate Covered Dates stuffed with Chaga Chai Ghee
What happens when the best of two world’s collide? Like, say when hummus and guacamole combine their powers of amazingness to make one dip of delicious?! PURE MAGIC PEOPLE. That is what this avocado cilantro hummus is. PURE MAGIC.
Take the best elements of guacamole- hello cilantro and lime juice- and combine them with chickpeas (because why wouldn’t you?) and you get this dip that you can take to any party, event or just eat at home by yourself. I mean, you love yourself don’t you?
Let’s get to this recipe. It’s creamy, flavourful and takes less than 10 minutes to make. I call that a winner. Want to try it? Read on friend.
Squash blossoms AKA zucchini flowers. Have you ever had them before? This is not something you are likely to find at any grocery store - these are fresh from the farmer’s market only type of things! Although they can be a little intimidating at first(how the heck do you cook these and do they even taste good? Also, are we sure these are edible?) once you cook them once you will want them all year round! This recipe is pretty simple and SO tasty!
Creamy cashews, basil, and lemon are stuffed inside the flowers and then they are drizzled with a tangy roasted cherry tomato sauce. Not to mention this recipe is vegan AND paleo!
Are you ready to try it?
Do you love hummus? I actually haven’t eaten hummus in quite some time(chickpeas aren’t always my friend)- however, I was at an event recently and they served turmeric hummus and it was basically the best thing EVER! Obviously it got my brain spinning about what other flavour combinations I could come up with at home. I really like the introduction of turmeric to hummus. It seems to fit so perfectly with the tahini and chickpeas without being overpowering as turmeric sometimes tends to be. Around here it is the beginning of seasonal allergy time so I decided to sneak some bee pollen in the mix as well. To round things out I blended it all with some roasted carrots.
[Read more…] about Roasted Carrot Hummus with Turmeric and Bee Pollen
Do you garden? I love the feeling of walking out onto the back porch in my bare feet in the warm sun to do some digging in the dirt. When your food is a total of 7 feet from garden to table it is as fresh and local as you can get. I actually don’t even have a backyard to plant in but I do have a balcony and I make use of every inch of space out there! Living in the city, it isn’t always easy to garden, but it is totally doable! I find that herbs and lettuces are the easiest to grow in pots on my balcony but my absolute favourite thing to grow are edible flowers. From lavender to chamomile, pansies and especially nasturtiums.
