12 High Protein Vegan Snacks to Eat Before and After Your Workout

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Check out these 12 High Protein Vegan Snacks to Eat Before and After Your Workout

Today we’re talking about workout nutrition. To help you get the most out of your workouts, we put together 12 of our personal favourite high protein vegan snacks for all of you plant-powered athletes out there.  As plant-based diets are becoming mainstream, understanding exercise nutrition, including what and when to eat before and after a…

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The Incredible Turmeric Recipe Round-Up

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The Scoop Turmeric is a spice belonging to the ginger family. Turmeric is what makes curry powder yellow – specifically its derivative curcumin —  that is said to be a powerful antioxidant. These bitter, earthy roots are also considered as a cure for everything from arthritis to Alzheimer’s and bowel cancer. The Hype Turmeric has a…

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Top 12 Vegan Summer Smoothies

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Summer is here and there is no better time to swap one of your meals for a smoothie. Ready in under ten minutes and packed with fruits, veggies, plant protein and superfoods. These creamy drinks are our go-to for an easy breakfast, snack, post-workout recovery drink…. Whether we’re running out the door or quietly sipping…

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Best Plant Based Recipes – Beginner’s Guide

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We curated 40 delicious, healthy plant based recipes for you.

This best plant based recipe round up was inspired by one of Michael Pollan’s food rules : “Don’t eat anything with more than five ingredients, or ingredients you can’t pronounce.”  Real food doesn’t have a long ingredient list, isn’t advertised on TV, and doesn’t contain stuff like maltodextrin or sodium tripolyphosphate. Real food is things that…

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21 Plant Based Muscle Building Recipes

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This is the “ultimate” question many plant based eaters ask and often times even the reason that holds people back from adapting this animal free lifestyle. To be honest I am not surprised that there is much confusion surrounding this topic. Most of us have been conditioned to associate cheese, eggs and a steak as…

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7 Plant Powered Dinner Recipes

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How do you consistently eat healthy, balanced meals in today’s faced paced world? This is a common questions we get asked,  and our first response is MEAL PREP. If you have been following us on Active Vegetarian for awhile you probably already know which foods are healthy and which to stay away from. The real challenge is…

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Recipe Round Up – 28 Low Carb Vegan Recipes

Low-carb eating is a great way to manage blood sugar and many people find it also helps with digestion, managing diabetes, and maintaining  a healthy weight (even if not trying to lose weight). Low carb eating also provides some brain-boosting benefits, due the higher amounts of healthy fats and proteins – these aid in neurotransmitter and…

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Our Largest Kale Recipe Round Up

Kale has undergone a serious image overhaul in recent years. It has evolved from being a decoration in salad bars and seafood display cases to being perhaps the most popular superfood. By now, you must have tasted – kale smoothies, salads, and chips… and most likely paid a ridiculous amount for it! 😛 Kale is one of…

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19 Best Copycat Vegan Recipes

Have you’ve ever wished you could recreate Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls, Cheesecake Factory Avocado Eggrolls, tasty Sheppard’s Pie, or Starbucks Pumpkin Scones all in a healthy vegan way?  Well today is your lucky day 🙂 With the help of our fellow health conscious bloggers we came up with the “Best Copycat Vegan Recipe Round Up”. Not only that…

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