Kale & Hemp Hummus

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This easy to make hummus is full of antioxidants, fibre and a great source of plant based protein. Another benefit is that you can easily blend it up in just a few minutes! Kale together with hemp hearts and chickpeas creates a bit of a fusion between traditional hummus and pesto sauce. It’s beautifully green, fresh and super versatile…

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Creamy Spiced Pumpkin Butter

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Do you have a nut intolerance but secretly dream about licking a big spoon of peanut butter? Ok maybe it’s just me but still this pumpkin butter taste like heaven and totally satisfies any peanut butter cravings. A Great Alternative … This Pumpkin Seed Butter is versatile and delicious. Just recently I came across an article mentioning…

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Delicious Apple Butter – [no sugar added]

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When the garden gives you apples…you get your slowcooker out and make an apple butter 🙂  This delicious butter is nicely spiced with fresh ginger and slowly cooked for several hours until the apples just start to caramelize.  This absolutely natural, no sugar added spread can be used in so many different ways – on pancakes…

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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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Tahini Kale Protein Bowl

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In need of a good summer meal recipe? Don’t worry – we’ve got it covered! If you are anything like us, you probably don’t want to be spending hours in the kitchen during these summer months. Don’t make me wrong, I love cooking however when the good weather starts here in Vancouver, all I want to…

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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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4 DIY LOW FAT SALAD DRESSINGS

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It’s no secret that Salads make a healthy foundation for any diet — but it’s all too easy to ruin their nutritional benefits by drizzling on the wrong salad dressing. At the same time, to keep you in love with lettuce, you want choices that keep your taste buds satisfied and turn every salad experience…

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TOW #7 Dressing it up….

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  Alright so we are 2 months into the new year, I hope you are sticking to your new years resolutions! If weight loss or diet was a key word in your goals for 2013 I am sure you have found yourself eating more leafy greens (aka salads). Am I right? 🙂 Now let me…

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Make Your Own – Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

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Ok this post was inspired by my recent trip to Whole Foods. As Nikki and I were working away on creating the “Pumpkin Madness” post we knew we needed a good pumpkin spice mix. However a small jar was $6.49….WHAT???? So we decided to make our own 🙂 If you’ve never made your own spice blends, I’d encourage…

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