Read most any article about increasing energy levels to adequately support your workout sessions and it will likely tell you that the number-one thing you should do is eat more protein—usually in the form of lean meat. As a vegetarian, this type of advice can be rather discouraging, potentially leaving you to wonder how you…
Thinking about buying a box of chocolates for your Valentine? Well hold on for a second…instead of the processed sugar loaded store bought stuff why not try your own homemade treat? These lovely little devils are loaded with protein from pumpkin seeds, hemp hearts and cocoa nibs and I even mixed in a scoop of Vega…
I am a big fan of oatmeal because of its many benefits, you can click here to learn more about this. I can eat it anytime – breakfast to get me going, in the afternoon to refuel after a tough workout and even as a comforting dinner! One of the nutritional rules I follow is…
Christmas cookie baking has been a tradition in my family ever since I can remember. Our traditional Czech holiday baking includes lots of butter, eggs and icing sugar…not really the most plant based friendly or heart healthy ingredients. However that doesn’t stop me from keeping this holiday tradition alive! I love spending time in the kitchen,…
Yup it totally happened! We created the perfect post workout meal, mid afternoon snack, sweet breakfast or lovely dessert to share with friends. Look at this creamy rich treat! Would you believe that is totally healthy, vegan, gluten free and packed with plant based protein?!? And what better source of plant based protein, than #vegagreens #protein! What’s…
Sesame seeds are a tiny but powerful nutritional powerhouses. Sesame Seeds Health Benefits Include: prevent diabetes lower blood pressure prevent a wide variety of cancers build strong bones protect against radiation increase heart health help cure sleep disorders improve digestion reduce inflammation boost respiratory health strengthen your oral health aid in healthy growth improve circulation…
The word ‘vegan’ doesn’t simply mean meatless, milk-free, or egg-free. Unfortunately, various animal parts and bodily fluids have found their way into numerous food items that are often mistaken as being plant-based. No need to panic. In this post and a podcast we want to help you recognize these items and give you an idea what…
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…
A couple of weeks ago we’ve received a FB question from one of our podcast listeners Lee-Ann: How to go from vegetarian to vegan? “I was wondering if you could do a podcast on “Vegan 101”. The basics for anyone looking to start. I’m a vegetarian looking to go vegan but it’s a whole lifestyle…
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…
The other day Michelle from Organic Girl stopped by our gym with a big box full of goodies! So as a thank you, I decide to create a recipe using these organic romaine hearts. Honestly I could just eat them straight from the bag, they are so sweet and fresh with a perfect crunch! However I wanted to…
Prepping your food ahead of time is honestly the #1 one strategy you need to implement to make sure you and your family eats healthy meals throughout the week. I know what you might be thinking…Who has time to cook bunch of meals all at once! Well, you can always order online and have your healthy…
Recently I came across two hugely inspiring ladies who both live the “Zero Waste” life and after learning more about them I couldn’t wait to share their message with you beautiful people. Bea Johnson – Zero Waste lifestyle expert, originally from France, today lives with her family in Mill Valley, California. She is the author of…
This dish came out just great! Deeply rich creamy chocolate pudding, mixed with sweet local berries inside gluten free raw crust. Best of all it’s so clean and wholesome, you can enjoy it for breakfast, lunch, dinner or anytime in between 😉 In the glass dish this cake is so pretty with…
We often hear about people having a huge success dropping weight after changing their diet to fully plant-based losing 20, 40, 60… or even 100 lbs. is not an unusual story. However there is also another side to this story we rarely hear or read about. Throughout the past decade I’ve worked with many vegetarian…