Homemade European Sauerkraut with Caraway

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Home made European Sauerkraut with Caraway recipe made by Active Vegetarian

My love for sauerkraut runs deep. Growing up, making sauerkraut was an event for our family. Each fall all my aunts, uncles, and cousins would get together at grandma’s house out in the country. The adults would take turns shredding the cabbage by hand until it filled an old bathtub. Then we kids would stomp…

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Juice for Gut Health in Winter Season

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This sweet and spicy juice boosts digestion, helps reduce bloating and inflammation, relieves constipation, and promotes healthy gut flora.

Today’s recipe features a hot, potent and tasty combination of fruits, veggies and herbs that are all cleansing, detoxifying and boosts the metabolism. The key ingredients in this juice also help reduce bloating and inflammation, relieve constipation and promote healthy gut flora.  As soon as the temperature outside drops naturally we begin to crave more warming…

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Ayurvedic Kitchari

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Today we are going to make a traditional kitchari, and offer you vegan and grain-free variations. We love classic Indian vegetarian food, especially when it’s home-made and prepared with love. It would be challenging to pick one dish that is our all-time favourite, however, there is something special about this traditional Ayurvedic Kitchari that keeps us revisiting this…

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Hazelnut Kiss Yogurt

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I’m so excited to share this recipe with all you beautiful people. I’ve been dying to try and experiment adding some favours and create a spin off version of our original Raw Almond Coconut Yogurt. See, the great thing about making your own vegan yogurt is that you can blend in whatever flavors you feel like…

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Ayurvedic Vegan Lassi

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Ayurvedic medicine (“Ayurveda” for short) is one of the world’s oldest holistic (“whole-body”) healing systems. It was developed more than 3,000 years ago in India. Ayurveda is more than a mere system of treating illness, it’s a science of life (Ayur = life, Veda = science or knowledge). It offers a body of wisdom designed to…

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Oatgurt, Dairy-Free & Vegan

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Yes, you can absolutely make your own non-dairy yogurt at home! And you should try it! For this vegan yogurt we are using oats and young coconut, blended together with good probiotics to create a rich and creamy treat, similar to Greek yogurt. It’s pretty simple, cost-effective and has many health benefits. Delicious on its own, or…

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#51: Strengthen Your Immunity

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*If you would rather listen than read – download our PODCAST HERE. Dealing with a cold or suffering through a full blown flu is not exactly my idea of a good time. Feeling all stuffed up, run down, not able to function or fully perform at work is kind of a bummer. Wouldn’t you agree? Today we…

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Raw Almond Coconut Yogurt

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Mostly, everyone nowadays has heard of probiotics – but do you really know what they do for us and why we should be consuming them? Over the past few months Zuzana and I have been quite consistent on always making sure there are some seeds or nuts soaking or sprouting. Either to make some fresh…

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“Tastes Like Sunshine!” (Juice Recipe)

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With summer here I love having so many fresh fruits and veggies around! Aside from eating them and tasting their natural deliciousness – I also love juicing them. The fact that I can also cram so many dark leafy greens into a juice and consume it is a bonus, especially if I am on then…

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Juicing: What are the health benefits?

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Juicing has taken the health world by storm, and millions of people are now gulping down pounds of produce by the glassful. Will it be a trend or actually start to open peoples eyes, and change lives? Zuz and I actually juice a lot and I realized we haven’t really shared any recipes or info. with…

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