Christmas is fast approaching and for many it is a time to indulge in excessive eating which more often than not results in weight gain. Then comes the dieting and detoxing in the new year. Maybe it is time to revisit our relationship with food. In Greek mythology Ceres the Goddess of Agriculture is also [...]
Why and How to Sprout?
Sprouts! Super they are! You can consider them an everyday superfood. According to Brian Clements (Co-director of the Hippocrates Health Institute) they are 10-30 % more nutritious than locally grow vegetables, and Isabell Shipard (naturopath and herbalist) says that their enzyme content can be up to 100 times more than that [...]
Raspberry Passion Freezies
I never used passion fruit before, and I must admit we ended up with some hard seeds in the mix, but noone seemed to mind. The freezies were delicious. The recipe? Well, it couldn’t be simpler. I got it from Karen Knowler, the Raw Food Coach simply by signing up [...]
Having to pack a nut-free snack for school often limits our healthy snack options. Try these flax crackers for a change. This is by far the best recipe I have found. It comes form my friend Evelyn Dekleine, with whom we studied together at IHN. Ideally you should have a dehydrator to make these crackers, [...]
I just took a 3 day green smoothie challenge with the Green Smoothie Queen, and I am hooked. But what is even more amazing, the kids are hooked too! They are always hungry when they get home from school, so I decided to prepare a green smoothie for them that they can have right away. [...]
One of the challenges of going vegan, even if only for ten days, can be your family. Green smoothies were part of my vegan experiment. The first one I tried to make really tasty and fruity, so that the boys would drink it. Bence said it was yummy, but Kristof was turned off by the [...]
This recipe is dedicated to my friend Sheree and her nephew with the sweet tooth.
When I first made this cake, I asked my kids what to call it. Bence, then 3 years old, said it should be called “Very Good Cake”. Since there are too many of those around we decided to call it Raw [...]
Avocado Pudding
A healthy Dessert, Not Just for Kids
Dairy free, gluten free, this is a delicious dessert for everyone. If you want to decrease the impact it causes on blood sugar fluctuation, use agave nectar instead of the maple syrup. (When I first posted this I didn’t know about the [...]