November 30, 2011 | Leave a comment
Pomegranates are so pretty and make any dish look festive. With Christmas around the corner, this simple, healthy and delicious salad will make a nice addition to your festive lunch or dinner. Enjoy! This recipe serves 2 Appliances you will need: Blender (I use a Vitamix which is a high speed blender) Ingredients (I use good [...]November 29, 2011 | Leave a comment
Coming home from the markets, I realized that I had purchased purple cabbage and purple kale. So along with making my usual green smoothie, I thought I’d make a purple one too. Purple/red cabbage and green cabbage are essentially the same in terms of their nutritional benefits, however, red cabbage contains Anthocyanins, an extra nutrient not found in [...]November 28, 2011 | Leave a comment
Cheesecakes are always a good place to start when making raw desserts because the process is so quick and simple, and not very different from making a traditional cheescake. You can also have fun experimenting because the flavour options are endless. This recipe uses fresh blueberries and lemon to create an awesome sugar free, dairy free, gluten [...]November 27, 2011 | Leave a comment
Hey! Cheers for the kind words I have quite a few pre workout breakfast ideas (which can also be enjoyed after your workout). They are comprised mostly of protein and energy packed smoothies which the body can digest and assimilate super quickly. As a quick tip, adding chia seeds or hemp seeds to any breakfast meal will [...]November 24, 2011 | 2 Comments
This is my raw vegan version of the awesome Malaysian dessert: Sago Gula Melaka. Growing up, I was lucky enough to enjoy amazing south east Asian desserts such as this. Unlike the traditional version however, my take on this dessert uses chia seeds instead of sago and natural sweeteners instead of sugar. It’s just as [...]November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
I wasn’t exactly sure how well raw broccoli would go down in terms of taste, but this salad inspired by vegan obsession proved to me that it could be so yummy. Broccoli is an amazing vegetable and just like it’s relative kale, it packs a nutritionalpunch! It’s rich in Vitamin C which is essential for iron absorption and it’s also high [...]November 22, 2011 | Leave a comment
Watermelons are so refreshing on a hot day. This recipe is super quick and easy to make and looks pretty with the goodness of whole organic fruit to boot! Enjoy This recipe serves 4. Appliances you will need: blender (I use a vitamix which is a high speed blender) Ingredients (I use good local organic [...]November 21, 2011 | Leave a comment
Hi! If you don’t have stores in your local area that stock organic health food items, you can purchase stuff online. I had a look at http://www.naturallyorganic.co.nz/shop/shop.php and they seem to have a good range of products that you can use a search box to filter through and find exactly what you need – I searched [...]November 18, 2011 | Leave a comment
I used to really enjoy the taste of BBQ chips, even though to me, they never really tasted like BBQ’d anything… So you can imagine my excitement when I made a batch of these smoky BBQ kale chips and they turned out tasting just like BBQ chips! The best part is that they are entirely good [...]November 17, 2011 | Leave a comment
Acai is an abundant source of antioxidants, anthocyanins, vitamins, fibre, protein, omega-3 & 6 fatty acids, amino acids and minerals. So why is all of that stuff good for you? In combination, they have an anti-ageing effect, giving your body the nutrition that it needs while preserving your health. Teamed up with chia seeds, this superfood smoothie [...]