Want to sweep a vegan off their feet this Valentine’s Day? All it takes is a trip to the grocery store. Why? Because the food you consume on Valentine’s Day can have a direct impact on your romantic evening. It is said that aphrodisiac foods can actually boost your libido and create “feel good” hormones in…
What Is Your Unique Purpose In Life & Kale Salad with Dates, Hemp Seeds & Avocado Dressing “Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls” ~~Joseph Campbell: American mythologist, writer and lecturer When I was going through a difficult stage in my life, I spent many hours…
I know what you’re thinking. How could the Beatles ruin someone’s life? Well, any woman who grew up in the 60s should understand this. Girls, we were bamboozled by four cute boys from Liverpool. With their mop top hair and their songs of love, no girl was safe from their music. Their lyrics sold us…
Black Lentil Salad with Apples & Toasted Coconut How many ways can you say yum? This black lentil salad was a lovely mix of East meets West, exotic but also simple to make. The toasted coconut and ginger add an important crunchy element, and I would recommend using the topping on any of your favorite salads.…
Top 5 Foods For Beautiful Skin and Grilled Watermelon Salad with Charred Beets & Tomatoes One of the greatest benefits you get from removing meat and dairy from your calorie intake is a better complexion. That’s because fruits and vegetables have a higher water content than meat and eating foods with high water content hydrate…
Cashew Cheese, Tomatoes, Basil & Watercress I wanted to try something new and challenging this week. So, in an effort to expand my vegan cheese repertoire, I made a cashew cheese recipe from Tal Ronnin’s new book The Conscious Cook. I won’t say this vegan cheese isn’t some work because it was, but I will say it was worth it.…
Vegan Caesar Salad with Avocado Vinaigrette I listened to an interesting talk by Joseph Campbell the other day and it got me thinking about our evolution from hunters to our current food chain. Dr. Joseph Campbell was a highly regarded American mythologist, writer and lecturer. Campbell’s usage of the word “myth” does not denote falsehood,…
Recently, I have been reading a lot of negative articles about veganism. The more popular veganism gets the more threatened people seem to become. As we all know about societies, there is a group that gets hold of it and has certain vested interests in keeping things as they are. When there is change, this…
Farro Salad with Kale, Blood Oranges, Walnuts & Dried Tart Cherries Someone once told me that I could “will the sun to come up”. He was saying it sarcastically, but I thought it was one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. Strong will has no boundaries, and we all have that…
Today I would like to introduce you to my favorite grain called farro, also known as the “Mother of All Grains”. Farro is rich in fiber, magnesium and vitamins A, B, C and E. Because it is so easily digested and so low in gluten, farro can often be eaten by people who are normally…
