I went for a walk in the park yesterday and picked a pocketful (I did not have anything else to put them into) of spruce tips. “Why on earth?” some might ask. They taste so good and are packed with vitamin C! When I finished picking the tips I felt […]
Month: May 2014
Homemade Almond Milk
Instead of buying overpriced nut milk with unwanted additives, make your own healthy homemade almond milk. I hear so much people complaining how expensive it is to buy almond milk or hazelnut milk or any nut milk. My answer always is simple – do not buy it. Instead, prepare homemade […]
What-You-Have-In-Hand Oven Omelette
Nutritious and delicious oil-free vegan oven omelette with summer squash, carrots and chickpea flour. There I was the other evening – the fridge almost empty, but needed to fix something for dinner. I only had a summer squash, carrots, half turnip, potatoes, and celery stalks left. I chose omelette. At […]
How to Make Oil-Free White Bean Salad Dressing
Learn how easy and quick it is to make plant-based oil-free white bean dressing to top your salads or Buddha bowls. You’ll need a blender and less than 10 minutes of your time. When I adopted whole foods’ diet, the hardest part was to find substitution to the oil I […]
Heart Disease Starts in Childhood
By age 10, nearly all kids have fatty streaks in their arteries. This is the first sign of atherosclerosis, the leading cause of death in the United States. So the question for most of us is not whether we should eat healthy to prevent heart disease, but whether we want […]
Creamy Coconut Ice Cream
I am sure everyone loves ice cream. Usually it is made of dairy with lots of additives in it. But how if I make coconut ice cream? I do not consume any dairy products for more than two years now, but still would love the taste of a decadent ice […]
Foods Containing The Most And The Least Pesticides 2014
Environmental Working Group (EWG) publishes its annual rating of conventional foods with the most and least pesticide residues.
How to Make Gluten-Free Vegan Rhubarb Muffins [Sugar-Free]
These vegan rhubarb muffins make a perfect breakfast or a lean snack to enjoy in the afternoon with tea. Besides being quick and easy to make, they are also oil-free, sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free (if you use gluten-free oat flour). The reasons I love those vegan rhubarb muffins so much: extremely […]