Nutritious and delicious oil-free vegan oven omelette with summer squash, carrots and chickpea flour. There I was the other evening β 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 […]
Author: Nele Liivlaid
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 foodsβ 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 […]
Strawberry Marble Cheese Cake
I wanted something festive and yet a bit lighter for my 35th birthday, so I decided to make my Heavenly Cashew Cheese Cake without the chocolate icing and use strawberries instead. I made some other small changes here and there β used peanuts instead of walnuts in the crust, and […]
Silky Avocado-Strawberry Cream
I remember from my childhood a strawberry mousse made of whipped cream. As I do not consume whipped cream any more, I created this healthy version of my childhood dream, and it tastes the same! Your children will love it, I combined strawberry cream with avocado. This recipe is sugar-free, […]
Cashew Sour Cream/Mayonnaise
It is the first time I tried making sour cream or mayonnaise, and I can tell you I have never tasted a better one. Moreover, it is oil-free, plant-based and ridiculously easy to make! I poured this delicious mayonnaise on black-bean tortillas and stuffed portobellos, but you can eat it […]
Oil Pulling: Benefits & Method
Many of you have probably heard about it, some have tried it, but most actually do not have a clue what it is. Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurveda remedy where oil is swished or held in the mouth. It takes significant amount of time before giving you the desired results […]
Chocolaty Berry Muffins, Sugar-Free
Muffins are definitely one of my favorite comfort foods. When I think of muffins I imagine a nice quite afternoon with freshly baked muffin and a bit of high quality speciality coffee I buy from Gourmet Coffee. This time I combines Chocolaty Berry Muffins. Usually I make totally oil-free muffins, […]
9 Easy Ways to Clean Your Home without Chemicals
by Nele Liivlaid (Nutriplanet) As I want to get rid of all toxic substances at my home, I have been looking for natural alternatives to chemical detergents for some time now. Here are some very good replacements you can try out.