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The final Stefon sketch from Saturday Night Live.
The Stefon bit was one of my favorites. I’m gonna miss him
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Me for the past three days!
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Paleo Banana Bread
After starting the paleo diet, I started craving the exact foods I wasn’t allowed to eat. This is my first...
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Apologies for the terrible image quality - I’m lacking scanner access at the minute so I had to take these photos on my phone
I was...
Lunchin’ like a vegan gourmet today! Fancy pants pizza and vegan sushi.
Haven’t had cheese-less pizza in a long time: this was incroyable. :)
Gluten free, vegan and organic gourmet treat from my buddy Micki! Sweet.
(here’s the Crudessence menu if you’re interested, need inspiration; I had the sushi and El Sol pizza. http://www.crudessence.com/images/pdfs/mackay_EN-nov2012.pdf)
DIY Spinach Ice Cubes For Smoothies
Crazy easy, saves time, money AND replaces the need for ice cubes in your smoothies. Love this idea!
Spicy BBQ Chickpea Burgers and Baked Crispy Fries via Oh She Glows
Roasted Butternut Squash with Kale and Almond Pecan Parmesan
via Oh She Glows
Homemade Protein Powder via BackToHerRoots
Directions: place ingredients in a coffee grinder a little at a time. Blend until powdered and store in an airtight container. 1 serving = 1/4 cup.
Ingredients
Basic Powder: 1 cup dried green lentils, 1/3 cup brown rice, 1/3 cup steel cut oats.
Cappuccino: For each 1/3 cup of lentil/rice/oats mixture you blend in the coffee grinder, throw in 1 tablespoon of whole coffee beans and blend until a fine powder. To sweeten, add desired amount of stevia or sugar.
Chocolate: For each 1/3 cup of lentil/rice/oats mixture you blend in the coffee grinder, throw in 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder and blend until a fine powder. To sweeten, add desired amount of stevia or sugar.
Vanilla: For each 1/3 cup of lentil/rice/oats mixture you blend in the coffee grinder, add in the insides of 1/2 of a vanilla bean or slice a whole vanilla bean in half lengthwise and stash in a jar with the whole batch of protein powder to flavor continuously. To sweeten, add desired amount of stevia or sugar.
Pumpkin Spice: For each 1/3 cup of lentil/rice/oats mixture you blend in the coffee grinder, add in 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger and ground cinnamon and 1/8 teaspoon of ground nutmeg and ground cloves. To sweeten, add desired amount of stevia or sugar.
Read more, see tips and alternatives (like soybeans), and see photos of the finished products here!
Smoothie Recipe Books
Moan Out Loud Protein Shakes: Natural, Organic, Powder-Free
See some of my favorite smoothie recipes here.
Warm/Cold Zucchini Noodles With Pesto
Ingredients
Pesto
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- 1 tbsp hemp seeds *optional (sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and chia seeds are also good options).
- 2 cups fresh basil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp sea salt
“Pasta”
- 4 medium-sized zucchini or yellow summer squash
- 3/4 cup grape tomatoes, sliced in half
- 3/4 cup olives, pitted
- 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil), shredded
Directions
- For the pesto, add walnuts, seeds*, basil, garlic, olive oil and salt to a food processor or blender. Process until well combined.
- Cut ends off zucchini. You can use a spiralizer (like this one) to make the noodles, or a mandolin to slice the zucchini lengthwise and/or a knife. Try to keep slices thin.
- If cold: Toss zucchini pasta with remaining ingredients and pesto, to taste.
- If warm: Toss noodles very gently in a medium saucepan with 1 tbsp of olive oil for 2-4 minutes over medium heat. Add in pesto, and toss until heated. Serve.
Recipe via CBC
Quick, healthy and GORGEOUS snack/appetizer ideas! See recipes below. :)
GEFU Spirelli Spiral Cutter (a.k.a my new BFF)
Veggie noodles are the BOMB. Cooked or raw, they’re awesome in “pasta” recipes and salads.
I have a feeling this just made the top of my wish list, lol. WANT. HARD.
Cutter deets here.
How to spiralize veggies without a cutter via Oh She Glows
Shots, shots, shots, sh-sh-shots, shots, shots, sh-sh-shots, shots, shots, sh-sh-shots EVERY-BAH-DAY!
Making magic in my Magic Bullet.
Chocolate Coconut Butter Banana Bites
Ingredients:
- 2 & 2/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (yield: 1 cup coconut butter)
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1-2 tsp pure extract (I used 2 tsp peppermint extract)
- 2/3 cup sifted icing sugar (see note below)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips + 1/2 tsp oil (I used coconut), melted
- Bananas, peeled and cut into 1 inch pieces
Directions here.
Chili Roasted Chickpeas = The Best. Ever.
You can’t go wrong with 4 ingredients. :)
Ingredients
4 cups cooked chickpeas
3 1/2 tablespoons olive oil or grape seed oil
5 teaspoons of chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons of sea salt
* optional chives to garnish, lime for an extra kick!
Smoothies… Mmmmm…
If you like icy consistency but are blowing through blenders, aside from investing in a better one, there are a few tips that can help.
1. Freeze your fruit. Helps save moola & time, but also gives your smoothies that icy consistency without the cubes. (fruit is mostly water afterall).
2. If it’s a watery smoothie, just stick the cubes in there as is. Keeps it cold, and clinks in the glass (if u like things clinky. Fancypants).
3. (as pictured) Use frozen berries in the smoothie (no blending). Same effect as the cubes, but you can eat them with a spoon after. Fun stuff. :)
Above: This “dessert” smoothie was banana, mango, orange, blended with a smidge protein powder, chia seeds, a smidge greek yogurt and topped with frozen blueberries. Delish. :)
Fav smoothie combos?
Apple Crunch Pie Apple Cups
Ingredients: (Makes two servings – 250 cal per serving)
(Pie filling/cup portion)
- 2 gala apples
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp cinnamon (use less if you’re not a cinnamon lover)
(Crunchy crumb topping)
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp butter, cut into pieces
- 1-1/2 tbsp light brown sugar
- 1 dash cinnamon
- 2 tsp cream
Sick? Try A Cup Of Sweeeet Apple Ginger Green Tea.
Sweet Apple Ginger Green Tea
- 3-4 small slices of fresh ginger
- 1/2 an apple, sliced
- Loose organic green tea (or a tea bag)
- Honey - optional
- Boiling water & a steeper
I sliced everything up, and steeped it for about 10 minutes. It’s delicious, warm, feels nice on the way down and hopefully (fingers crossed) will murder this BEAST of a cold.
Ginger is known for it’s anti-inflammatory properties, and it promotes general health & wellness. Green tea is loaded with anti-oxidants and honey is just as effective at treating sore throats as your favorite cough medicine.
If you don’t like apple, most other fruit will work (pineapple, pear, citrus).
What are your favorite tea concoctions?
