I love these tasty Matcha Coconut Protein Balls. They are free of gluten, dairy and refined sugar, but absolutely packed with easy-to-digest energy along with antioxidants, fibre, healthy fats, and protein. They are great for snack time or breakfast on-the-go. And they are super simple to make in the food processor or blender, with no baking required.
Read MoreThis “Double Double” Cake — double chocolate and double banana — is made with both ripe bananas and banana flour. It’s nut-free, grain-free, gluten-free, and paleo-friendly, and makes a perfect nutritious-and-delicious treat for breakfast, snack time, dessert, or school lunch boxes. It has a texture that’s a cross between a fudgy brownie and good old fashioned snacking cake. Better still, it’s refined sugar free and packed with healthy fats and protein!
Read MoreThis fresh & flavourful dip is super easy to make and packed with antioxidants, fibre, and tasty gut-healthy ingredients like ginger and miso. I love to use it as a dip for crackers and crudités, a topping for toast, pizza, salad, eggs, baked potatoes and roasted vegetables, or a flavour booster for proteins.
Read MoreFresh from the oven granola has got to be one of my favourite things. Throw in the delectable cherry almond combo, and I’m in seventh heaven.
Read MoreThis is one of my favourite go-to pesto recipes featuring the classic combo of fresh basil and pine nuts.
Read MoreI absolutely love these healthier “Reese’s” copycat candies. They’re rich and creamy with that chocolatey peanut buttery goodness we all know and love. You’ll barely believe that they’re refined sugar-free, vegan, low-carb/keto, and easily modified to be paleo and nut-free, too!
Read MoreThis nut-free pumpkin seed, spinach, and cilantro pesto is super easy to make, not to mention incredibly versatile, nutritious, and delicious!
Read MoreI was recently introduced to Baru seeds and I love them! They taste like a cross between peanuts and cashews except they are nut-free & school-safe. Baru seeds are rich in plant-based protein as well as fiber and vitamin E.
This is a recipe for a chocolate & adaptogen baru seed butter that my whole family loves!
Read MoreCuz who doesn’t love freshly baked chocolate chunk cookies?!? Bonus is, these tasty low-carb treats are grain, gluten, & refined sugar free, and packed with healthy fats and protein. Know what that means? Go ahead a have a couple for breakfast!
Read MoreBroccoli Basil & Walnut Pesto is super easy to make and can be enjoyed in countless ways. In addition to mixing it into pasta, noodles, rice and spiralized vegetables, I love to use it as a dip for crackers and crudités, a topping for toast, pizza, salad, eggs, and baked potatoes, or a flavour booster for proteins.
Read MoreChia pudding is an easy make-ahead, grab-and-go breakfast staple at our house. It is nutritious, delicious and versatile, and can literally be thrown together in minutes the night before.
Here I have made my chia pudding wonderfully creamy and satisfying by using coconut milk and collagen peptides for extra healthy fat and protein. It has also been amped-up a couple notches thanks to antioxidant-rich matcha and chlorella powders.
Read MoreI make Paleo Pumpkin Olive Oil Bread year round. First of all, pumpkin is way too nutritious and versatile to save for October. And secondly, this bread is downright delicious. I tried a number of different paleo flour combinations before coming up with the one I used here. And I must say, the taste and texture are on point. Tender, moist, slightly earthy and sweet with those wonderful notes of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg & cloves.
Read MoreBaked beans are total comfort food around my house. Hubby could eat beans-on-toast multiple days a week — for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Good news is, these homemade beans are nutritious, delicious, and super easy and inexpensive, too!
Read MoreI absolutely love these muffins. They are tender and moist with a wonderful complex sweet & spicy flavour from the mixture of blueberries, sweet potato, and Chinese 5 spice. Better still, Blueberry 5-Spice Sweet Potato Muffins are grain, gluten and refined sugar free, and packed with antioxidants, fibre, and protein, too!
Read MoreI absolutely love this colourful coleslaw. It’s bright and beautiful with a wonderful variety of textures, and it’s bursting with fresh flavour and health benefits. My three chicklets gobble it up every time, shaved brussels sprouts and all!
Read MoreThese fudgy decadent donuts are super easy to make, free of refined sugar, suitable for gluten-free, paleo and keto diets, and absolutely packed with healthy fats, protein, and adaptogens, too!
Read MoreFresh from the oven granola has got to be one of my favourite things. Certainly if I were to write my own Book of Awesome, it would be featured. A few times. Here I have added tahini and chai spices for a granola that has a wonderful nutty and slightly fragrant flavour with those crunchy chewy clusters we all love. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Read MoreI first made this uber-tasty edible double chocolate hazelnut cookie dough for World Nutella Day. Not sure who comes up with all these food holidays, but this is one I would be happy to celebrate every week!
Good news is, “Nutella” Cookie Dough is so healthy you don’t need an excuse to eat it. It’s packed with healthy fats, fibre, and protein, and is vegan, gluten-free, paleo & keto-friendly, too!
Read MoreGolden Buffalo Cauliflower Wings are tangy and spicy and savory and seriously addictive! They make a great healthy appetizer, game-day snack, or side dish.
Read MorePesto is an incredibly versatile sauce that can be enjoyed in countless ways. In addition to mixing it into pasta, noodles, rice and spiralized vegetables, I love to use it as a dip for crackers and crudités, a topping for toast, pizza, salad, eggs, and baked potatoes, or a flavour booster for proteins.
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