Chocolate banana maca smoothie is among our favourite smoothies. Whether you make it for a midday energy boost or after sports, you most certainly will benefit from its goodness. It is a super easy healthy smoothie to make, packed full of potassium, magnesium, antioxidants and energy boosters! I rather make it with almond milk, however,…
Heart & Star Shaped Vegetables
Imagine how much fun it would be to eat a salad and find a heart shaped cucumber or a star shaped tomato? It would have the same excitement as eating a bowl of Lucky Charms, but on the healthier version! Vegetable Mold/ Mould Zayinsoft, was the first company out of Europe that has created plastic…
To Peel or Not to Peel Carrots? – Pros & Cons
Every time I grab carrots to cook, I instinctively take out the peeler and start to peel the skins. But why and where is this habit coming from? A reflex perhaps? I guess, you and I picked from our own parents. But the question we’ll try to answer is: “do you or should you need…
Funny Looking Fruit & Veggies
Every year I love walking out to my garden to find a funny looking fruit or vegetable. Just as kids have their own personalities some of these fruits and veggies have a mind of their own too!
Learn to Create your own Recipes
As Americans we generally eat 3 meals a day, 365 days a year. That is over 1000 meals we eat each year and at least half of those are probably made by you. Food is such a huge part of our lives, it baffles me as to why cooking class in not required in school….
BroccoLeaf Recipes
A few months ago I wrote a post about BroccoLeaf, a revitalized organic superfood by Foxy Produce. And I am so excited that I just found it in the grocery store! After purchasing it, I immediately went home to put it to the taste test. The results… It is EXTREMELY bitter. The most bitter leafy…
Fed Up Movie
Have you seen the new movie “Fed Up”? It spotlights America’s obsession with sugar and lack of exercise, due to the lies the government has led us to believe. The movie poster highlights the words, “Congress says Pizza is a Vegetable”. Sadly, some people believe that is true. America needs to learn that tomato paste is NOT…
The Best Carne Asada Recipe
I grew up in Southern California and lived (mostly at the time) on Mexican food. One of my favorite dishes was carne asada. In order to make the best carne asada recipe ever, you need various ingredients that can be purchased from any grocery store. You also need to put a bit of time aside…
New Produce: BroccoLeaf
Broccoleaf is fully packed with antioxidants, aka super greens, good for detoxification. This mighty green scores higher than kale (and broccoli florets) in calcium, but it is also an excellent source of great vitamins (see below), and has lots of phytonutrients, like glucosinolates, which are great cancer fighters. When to plant and grow broccoli? Broccoli…
Why I decided to give up Meat
I have been a meat-eater ever since I was a child, but that all changed earlier this year when I signed up for a 6 month long “professional plant-based certification cooking class”. I had no idea that it meant vegan cooking. And so my journey began! The class taught me how to prepare healthy meatless meals….