Foodie turned Holistic Nutritionist
This is a quick and easy sugar free chocolate smoothie recipe for you that is going to totally re-energize your tastebuds and your health. I came up with the idea after being on day 5 of my teatox and was craving chocolate BAD. Since all chocolate has some sugar in it (at least the one’s in my cupboard), I decided to try out Affect Health’s Drinking Chocolate as it is sugar free and it did not disappoint!
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It may seem like a crazy thing to wake up to, but in the summer, when it’s hot out, I can’t think of anything better than this strawberry nice cream bowl to wake up to. You can also make this into more of a smoothie by thinning it out or not using completely frozen bananas, either way, it’s delicious. By adding some fat and fibre to this type of fruit-centric smoothie, you also help to release the sugars from the fruit more slowly, so your blood sugar wont spike too quickly. I happened to use not-so-frozen bananas so that is why this looks more like a thick smoothie than nice cream, but if you use completely frozen bananas, it will come out a lot thicker. Also, if it is not the consistency you want at first, you can put it back in the freezer to thicken.
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Pumpkin is often times associated with fall and the changing leaves along with that certain Starbucks PSL that apparently now contains pumpkin, although is still garbage IMO. But I want to break that notion that we only eat pumpkin in the fall, lets be rebels and enjoy it throughout the winter, if you really want to freak people out, maybe you even eat it in the spring (too far??). This pumpkin oatmeal with chocolate is unbelievably tasty and with the warming spices added, you are in absolute food heaven. Oh and you will also feel incredibly nourished from the inside out.
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I am a big fan of yogurt, but overall not a big fan of dairy and in particular, cow’s milk. I tried coconut yogurt that they sell in stores and honestly was not impressed with the flavour, taste, added ingredients and the price. After trying to make coconut yogurt from frozen coconut, I was also not impressed as it just had an off taste. So no matter how easy that recipe was, it didn’t really do anything for me. So I was pretty skeptical to try another homemade one, but after seeing some interesting versions online, I thought I would give it a go and I was not disappointed. This version is creamy, easy to make, affordable and tastes delicious, try my easy homemade coconut yogurt today!
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Ohhhh granola, you are crunchy, satisfying, sweet and make a perfect topping to almost anything, plus when you are baking away, you make the whole place smell incredible. With this healthy granola recipe, there is absolutely no need to ever buy store-bought granola again, because not only does this taste better (I promise) it’s actually much more nutritious and can even be cheaper as well. Store bought granola can contain a frightening amount of added sugar and other additives which often people mistake as healthy and then eat more of it then they should (thanks to the sugar). It’s actually a common misconception that store bought granola is healthy, mostly because its labeled and marketed in such a clever way that people look past the ingredients and focus instead on the fluff. Hey, I used to buy granola bars all the time and would often keep them in my bag when the mood struck for something sweet and healthy. Unfortunately, the hunger would only subside for a short time and then I would be craving more and more, and having more than one was no big deal, because they were healthy (they contained like 4 grams of fibre, right?!?). Now that I know better, I do better and I put together this insanely delicious and slightly addictive healthy granola recipe for you to have instead of that store-bought “healthy granola.”
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I am not sure where I first saw the smoothie bowl or who the genius was that thought to transform a smoothie into a bowl, but I am sure happy they did! It’s always those unique little alterations and changes that can take the ordinary to the extraordinary. Little changes like these can make such a huge difference and it’s important to remember that especially when it comes to such things as our health.
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I have to say there is something completely magical about enjoying an acai bowl, just the word acai is a magical word, don’t you think? The flavour, the colour, the nutritional profile and not to mention the taste, it’s easy to see why this fruit has taken off in the nutrition world the way it has. I remember also being a little intimidated to try it because I thought there was no way I could create something that looked so beautiful, but the truth it, it’s not hard to make acai look beautiful, it just is, naturally. Get two acai bowl recipes here, although one can be made into a smoothie too, your choice!
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Every time someone at work saw me chowing down chewing mindfully on my chia seed pudding in the morning I would get some weird looks and most often someone would ask me, what the heck are you eating?! The first few times I didn’t mind and I would explain what chia seeds are and how delicious they were. Then I would get some people who would irritate the hell out of me by saying something like “that’s gross” or “it looks disgusting” or “would you slow down, you’re going to choke!” (ok, I made that last one up, but some people may have thought that). Anyways… it got me thinking how maybe I think your Tim Horton’s/McDonalds breakfast sandwich is gross, but I don’t say anything and society thinks it’s perfectly fine to eat like that but god forbid you have chia seeds in a jar with almond milk! Yikes…sorry this one clearly struck a nerve.
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