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Paleo Coconut Oatmeal To The Rescue

October 7, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

In my last post, I spoke about trying a new paleo-ish diet to heal myself from some digestive issues I have been experiencing for far too long. Being someone that doesn’t want to have meat for every meal, I needed to find a balance with my breakfasts and compromise on my cravings for oatmeal and my adherence to a paleo diet. Obviously, oats along with other grains and wheat are not allowed on a paleo diet, so I knew that I would have to find an alternative. After much digging around online, I found a few recipes that use shredded unsweetened coconut as the oat alternative. People are damn geniuses when they have dietary restrictions, I tell you and can come up with some pretty solid recipes, tips and tricks. This paleo coconut oatmeal is one of them!

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The Only Farro Salad You Will Ever Need

September 23, 2016 By jaclyn

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Being a holistic foodie, I have had my fair share of salads, both at restaurants and at home and I can honestly say that if I were to only ever have one salad for the rest of my life, it would be this farro salad! The dressing is kept super simple, but the addition of fresh herbs is what really makes this dish stand out. I really cannot take all the credit though, I was majorly inspired from a trip out to New York City where I first tasted this incredible farro salad.

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Quick Healthy Vegan Breakfast: Peach Overnight Oats

August 26, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

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If you can still manage to find some in-season peaches, you need to make this quick healthy vegan breakfast ASAP! I have been enjoying this breakfast for a couple of weeks and I cannot stop eating it, overnight oats anonymous right here! This can be yours in the morning if you take 5-10 minutes to prep this the night before. Not going to lie, I am a little sad that summer is ending soon, but that does mean we are moving into fall here in Ontario and that is one of my favourite seasons, yes bring on all things pumpkin and squash!

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Cherry Overnight Oats With Chocolate and Coconut Whip

July 15, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

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When you make breakfast that tastes like dessert but is actually healthy for you… (*mind blown*). These cherry overnight oats are insanely good and if you are already a fan of overnight oats then you are in for a sweet treat! When I tasted the first bite, it tasted like chocolate cake with cherries, which would be similar to black forest cake, except I always hated black forest cake so I don’t really know what to make of that. It is the best recipe for overnight oats I have ever tried and I have tried them all.

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Mini Berry Tarts: Vegan, & Gluten Free

July 12, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

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Last year I had quite the love affair with making mini berry tarts with all the berries I could get my hands on. Seriously, I couldn’t get enough and neither could anyone I served it to. So this year, I decided it would be a great idea to actually write down the mini berry tarts recipe and get it out to you. I also had the genius idea to make one of the coconut creams chocolate flavoured, because chocolate makes everything better, am I right?! By using coconut milk, I kept these dairy free and I don’t think you will miss the traditional cream one bit. Vegan berry tarts that are gluten free and refined sugar free, so you can have your cake and eat it too!

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Berry Smoothie Bowl With Beets + Giveaway!

July 7, 2016 By jaclyn 3 Comments

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Berry Smoothie Bowl is Life!

Lately I have been absolutely obsessed with adding beets into my smoothies. They add the most gorgeous colour, taste great, have amazing health benefits and they are easily added into your smoothies because they don’t require any cooking. With summer in full swing, roasting beets is the last thing on my mind, but I still love having them raw in salads and smoothies. You certainly cannot BEET the health and beauty benefits of incorporating more of them into your diet either.

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No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

June 20, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

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I had been stuck in a food slump as of late and could not think of anything to make that was new or creative, which was a real bummer when you are trying to blog about food. One afternoon I wanted to make caramel chocolate ice cream with frozen bananas and have it on a cookie crust, that recipe was a MASSIVE fail and just did not work at all! Not too pleased with myself, I put the caramel in the fridge, because I had only used a bit of it and there it sat for a few days. Every time I opened the fridge, I saw it there staring back at me…taunting me (ok, I’m exaggerating but it felt like that) and I didn’t have a clue what to do with it. Then, I just knew what had to be done and quickly whipped up these no bake chocolate peanut butter bars and knew at first bite these were legend………………..wait for it, dary, legendary!

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Non Traditional Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

June 17, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

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Who doesn’t love a good crisp in the summer with all those fresh berries and in season fruits, it is a perfect dessert for the warmer temps! Because it is warmer, it should be served with some ice cream, just saying! When I looked up a few recipes for a crisp, I was surprised at how much butter and sugar were involved. I mean really, how is all that added sugar necessary?! I thought to myself, this has to change, there has to be a better way to enjoy a good crisp other than one that is loaded with sugar and butter. Well, I changed it, so no this isn’t a traditional crisp, but that is ok with me because it is absolutely delicious and not overly sweet, perfect for breakfast and ice cream is optional 😉

How about we make this vegan strawberry rhubarb crisp the new normal or traditional crisp? Yes please!

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Vegan Lentil Salad with Kale

June 14, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

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It has been a busy couple of weeks around here and I haven’t really had time to sit and think about how much things have changed for me over the past couple of years. Because I wasn’t always holistic foodie instead I was anything but holistic or a foodie. The months of April to June are always difficult for me, because of my mom’s passing in June 2010, but this year being so busy kind of helped with it and I don’t know if that’s such a good thing?

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Raw buckwheat pudding

May 10, 2016 By jaclyn Leave a Comment

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Have you ever tried raw buckwheat pudding before? If not, you really need to get on that as this breakfast is loaded with health and beauty benefits that will leave you feeling and looking amazing.

I have been having quite the love affair lately, it involves pears. Not quite sure where this latest obsession came from, but I just can’t get enough! I have been having it for a snack drizzled with hazelnut butter (another recent obsession), putting it in salads and now it’s finally making it’s way into my breakfast. Buckwheat is a great option for those following a gluten free diet as well as those people who may have overdone it on the overnight oats/chia puddings, ME!

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