raw chocolate banana superfood ice cream cake - and cry!   [gallery columns="4" ids="671,673,674,675"] This sums up a lot of the lovely meeting I had the other day with one of my dearest friends, Vanessa. We've been buds for a while now- coming up 7 years, I would say (that's a lot when you consider it is over Œ of my life thus far). Usually, when we hang out, it is pretty productive. I mean, we've got stuff to do. Mostly, we've got food to eat (or, make, eat, and blog about- sometimes in that order). And thank my lucky stars that she is such a darned good cook with such an enormous heart. [caption id="attachment_672" align="alignright" width="225"]READ MORE

Chocolate Coconut Chia Banana Parfait - a vegan, raw, gluten free, fancy looking option for breakfast! (Or a nice snack).   Usually, I put chia seeds in my smoothies- they are a great source of protein and make me feel like an Aztec warrior (one of the original users of this powerful seed). Ah, ok- they don't actually seem to do that for me, but I still have faith that these little seeds are doing something beneficial. The word "chia" means st

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chocolate birthday cake batter smoothie vegan, high raw, and you can legitimately consume chocolate for breakfast ;-)   I made this twice last week- for my special someone's birthday breakfast (day of) and the Saturday before, just as I was rushing out the door to work for the day. There definitely was no time to make a pancake breakfast…. but this, I believe, is a worthy contender for any special meal. After all, it is made with lots of love (both in the emotional and in the chocolate sense). chocolate birthday cake batter smoothie inspired by the lovely Angela Liddon at Oh She Glows (p.s.- definitely check out her new book!) 1 C water (237 g) ? C rolled

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raw, vegan, Nanaimo Bar Recipe   Or more accurately conveyed: Eat-Your-(Greens)-raw-vegan-Nanaimo-(esque)-Bar-Recipe [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] this photo reeeeeeally does not do the product justice. I'm sorry. It is honestly completely appetizing! [/caption]

I whipped these up a few nights ago, to bring as dessert to our friend who had us over for dinner. They were so, so good I almost wished I were the only one at the par

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Vegan Peanut Butter Raw Chocolate Rice Krispie Recipe These are so good- and actually, I made them what feels like forever ago… (though it was maybe a month or so), but I still remember them fondly! I had been wanting to make rice krispies for forever, but I wasn't about to shell out $9 for a bag of organic rice crisp cereal. So, imagine my delight when I saw a big bag on sale for $5.99- immense! The universe told me that it was time to make rice krispies. You can definitely make this recipe by using brown rice syrup instead of barley malt syrup (to keep it gluten free), but the latter was on sale (score). So after standing at the check out, Googling whether or not one could make vegan rice krispies with barley malt, and thinking "What if this is my last day on earth a

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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread- oil free, vegan, and breakfast approved! If you're in Vancouver right now, you know today is a perfect one for three things, in combination: 1. a good book 2. a hot cup of tea or coffee 3. this banana bread (you will know after you try it…) A few weeks ago, I drove past a grocery store where bananas were on sale for a ridiculously low price. Organic, fair trade bananas- for $0.19/lb?! Y

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