In case you haven’t heard, smoothie bowls have become all the rage of late. Who would have thought? You make a smoothie, put it in a bowl and add some toppings, and voila! A smoothie bowl! Smoothie bowls make for a great breakfast or lunch. They’re easy to make, portable and offer your body loads [...] » Read more

  One of the keys to transitioning to a healthier lifestyle is to learn how to swap out unhealthy food choices for healthier food choices. As I always tell my clients, it’s easier to focus on the foods that you can have, rather than the foods that you feel like you’re giving up. For many people, [...] » Read more

Love strawberry jam but don’t want all the processed sugars and preservatives that store-bought jams come with? Making your own Raw Strawberry Jam is so quick, easy and versatile you’ll never want or need to buy processed jam again. I’m always having fun creating new raw food recipes that include local, organic produce. Summer is the [...] » Read more

Eating a high-raw diet, I do like to include the occasional cooked food meals into my diet, especially when it’s as special, tasty and nourishing as breadfruit pancakes. When I eat cooked foods, I still follow the basic guidelines for choosing healthy foods, choosing real, whole foods that are organic and preferably local with minimal [...] » Read more

Making raw granola is easier than you might think and offers a lot of advantages over store-bought. Packaged cereals these days are loaded with processed sugar. Making your own granola is a great way, actually the only way, to really know what’s in the cereal you’re eating. Do you recognize all the names of the ingredients [...] » Read more

This raw coconut yogurt has to be my new favorite recipe. I can’t believe how easy it is to make raw coconut yogurt. Since my husband and I moved back to the Big Island of Hawaii, we now live in coconut abundance! If you live in Canada or the US where coconuts don’t grow, you [...] » Read more

When I was a kid growing up, one of my comfort foods was raisin bran cereal and milk. I loved eating cereal and didn’t want to give it up, but I knew I had to leave dairy and processed cereal behind if I wanted to step into vibrant living. Now that I make all of [...] » Read more

Behold! The magical power of chia! Chia seeds definitely fall into the “superfood” category. Chia seeds contain one of the highest known plant sources of essential fatty acids (EFA’s) of both omega-3 and omega-6. Chia seeds are also high in protein running at 20% protein and provide fibre, iron, calcium, niacin, magnesium, zinc and phosphorus. They pack quite [...] » Read more

This is a great recipe if you’re transitioning from the Standard American Diet (SAD), towards raw foods. At first, it might feel challenging to give up packaged cereals, but with raw food recipes like this to step in as a transitional replacement, it helps make the transition a lot easier. And it’s not so much [...] » Read more