I have been on a baking spree lately. I love autumn, the changing colors, the crisp fall air, chilly weather and big sweaters. There’s nothing like staying home baking with the scent of freshly baked cookies coming out of the oven. Now I’m not normally a sweet craving kinda person, but if there is one […]
Raw Food Challenge: Day 5 With a Raw Food Chef
So it has already been five full days of eating 100 percent raw food. I really thought I would crave something cooked, but I am just loving this! Tonight we were invited by a good friend of mine to a raw food party! That was super exciting to me for a few reasons. First, it’s […]
Raw Food Challenge: Day 2
Simplicity Today was day two of the raw food challenge. It was a bit hard getting back into the groove of things after having been gone on vacation. It was one of those trips that went so well, I just wasn’t ready for it to be over. So this morning when the alarm rang at […]
Quinoa Vegetable Salad
For dinner I usually have a large salad. So I am always coming up with creative ways to make salads enjoyable and different so that I don’t get tired of them or feel like I am eating the same thing all the time. This quinoa salad happens to be one of my favorites. Adding the […]
Raw Banana Ice Cream Parfait
I have been working a lot on raw dessert recipes. For one, because with these 85 degree days here in L.A. I am often desiring ice cream, sorbet or a cold refreshing dessert. But, also because I think about the fact that so many kids eat so much junk with sweets, candy, soda, etc. that […]
How to Make Delicious Salt & Oil Free Salad Dressings
One of the beauties about eating raw is that you really learn to enjoy the pure, raw, natural taste of food. The taste buds are cleared of all the toxic taste stimulators in processed foods, such as salt, thus the natural flavors of whole foods intensify. So I really like to keep my meals simple […]
