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Weight LossCategory: Recipes
Bacon Grease Can Be Your Friend: Homemade Delectable Keto Bacon Mayonnaise
Transform leftover bacon grease into delectable bacon mayonnaise – a flavorful keto accompaniment to sandwiches, dips, dressings and more. Kevin (my husband) loves his bacon. Weekends, we go in search of Calgary breakfast places that sport the best bacon (our favorite is Red’s Diner right now). Weekdays, he snacks on a couple strips a day…
10 (scientifically proven) Reasons Why I’m Not Scared of Eating Fat + Keto Vanilla Creme Pudding Parfaits recipe
Fat makes up the outside layer of every cell in your body. Our hormones need it, our muscles need it and (a lack of it) can lead to endless raging cravings for sugar at every turn. How (and why) I am no longer scared of eating fat and choose to follow a keto eating style.
Load Up On Fiber with this Low-carb, Keto Flaxseed Focaccia Recipe – No Gluten, Dairy, Grains, Flours. Just Flax!
Grain-free, low-carb, keto bread recipe made entirely of flaxseed with a very bread-like texture. Perfect for toast and sandwiches. 3 weeks of my new keto eating style are in my back pocket and my daily keto recipe ideas are starting to take shape (lucky for you, you’re in for a real keto treat. This is…
Make Your Smoothies Lighter with this Essential (inexpensive) Base Ingredient + New Smoothie Recipe and Giveaway
Using this inexpensive ingredient as the base for your next smoothie lightens up your drink and boosts the health benefits without the added cost of superfood ingredients. In the end, it’s about swapping high sugar ingredients for low sugar ingredients and tea is a fabulous (healthy!) way to do this.
The Time I Decided That Chocolate Donuts Were the Best “Cookie” for a Grain-free + Vegan Ice Cream Sandwich
Extra creamy dairy-free ice cream that’s sandwiched between two fudgy cake donuts. All gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free and egg-free. Last week, I was in the kitchen (heh, when am I ever NOT in the kitchen?) with a plan. I was going to make ice cream sandwiches for my pals at Natural Vitality. I love their products,…
4 Things to Expect This Summer + recipe for Dairy-free Ice Cream Bars
Chocolate-covered dairy-free ice cream on a stick. Made with just 7 healthy ingredients. When you eat healthy, you feel better. It’s science. The cool part? Healthy can be popsicles. Healthy can be ice cream. It’s all in the ingredients.
Almond Pulp: What It Is, Why It’s Your Friend and What To Do With It + a recipe for Grain-free Cinnamon Raisin Toast
A grain-free and dairy-free approach to cinnamon raisin toast. All the flavor, none of the sugar, grains or unhealthy fats. This vegan and paleo cinnamon raisin bread recipe is made from leftover almond pulp. Almond pulp, what? Let me explain. What is almond pulp? When you make your own almond milk at home (like my…
How To Take Your Food Allergies on the Road Without Causing Boundless Stress + a recipe for Nut-free Gingersnap Balls
Summer-friendly, no-bake gingersnap balls with dried fruits and seeds. No nuts or medjool dates included! In a few short weeks, I’ll be driving from Calgary to Whistler BC to attend Wanderlust; a 5-day outdoor yoga + music festival in the Canadian Rockies. (Can’t wait to take you along with me!) I’ll be on the road…
Chocolate Avocado Freeze Bites
Frozen cubes of vanilla-flavored avocado coated with dark chocolate. 2 months ago, a self-made vegan + paleo vanilla ice cream on a stick with a hard chocolate shell quickly inspired me to work frantically on a new summer cookbook. It’s a vegan, gluten-free, nut-free, banana-free popsicle no-bake cookbook. More details to come very, very soon.
Crisp Eggplant Chips with Smoky Seasoning
Thinly sliced eggplant rounds sprinkled with homemade smoky seasoning and slow roasted until crisp. Who knew that sprinkling eggplant with seasoning and slow roasting for an hour would create such a delicious (healthy) snack? I sure didn’t.