Have you every looked at the ingredients in store bought almond milk? Here’s an example from one popular brand: All Natural Almond Milk (Filtered Water, Almonds), All Natural Evaporated Cane Juice, Calcium Carbonate, Sea Salt, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Dipotassium Phosphate, Locust Bean Gum, Gellan Gum, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Vitamin E (D-Alpha-Tocopherol), Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D2.

This is a snack that is quick, loaded with nutrients including Omega 3’s and Iron, and will give you lasting energy! Walnuts are incredibly healthy. Here are just a few of the health benefits: 1. They can reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 30 to 40 percent. 2. They are heart healthy. Walnuts contain the plant-based omega-3 fat alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is anti-inflammatory.

Here is a super easy raw vegan snack you can probably make right now! No need to every buy pre-packaged energy bars or snacks when you can make these. They also store very well in the refrigerator. Just four simple ingredients and a food processor and you’re done. This is the perfect raw vegan snack for kids too! Did you know that you can get incredible amounts of iron from both dates and raisins?

This is an easy, delicious, nourishing and incredibly easy to digest dip! It’s another super simple recipe you can make in larger batches to bring to summer beach parties, picnics and potlucks! It can be served with cut up veggies, pieces of gluten free bread, or flax crackers. Did you know that almonds are one of the only alkalizing nuts? Almonds are considered to be moderately alkaline-forming nuts.

Countless studies have been done that show that cacao (without added dairy or processed sugar) has a multitude of health benefits. Luckily for those of us who enjoy the sublime taste of raw chocolates, there are no scientific studies that have concluded that cacao is unhealthy. One of the most intensive studies on the extreme health benefits of cacao was the twenty year Harvard University study of the Kuna Indians, who have “among the lowest rates of cardiovascular disease in the world.

I love pumpkin pie and I love mini-dessert bites so you can eat one and be satisfied! I love to have raw desserts that don’t have cupfuls of oil AND nuts. So I made these delicious pumpkin pie bites keeping the lower-fat principles in mind, with just a but of cashew butter to add creamy consistency, and the crust makes use of fat free oats mixed in with some nuts, to keep the overall fat low.

This is for sure one of my favorites from the over 800 recipes I have created from scratch in the past two years I was on an intense recipe-creation manifesting when I was doing regular weekly meal plans of three meals a day for 7 days a week for months! I rarely repeated a recipe on those plans, and it was a free flowing river of delicious, vegan, high raw, gluten free wonderment!

These are in all honesty, one of my top favorite treats of ALL TIME, raw or not raw! They are just so delicious. Seriously, I can’t even keep them in the house between my kids, their friends and my husband! Every time we make a batch the family descends on the platter like they’ve never had a treat before!

Summer is the perfect time to experiment with all the beautiful fruits and flavors to make ice pops. In our family everyone loves them — it’s not just a kid thing. The key is to get yourself a good set or two of non-plastic molds for freezing. You don’t need BPA or other chemicals added to your deliciousness! Some of our favorite molds are the Zoku round pop molds or “fish” shaped molds.

This quinoa oat porridge is a perfect breakfast, loaded with protein, fiber and the important Omega 3’s. So often in the morning we rush around and don’t feel like we have the time to make a truly nourishing breakfast to start our day. But this recipe can be made the night before, so that it is ready for you in the morning! Enjoy. This serves 2-3 people.

I’m still on a blue and purple fruit simple food theme this week! We all need more purple in our diets and lives! This acai mint chia pudding is so super easy to make, and the flavor combination is incredible. You can skip the vanilla if you don’t have vanilla powder or fresh vanilla beans. I definitely do not recommend using vanilla extract here.