Hi friends, I’ve been experimenting with gluten-free baking more and more and although it is a lot harder to get good results, I am loving it! I find gluten-free flours have a natural sweetness to them and require less sugar to make the baking taste good. For example, this bread used 0 added sugars (minus […]
Author: Andrea
Vegan Grain Free Chickpea Blondies
Hi friends, Call me weird but legumes are actually becoming my new favourite baking ingredient. They are full of protein, fibre & healthy carbohydrates. Plus they make baking so soft and fluffy! If you’re looking for another chickpea recipe, I highly suggest my Vegan Cookie Dough Protein Balls or if black beans are more your thing, […]
Chocolate Chunk Thumbprint Cookies (GF)
Hi friends! I’ve been holding on to this recipe for awhile now because of all my holiday recipes but I am so excited to share these! These Chocolate Chunk Thumbprint Cookies are so soft with a gooey center. The best part? They re-heat SO well in the microwave for about 20 seconds. The chocolate gets […]
Whole 30 Lemongrass Meatballs (no fillers)
Hi friends! You’re probably wondering why I came up with a recipe for Whole 30 meatballs or if I’m doing the diet…Truth is that I originally came up with these Whole 30 compliant meatballs because I was planning to do Whole 30 in January but the more I broke down the diet, the more I […]
Vegan Coconut Cardamon Chia Pudding
Hi friends! Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful December and holiday season filled with love and good food. Today, I’m sharing one of my favourite healthy breakfast recipes – chia pudding but 100x better. The extra couple minutes it takes to add cardamom and saffron here just elevate this recipe to […]
My Self Love Intentions for 2019
Hi friends! 2018 was without a doubt one of the toughest years of my life – mentally. Never have I felt so low, for so long. I had a lot going on in my corporate career and at home all meanwhile I was going to school so at times it made me quite a miserable […]
Chocolate Almond Freezer Fudge
Hi friends! I have been making my Almond Butter Freezer Fudge recipe for awhile now because it’s so easy to always have a well balanced snack ready in the freezer. Often times when we are hungry, we reach for the treats that contain simple carbohydrates in order to get our blood sugar to rise up […]
Whole Wheat Cranberry Nut Biscotti
Hi friends, You know what I love? One bowl recipes. They make life 100% easier and sure maybe sometimes I must use more than one bowl, but often times, I’m like nope! It’s just not necessary. More bowls = more dishes right? This Whole Wheat Cranberry Nut Biscotti is a favourite of mine to dip […]
Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake Squares
Hi friends! Happy December! I’m so excited about life lately. For the past few months I just felt a little bogged down and burnt out and have been taking as much time as I could to slow down and practice more self care for myself. During my “slow” down, I was in the kitchen quite […]
Vegan Peppermint Mocha Energy Balls
Hi friends, I actually can’t believe it’s so close to Christmas… where has the year gone? It feels like the older I get, the faster the years fly by! For this recipe, I got the inspiration from Starbucks actually… I used to work there years ago and their peppermint mocha used to be one of […]