‘Tis the season for being surrounded by holiday spirit at every department and grocery store, bakery and home! Co-workers bring trays of cookies, truffles, and chocolate treats stacked neatly on top of a Christmas dish (wrapped with red cellophane and topped with a big green bow) to share with everyone at the office. Malls are filled with the sweet chocolate aroma from the Godiva store. They’ve got chocolate covered strawberries, oranges, and…
Hands up who loves simple, quick recipes that not only taste divine, but are made with very few ingredients? Me! I’d love to share one of my timeless favourites; a recipe that I have tried and tested in many different shapes and forms for the best part of 15 years (how time flies when you are having fun in the kitchen!). Not only is it absolutely delicious, it requires no…
Warning: these do not taste like pancakes. They taste like a Reese’s flavored cake (seriously). Thankfully these not only they taste like a Reese’s cake, but are also vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free, and contain ingredients that are good for you! Benefits These chocolate peanut butter pancakes are made with my Gluten-Free Pancake batter as a base. This mix contains brown rice flour and almond flour, so this dessert-like breakfast…
Walk, drive, run, or bike past a bakery and the aroma of something sweet and freshly baked is looming in the air that will cause a sudden turn into the parking lot. Once lured in through the door, the smells are intense, with a combination of decadent chocolates, breads, and sweet fruits that enter the nose activating the dopamine in the pleasure center of the brain, down to the tips…
We all know that when Easter comes around, tables full of delicious food and baskets of candy and colored eggs are not far behind. But just because you’re vegan doesn’t mean you can’t partake in the same fun as everyone else! Check out the recipes and vegan egg coloring alternative below. You’ll be surprised just how easy it is to have a very happy vegan Easter! Cinnamon Rolls by OhLadyCakes.com…
Have you heard of Sjaak’s Organic Chocolates? They are an amazing family-run company that produces some unbelievably delicious chocolate—including a GREAT selection of vegan options! The Sjaak’s Story began on the Southern beaches of Spain. This is where Jacques and Pam met and fell in love. They soon came back and settled in Eureka (northern CA.) where Pam had grown up. They began a Chocolate business that grew into a household…
February 14th, Valentine’s Day. It is said that this romantic holiday is named after Saint Valentine, who was a priest in 3rd century Rome. Marriage was outlawed by Emperor Claudius II, as he believed that men who were single made better soldiers than married men with families. Valentine broke this law and married, eventually being discovered, thrown in jail and sentenced to death. He then fell in love with his…
I adore finding healthful ingredients, full of antioxidants, vitamins and all round nutritional goodness, weaving them together to create delicious, fun, healthy, indulgent, vegan treats. These super tasty ‘Raw Chocolate, Blueberry & Coconut Lovehearts’ are the perfect thing to give a friend or lover as a gift to show how much you really care! Don’t forget the importance of loving yourself too, so be sure to keep a few back…
While grazin’ on samples from booth to booth at the Natural Food Expo West last month, HappyCow came upon a new chocolate product: Perfect Fuel Chocolate It was founded by athlete Nicolas Warren just hours before a race was about to begin. He asked the simple question, “Why Not?” Why can’t ginseng be fused into delicious, raw cacao for portable, long-lasting energy?… Out of this sudden surge of inspiration came…
Here’s another Meatless Monday recipe to tantalize your taste buds and get you preparing this cruelty-free meal in your kitchen. This week’s Meatless Monday recipe is contributed by our friend, Leigh-Chantelle from Viva la Vegan! a website with a large range of vegan recipes that focuses on positive information, education and vegan outreach. Enjoy. Raw Cashew Cream Ingredients: 1 cup raw cashews ¼ cup agave nectar ¼ cup water cinnamon…
Organic Vegan Chocolate Candy Bars. Mmm… just seeing these words make me salivate. Chocolate… candy… bars…! It’s been a very sweet week because I ate some awesome vegan chocolate candy bars & gourmet chocolates by Sjaak’s Organic Chocolate. I’m still in chocolate heaven cloud, actually. Just as soon as I had finished eating my first Sjaak’s chocolate candy bar, I went onto their website and drooled over all the different…
Now that 100 degree weather is here I’m doing my very best not to turn on the oven. I’m also doing a soy-free, gluten-free, sugar-free cleanse with a group of friends and fans over at my Facebook page. These treats hit the spot and qualify for the SGS Cleanse. Dates are used to lightly sweeten the truffles and make them stick together. Dates are a dried fruit and are full…
Gourmet vegan chocolate is practically my favorite food in the world. So you can imagine the heavenly joy I felt when my husband brought me a large bag of chocolate assortments from different gourmet chocolatiers that had recently participated as exhibitors at the Natural Food Products Expo in Anaheim, California. For those who don’t know about it, the Natural Foods Expo is a convention that brings together all the manufacturers and distributors of natural, organic, vegetarian, vegan,…