Creamy Vanilla Vegan Smoothie Shake

I wasn’t sure whether to call this a shake or a smoothie, because it reminded me so much of a vanilla milkshake so I opted for calling it both. This is one of the best smoothie (shake) recipes I’ve come up with so far. I was actually going to call this a breakfast smoothie until [...]

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Blueberry Coconut Smoothie

Today I decided to take a break from my usual green smoothie for breakfast and go with an all-fruit smoothie. I recently cracked open a couple of fresh coconuts, and I still had some coconut water left, so I decided to use that, as well as some of the coconut flesh. The result was a [...]

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Raw Sesame Halva

I love halva, the Middle Eastern dessert made from sesame seeds. I’m not even sure how they make it but I decided to make my own healthy, raw version. Actually I was going to see if I could make raw tahini with my blender because I’ve not been able to find a raw tahini here [...]

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Vegan Vanilla Ice Cream

I was having a sweet craving this evening… actually it was going on all day and I was trying to come up with something I could make with what I had on hand. Finally, the idea for this hit me. And oh did it hit the spot… the tahini adds an extra smoothness to this [...]

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Homemade Vanilla Extract

I adore vanilla, the smell as well as the taste. For quite a while now I’ve been wanting to search out a recipe for making my own vanilla extract. I was thinking it might be a bit expensive though, since vanilla beans are so expensive. Well, I’ve just come across a utterly simple, perfect vanilla [...]

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