Vegetarian recipes & information to help you eat healthier

How To Make Almond Milk

This delicious, creamy almond milk is so satisfying that it was the key to my easy transition to being completely dairy-free. I’ve wanted to give up dairy for some time now, but the one challenge was my morning latte. This almond milk was so good it almost made me forget to add the coffee. It’s given me the key ingredient that’s allowed me to create non-dairy beverages that I like even more than cafe latte.

This almond milk is delicious by itself, in smoothies or on raw granola.

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6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save The World

I have always though Fungi were cool, but I never realized they were this amazing. I’ll have to watch this video a few more times to absorb most of it. If you’re interested in mushrooms (fungi) Paul Stamets is someone to pay attention to. I’ve seen his name crop up time after time while doing research into medicinal mushrooms and growing techniques.

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu.

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Organic Urban Farming

I recently came across this video about two women from my hometown of Portland, Oregon who have created a business to help people get started with growing their own food. Urban Farming. Now, I’ve been thinking for a while, even though we have 2 acres our current organic vegetable garden takes up a very small portion of our 2 acres and yet it supplies almost all our vegetable requirements. Which means that anyone with a bit of yard could be growing most or all of their own vegetables. Watching this video really confirmed that for me, and I think it’s great these two women, Robyn and Donna have started up a business to help people grow their own food. Read more »

A Healthy, Natural Diet for Dogs

I’ve just been doing some research to try to improve upon the homemade meals we feed our dogs and I’ve come across some great information. Here’s a link to the specific section “Do Pets Require a Balanced Diet?” in Google Books, which lets you see a preview for free. It starts out with a summary of what’s in commercial dog foods. It’s revolting, in a word. You know how dog food always comes with a warning on the label, “Not for human consumption”? Not that I’d ever be inclined to eat dog food, but if I was, then reading this would certainly put an end to that habit. In fact, after reading this hopefully you don’t want to feed your dog commercial dog food either. But the great thing is that the “Suggested Breakfast” and dinners don’t look that difficult or time consuming to make. In fact, except for the meat and bones a lot of this is what we were already eating ourselves, raw fruit and veges, oat flakes, sprouted wheat, kefir or yogurt and eggs.

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Raw Granola and Almond Milk

Raw food is so quick and easy to make, it’s the perfect thing for people who “don’t have the time to cook”. Well, here’s the perfect solution - don’t cook! Jennifer Cornbleet demonstrates how to make both Almond Milk and Raw Granola in under 8 minutes, real time. Okay, so she had to soak the nuts overnight, but that’s just being organized and takes maybe 2 minutes. And of course you have to wash up afterwards, but it’s not like you have to scrub a baking tray with cooked on granola! Have a look at this video and see how easy it is. Read more »

Wholemeal Bread - Bread Machine Recipe

If you have a bread machine there is no excuse to not make your own homemade bread. It’s easy, and if you follow this recipe, you’ll end up with a beautiful light-textured wholemeal loaf that’s also a great source of fiber.

You may have to slice it yourself, but you can’t find anything in the stores like this. It’s great for sandwiches or toasted.

It keeps well too, even without the preservatives that most store-bought bread has. I’ve left mine out for 3 days, and it’s still moist and delicious.

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Rainbow Cole Slaw

I love cabbage, and this really hit the spot. So much so that I ate nearly the entire bowl myself. Using heirloom red cabbage and yellow carrots and fresh herbs from our garden the colors were intense. This photo doesn’t really do it justice. The taste was just divine, and the raw energy packed into this quick-to-prepare meal was just what I needed.

If you don’t like the taste of apple cider vinegar tonics, this is a good way to get the health benefits of ACV without really noticing it. You can also add whatever fresh herbs you like, I used cilantro, parsley and wild mint.
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