Warm Apple Crisp

Spring is a little chillier than usual and so this morning I took the liberty of warming an apple and topping it with these gorgeous ingredients:

1 apple, cored & cut in half
1/4 c pineapple, diced
1/4 c oats
1 t cinnamon (I like a lot)
1/2 c milk of choice ( I like rice, coconut or almond )

In single serve bowl, place pineapple and apple halves. Fill with oats and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Place in microwave, or oven if you have the time in your morning, and bake to soften apple. Approximately 3 1/2 minutes on medium.

Remove from oven and top with blackberries, medjool dates, coconut butter & milk of choice.

Enjoy.

Luscious Juice!

Nothing like fresh juice in the AM. Today I enjoyed a simple apple and romaine blend that was frothy, sweet but not too sweet and very fulfilling.

3 gala apples
2 hearts of romaine

Juice and drink straight away.

Pure awesomeness.

Gorgeous trio of flatbread pizza drizzled with coconut marinade (liquid amigos) on a bed of baby spinach, kale, lettuce & dock.

Campaign underway

My campaign to finalize the publication of Fresh! is underway. I joined IndieGoGo, a global platform to raise funds needed for passionate projects. Have a look here! http://igg.me/p/311998/x/2104272 Wish me luck and participate - the perks are awesome ;) !!

Glazed Tofu on Mixed Organic Greens

recipe to follow

"Better Than Rice" Pudding

Reserving the "pulp" from your home made almond milk has many benefits! Add to smoothies, bake/dehydrate into cakes & cookies and my personal favorite, make a "better than rice" pudding.


"Better Than Rice" Pudding

1 c Almond Pulp (or any amount)
1 t Cinnamon (or to taste)
1/4 c Raisins

Combine ingredients and let stand up to an hour or enjoy right away. Store in fridge for up to two days.

Cinnamon Kale Honey Shake

Creates 2 1/2 cups
Prep Time 5 minutes

5 leaves of kale, stems removed
1 1/2 T honey
1/4 to 1/2 t cinnamon (or more to taste)
1/2 c diced carrots
Palmful of walnuts halves
1 c water

Blend well and enjoy! Yum!

Rider Game Day Pudding

For the athlete in you ;)

Love this. It is so creamy & rich and green of course!

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 5-10 minutes

1 scoop Vega Bodacious Berry smoothie blend
1 avocado
Flesh of one young Thai coconut
1 T Trophic Greens Concentrate
1 T Maca powder

Blend together in VitaMix or favorite high speed blender.

Pour into parfait cups and serve.

You can also freeze this, in which case you have ice cream. Even better ;)

For added sweetness where required, try adding medjool dates, banana, vanilla bean or cinnamon. For creaminess and thickness where coconut is not available try cashews or chia seeds. Experiment and let your taste buds guide you!

Greens powder, Maca powder and Vega products are found at whole foods markets, organic shops and health food stores. Check the yellow pages in Regina for the locations of all our local whole food grocers - Body Fuel Organics, Nature's Best Market, Old Fashioned Foods ( we've got six, well five now, of 'em! ), Eat Healthy Foods, Dad's Organic Market, and now Superstore's natural food section - gotta love 'em!

(quite the list Regina! Impressive!)

Book Update

We are excitedly approaching the final design and layout of the book with the front cover, spine and back cover being worked on as we speak.

Once the inner pages are laid out for printing, we move onto indexing then a marketing plan to bring this baby into the world!!

The book is available for preOrder via my publishers website at www.launchpadpublishing.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2559068