So, I owe a lot of my interest in health and nutrition to my mom. Growing up, she always had a book in her hand, and still does to this day… always sending me emails or text messages about the health benefits of certain foods or why I need to stock up on certain vitamins…
Raw Main Dishes
Raw, Vegan Lasagna
During the fall season, my mind always begins thinking of family and childhood memories, like eating dinner with my dad, mom and sister around the kitchen table. Maybe it is something about the cool weather that reminds me the holidays are just around the corner, and it won’t be long before we’ll all be surrounded by the…
Raw, “Pad Thai” Peanut Salad
There is nothing like Asian pad thai noodle salad. I found an amazing, sesame pad thai recipe in The China Study Cookbook, but there was only one problem… the Asian noodles left me feeling overly full after eating. So I tweaked the recipe a bit and made it fully raw with a delicious peanut dressing. Think…
Raw Zucchini Pasta with Avocado Pesto
When it comes to “cooking” raw, we have to toe the line with food just a little bit. Nope, this recipe isn’t really pasta, but it’s not really salad either. If you ask me, the best way to describe this raw zucchini pesto is… a delicious salad disguised as pasta. Making noodles from zucchini sounds…
Remedy Salad
There is absolutely nothing worse than waking up to that feeling of onset “sickness.” But needless to say, I woke up this morning feeling a little under the weather, with a nose full of sniffles and a cloudy head. First thing was first… I went straight to the closet and grabbed the heating pad. As…