You are going to love today’s jalapeño hummus! I haven’t made hummus in awhile which is kind of sad because have you ever looked at the ingredients on store bought hummus? The list is incredibly long thanks to their inclusion of additives, extracts and preservatives. It’s so silly really because homemade hummus is incredibly easy …
Today I want to share with you my Best Ever Guacamole recipe! Guacamole is always the bomb when you use fresh beautiful ingredients and here are the ones I always have to have in my guacamole. Must Haves: Fresh ripe Haas avocados; they should be dark green and yield slightly when light pressure is applied. …
Meet Bo Jangles, our new steamer. He is so happy to be part of an elite array of foodie obsessed gadgets. He told me so. He is a Hamilton Beach digital steamer and after this initial run, I have a feeling we are going to be fast friends. He supposedly can steam whole potatoes, many …
A heavenly dessert for a hellishly hot day. We’re getting a taste of the mid west summer heat as Portland settles into a stretch of 5 days hovering between the 90s and 100s. I’ll only whine a little as I know friends and family back in IL would scoff at our measly 5 days after they’ve suffered …
Today’s salad grab. It’s a couple handfuls of mixed greens (the organic kind in ‘tubs’), 4-5 leaves of green leaf lettuce, raw fermented sauerkraut, salsa, 1/2 avocado, quite a few handfuls of cilantro/parsley that were ‘pulsed’ in the food processor first, and juice from 1/2 a lemon. It was delicious and filling! Pulsing herbs in …
Easy lunch and a great excuse to try jicama if you haven’t already. I didn’t even think of Cinco De Mayo, but this would be perfect to take to a party, it’s a snack that even non-raw foodies would enjoy. Also the jicama slices are fresh, not fried and handle the weight of the heavy …
Ever since watching the beautiful Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram make her EPIC bowl of salsa on youtube – I’ve been craving a similar salsa and kept it in the back of my mind this last week. If you drink a lot of green smoothies, you probably will have plenty of ingredients on hand and ready to go! So, …
It has been 2 years since I first heard about raw and living foods and it has been a wonderful journey. If you are not familiar with raw and living foods the idea is to supply your diet from fruits, vegetables, sprouted grains, sprouted seeds, and nuts – that are not heated above 115 degrees. …