by Michelle | Sep 5, 2012 | Diet/Lifestyle, Gluten free, Healthy Tips, Sprouting
As some of you may have noticed I have mentioned in a few of my recipes about soaking nuts and dehydrating them. Why is this important? It would seem silly to soak nuts then dehydrate them but there are some really important reasons to do this. 1. Nuts and seeds...
by Michelle | Aug 20, 2012 | Healthy Tips
Spices are powerhouses when it comes to antioxidants, minerals and of course flavor! A few tips about getting the most nutritional bang from your spices: 1. Buy organic, non-irradiated spices. This ensures no additional chemicals are on your spice and by buying...
by Michelle | Jul 19, 2012 | Desserts & Treats, Gluten free, Healthy Tips, Inspiration, Meal Ideas, Raw, Recipes
This past weekend I celebrated my birthday with my fiancé’s family. In total there were 3 of us who had birthdays in July. Since I had a birthday dinner/trip to NYC I thought making a cake (ok, it’s a pie but I’m just going to refer to it as a cake- well,...
by Michelle | Jul 16, 2012 | Healthy Tips, Meal Ideas, Travel
A week or so ago I was lucky enough to fly to New York with my fiancé (which was nice since he couldn’t come with me to Lisbon). Our weekend in New York more than made up for our failed attempt last year during the hurricane scare! This year we had something else to...
by Michelle | Jul 12, 2012 | Healthy Tips, Meal Ideas
For the past few weeks I have been enjoying adding fresh dill to my salads. Yes dill, the same dill found in dill pickles. Dill gives my salads a great flavor punch and nutritional punch too. It is loaded with powerful antioxidant protection. In particular some of its...
by Michelle | Jul 7, 2012 | Desserts & Treats, Gluten free, Healthy Tips, Meal Ideas, Raw
This past weekend for Canada Day I decided to make some raw macaroons. Partly because my good friend loved the ones I bought from Rawlicious and shared with her a few weeks back. She loved them so much that I also promised to make them (attempt to make them!) for her...
