Gluten Free

Take advantage of the beautiful weather and celebrate the summer season with with your friends and family with a party! Healthy menu planning for celebrations like these can be stressful and sometimes force you to turn to those not-so-healthy quick and easy prepared foods at the grocery stores/restaurants. To prevent that, I have compiled for you a list of ideas and information that I hope will inspire you to make healthier choices for your next gathering.

bbq22Vegan Grillin'

I am asked what the heck I could possibly grill as a vegan, and the answer to that is not simple, as there are so many options  ;)

Juice Pulp Granola60I love making fresh juice, but the question that always comes up is what the heck do I do with the juice pulp? I have cooked the (vegetable) pulp into soups, added it into cookies and crackers, and (when lazy) simply composted the pulp,  but I wanted to try and create something new! As I had posted a few weeks ago, my cousin and I went on a juicing spree for her and her family during the week, and I ended up saving all of the pulp from the three juices we made. My Favorite Sweet Berry Juice had pulp that contained 100% fruit, so I decided to play around with that and create something sweet, hence this recipe.Juice Pulp Granola84

Breadless Bread PuddingReporting live from my kitchen in Los Angeles, I have breaking news! It has been done, a BREADLESS bread pudding. I repeat, a BREADLESS bread pudding is now on your list of recipes to make...haha but really, this is too good to be true. Keep on reading, and you'll realize that you need this in your life, like right now. Breadless Bread PuddingThis isn't just any old bread pudding, this is bread pudding is....
  • Vegan (duh!)
  • BREADLESS (yeah dude, breadless)
  • Gluten-free
  • Refined-sugar free
  • Low in fat
  • Made from nothing but plants <3
  • Guilt-free
  • Soy, nut AND seed-free
  • What you need in your tummy, STAT.

Vegan Pizookie Jackfruit Bacon73Were any of you hooked on Pizookies like I was prior to going vegan? I swear my friends and I would go to BJ's and eat 1-2 pizookies, weekly! If you have no idea what a pizookie is, it is a Pizza + Cookie, where a cookie is baked on a skillet/cake pan, then served warm with ice cream. It used to be like the best thing ever until I actually became aware of how bad it was for me. A few weeks ago, my cousin went to BJ's and posted a photo of her pizookie. It brought back memories of the times I used to spend with friends out at the restaurant, and also of my love for these pizza cookies. And I guess that love was pretty strong, cause it got me to create a whole new recipe! Vegan Pizookie Jackfruit Bacon80