Puttanesca Sauce w/ Rice

What does Puttanesca mean? I think it means very few ingredients, which is exactly my kind of meal.

This is a super quick vegan supper if you are in a time crunch and the ingredients are super simple, you probably have most of them in your cupboard right now!

This was inspired by a recipe by Jamie Oliver. I made it a couple years ago when I first began experimenting with "meat-free" recipes and it was so yummy! I love the taste of the black olives with the oregano and tomatoes. It's a very tangy, sweet, herbal sauce that can be spooned on top of rice or gluten-free pasta.

Puttanesca Sauce:

1/4 red onion, finely chopped
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/3 cup kalamata olives, de-pitted and halved
1/2 tbsp green capers
1 tsp dried basil
2 tsp dried oregano leaves
6-7 whole tomatoes (from a can) chopped
A couple spoonfuls of liquid from can of tomatoes
Salt and pepper to taste

Saute onion, garlic, olives, capers and spices in a frying pan until soft. Add salt pepper, tomatoes and juice. Let simmer for about 5 minutes. Add more liquid if need be. Serve on rice or pasta!

Saucy brown rice!

Pile on the Puttanesca!

Raw Banana-Kiwi Ice Cream

I have a confession....I am addicted to banana soft serve. Am I alone on this?! What makes it even better is when you mix in another frozen fruit. I used kiwi, but you can use anything! Strawberry, pineapple, papaya, mango, peach or our personal favourite...blueberries!

What you need:

3 bananas, sliced and frozen

3 kiwis, sliced and frozen

A splash of water

Pulse in a food processor to get it going (or in blender). Blend until smooth and fluffy. Transfer to a flat container and freeze. Stir every 15 minutes until desired consistency. 

Cool, creamy and collected...

This is what I'm living on this summer! It's so healthy and so yums!!

Muffy and Friends' Strawberry Snackeroodles!

We love Arthur it was our favourite show growing up (we still watch it now and then when it's on shhhh). This episode WOULD be one of our favourites because it involves creating a recipe and lord knows we love doing that.

We made Muffy's Strawberry Snackeroodles! They were surprisingly good considering they are gluten-free and vegan and we got the recipe from a cartoon....Just make sure you give everyone who helps you make these credit, or else drama will ensue....

1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1/2 cup oats
1/4 cup buckwheat flour
3 tbsp ground flax
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1/2 cup coconut sugar
2 bananas, mashed (1/2 cup)
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp vanilla
about 10 strawberries, chopped
1/2 peach, chopped
a small handful each of raisins, dry roasted peanuts and chocolate chips

Combine dry ingredients in small bowl and bananas, sugar, vanilla and water in a large bowl. Slowly add in dry mixture and dump in mix-ins. Bake at 350F for 20-22 minutes.

Chewy chewy treat!

Banana was my idea! Without me there would be no banana!

On another, more healthy note...One of my co-workers gave me some cucumbers from her garden....does anyone have any ideas on what we should make with them? 

We submitted these little guys to Ricki's Wellness Weekends, submit your own recipes too!

E-book release! Inner Ecology Cookbook

We have a surprise for you guys!

While you were innocently reading our blog posts this summer. Something was happening behind the scenes. Little did you know that we were creating new, completely original recipes to be released via this E-book which we've finally gotten around to putting together.

The recipes are inspired by the Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates. 

Because as many of you know, a happy digestive system = a happy life...apparently...for most of the time ;)

But seriously, we've experienced the benefits of eating a diet low in sugar and high in fermented foods. The only problem was that it lacked the creativity and variety you get from using for example: sugar for cookies, or fruit for smoothies. You need something exciting every once and a while especially on restrictive diets.

We've created smoothies, granolas, ice cream, slushies, pizza, pasta, and even fudge! (I don't want to sound like a typical sales person, but there's much more too!) that all adhere to promoting a healthy digestive system, while also killing off some candida.

*This book could be used for any Candida Diet and for anyone who wants to browse some

healthy, interesting and creative recipes!

About the book:

• Over 30 yummy, original recipes that have not seen the light of day (on our blog)
• High quality photo for each recipe
• Only stage ONE ingredients are used
• Completely sugar-free
• Fruit-free except cranberry, lemon and lime
• Doesn't use hard to find products (coconut kefir, young coconuts, kelp noodles etc...)
• Most follow proper food combining rules
• Most are vegan

If you guys are interested in purchasing it, click on our E-BOOK page above. Or you can click HERE.