Paleo & Vegan Berry Crumble W/Strawberry Dairy-Free Ice Cream

Quite recently I made the switch to a paleo lifestyle, which has been easier than I initially expected. Although my previous eating style didn't consist of a lot of non-paleo foods (thanks to being vegan), there were still a few things I had been consuming, the main ingredients being sweeteners, grains and legumes. If you're …

Pumpkin Seed, Walnut & Raisin Banana Bread: 31 Days of Autumn

Bananas, aren't they amazing? It seems in the vegan foodie community everyone is obsessed with them. With all the nutritional benefits and versatility, it's easy to love them. However, besides their lovely taste, bananas also happen to be a great egg replacement for many baking recipes. Even before I started my mission to slowly convert …

Apple Spice Protein Pancakes: 31 Days of Autumn Challenge

It's the first day of my favorite time of year, a time when the leaves begin to transform their colors and there's a crisp note hanging on every gust of wind. This is my favorite season for so many reasons; such as nature's vibrant array of colors and the festive time of Halloween. My favorite …

Proatmeal Pudding

  So I now officially have a name for my hybrid creation. If you can't already guess by the name, it's a mix of protein, oatmeal, and chia seed pudding. From those ingredients, you can see why I had to find a way to combine them all into a neat little name. Surprisingly, making this …

Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

  I have a serious infatuation with oats. I just feel like a health conscious vegan that oats are like this beautiful potion to fix any problems. It keeps you full, it can be used like flour, it can transform into a granola, there’s just so many things! Pinterest also doesn’t help in the slightest, …

Tofu Buddha Bowl

As someone who is constantly on some sort of fitness journey, protein is a very important part of my diet. I’ve tried a few vegan shakes, and although they get me to my target protein goal, I try to get things from more simple and natural sources if I can. I generally have a lot …

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups W/ Banana

    This recipe is so simple, I almost didn't write it up. But I thought back to when I first saw a similar picture on Instagram, and all I could think was "Wow, I wish I could make something like that! It looks so hard." Well let me tell you, its not, and I'm …

Vegan Matcha Cake Recipe

This recipe was inspired today by the sudden realization that one of my family's favorite cake icing is actually vegan! Actually, that's been happening a lot recently, which I will likely write about in another post. But you can't really blame me for only just realizing that I could have this frosting, I mean, the …

Apple Spice Protein Oatmeal Pudding

This week I gave my over night oats an upgrade. No I didn't add any cool new flavors like spiking it with Baileys (haha yes that is a real future plan). Instead, I gave it a real muscle boost by adding in protein powder and energy filled chia seeds. The result of this new combination …

Creamy Vegan Dressing

So I experimented today with making a quick and easy salad dressing. I wanted something that was low in fat, low in carbs, and versatile for different salads. The secret ingredient to making this sauce so creamy is using silken firm tofu! I'm not a super big fan of silken tofu (actually, I greatly hate …

Easy & Healthy Dough Recipe

This recipe can generally be used for almost anything. "Like what Samorie?" Well... You could make a loaf of bread, dinner rolls, soft pretzels, bagels, flatbread, and PIZZA! The last one is actually what inspired this blog post. So here you go, my super easy dough recipe. *Warning! This How To post is extremely informal …

Homemade Marinara Sauce

It seems the newest recipe craze is currently "free from". As in, free from processed sugar, oil, dairy, gluten, GMO (whatever that is. Jokes!...), and so I've been forced to examine my own recipes a bit closer. I'd like to think I'm pretty up there with all the other clean eating freaks of the world, …