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Spiced Fruit Cake – Holiday Fruitcake

Spiced Dry Fruit Cake (Decadent Indian Fruitcake) is a MUST during holiday season. It’s filled with dry fruits like walnut/pecans, dried berries, dried plums, chocolate bits, juice, coffee and leaves you craving for more. To take this a notch up, I’m adding fresh orange rind to just pop the flavors and making it more divine.

Vanilla almond milk

If you only tried almond milk with some pre made store bought one, you really have to try to make your own. It is really simple and the taste has nothing to do with what you had before. Just pre soak your almonds the night before and make it in the morning.

Superfoods energy bites

Energy bites full of superfoods like maca, lucuma, carob powder and more! Ideal for outdoor activities or just as a snack! From the original site: As I mentioned in one of my previous post (Energising green smoothie), you can get from superfoods so many nutrients, but make sure you have them raw. My kids are […]

Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters

Easy 5 minute Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters. A quick and healthy holiday dessert made with two simple ingredients Get the Recipe: Dark Chocolate Almond Clusters

Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Quick and Easy Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies. These cookies are super thick, melt in your mouth and can be made in 20 minutes or less! Get the Recipe: Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Roasted chestnut salad

A delicious roasted chestnut with escarole and apples, packed with vitamins and minerals to boost the immune system with lots of flavour and texture! Get the Recipe: Roasted chestnut salad

Perfectly roasted chestnuts

How to make amazing roasted chestnuts in your own home, just like the ones you buy! Step by step (also in italian) Get the Recipe: Perfectly roasted chestnuts

Gluten free chocolate and nut bars

It is a very good bar recipe that is a bit like cake but not as sweet, great anytime with a coffee or tea but kids will enjoy it too. Ingredients: 2tbsp. (30ml) of organic grounded flax seeds 6 tbsp. (90ml) of water 1/3 cup (83ml) organic sorghum flour 1/3 cup (83ml) of organic oatmeal […]

Gluten free rhubarb cookie

Great recipe with this in season vegetable. It’s nice to add to cookies giving a nice contrast of sweet and sour with the chocolate. From the original site: This morning my son woke up and first thing in his mind was that he wanted to make cookies. Yes again. Even though I made so much […]

Breakfast Banana Bread

It’s a good gluten free breakfast bread that changes from morning muffins. The mix of chocolate and banana is always a winning solution in my family. From the original site: BREAKFAST BANANA BREAD I don’t know if you are like me, but sometimes the last thing on my mind when I get up is to […]

Vegan, Gluten Free, Soy Free – Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge (no bake)

I love chocolate fudge and what better for my “Chocolate” theme for the first 5 posts (Out of the 20) of “Vegan Month of Food”. I recently tried this recipe and have made this a couple of times after then for some friends. Super easy, super simple and truly delicious. The best part, you don’t […]

Brussels Sprouts & Toasted Pumpkin Seed Salad

Check out this unusual brussels sprouts recipe from The Taste Traveller …  Brussels sprouts, Parmesan cheese, and roasted nuts make this sound just lovely. Are you thinking about your menu for Christmas? Well, here’s a fresh idea for those poor, often unloved brussels sprouts and a different way to serve them with any meal this […]