[My plate from our impromptu Christmas dinner last week: simple arugula salad, Festive Roast with brown gravy (still working on that recipe), homemade cranberry sauce, roasted potatoes, roasted carrots.] Have I got a treat for you today! I had intended to cook up–and post about–this incredible Festive Vegan Roast last week, as it was slated […]
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Pumpkin Palooza: Grain-Free, Egg-Free, Gluten-Free Pumpkin Gnocchi with Browned Sage “Butter”
Seventh grade was a year of firsts for me. That year marked the first time I had to take a bus to get to school. It was the first time I had teachers who actually spoke French as their first language. With the explosion of hormones suddenly making its appearance that year, it was the […]
75+ Whole Foods, Healthy Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes
[A favorite Thanksgiving dessert made healthier: Gluten-Free, Vegan, Lower Glycemic Chocolate Pecan Pie from Naturally Sweet & Gluten-Free. Photo: Celine Saki.] Spoiler alert: This is a post about Thanksgiving recipes (Americans, avert your eyes!)
Creamy and Comforting Chickpea Pasta Casserole
These days my cooking ventures are entirely vegan and gluten-free, based on whole foods and as healthy as I can make them. Even though my desserts taste decadent, they’re all made with natural sweeteners (and sometimes, even vegetables!); my main dishes are plant-based and lower fat, offering up antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and high fiber. But […]
Tex-Mex Black Bean Burgers
Can you all believe it’s SNOWING here in Toronto today? Anyone who knows me (or even anyone who’s met me for more than 30 seconds, at any point between October and April) knows how much I hate winter. As soon as the tiniest hint of spring arrives, I’m ready to throw out the old and […]
Grain-Free, Bean-Free, Oil Free Vegan Pizza Crust
[A quick and easy pizza crust that’s grain-free, bean-free, oil-free and totally delicious! Vegan, gluten-free and anti-candida friendly, too. Make two smaller or one large–either way, you’ll love this.] Hard to believe, but today is the HH‘s and my 16th anniversary! (Wait, how is that possible? I still feel as if I AM sixteen–well, internally, […]
Six Degrees of Nava Atlas
[This post is part of an ongoing series of interviews with cookbook authors, bloggers, women entrepreneurs and home chefs whose work I enjoy and admire. If you’ve got someone in mind you’d like me to approach for an interview, please shoot me an email at dietdessertdogsATgmailDOTcom, or leave a comment here and let me know! […]
Anti Candida Diet Update and Nacho Supreme Recipe
Are you ready to start an anti-candida diet? The Candida Kick-Start can help! Kickstart your diet and pave the way for success on your anti-candida journey. Find more information and nab your spot here. [Yes, you can eat all of these things on Stage 1 of the diet! Clockwise from upper left: Kale Salad, […]
Kitchen Classics: Shepherd’s Pie
Some things just never change. As a result, there are certain aspects of our lives upon which we all tend to rely. For instance, you expect that Wile E. Coyote will tumble down the mountainside (an anvil in hot pursuit), only to re-emerge the following week without so much as a scratch–and start all over […]
Flash in the Pan: Savory Pan-Fried Oatmeal Wedges with Shredded Carrot and Green Onion
You know how they say there are more than 50 different Inuit words for snow? Well, anyone who’s read my blog though a season or two likely already knows how I feel about winter. I mean, if there were 50 (or more) ways to say “I loathe it with my entire being, abhor it to […]