Lifestyle

prettybalanced:

Raw Vegan Julienned Butternut Squash and Shaved Fennel Salad

gastrogoodies:

Turkey and Artichoke Stuffed Peppers

(via healthy-is-the-way-to-go)

Cookie Dough Dip

Inspired by this awesome recipe.

• 1 1/2 cups chickpeas or white beans (1 can, drained) (250g)
• 1/8 tsp plus 1/16 tsp salt
• tiny bit over 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup nut butter (You can get away with using only 3 T. If you use peanut butter, it’ll have a very-slight “pb cookie dough” taste, so if you don’t want this, you can sub oil.)
• up to 1/4 cup milk of choice (Start with 1 T, and add more as needed)
• Sweetener (see note below, for amount)
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips or Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips
• 2 to 3 T oats (or flaxmeal) (You can omit, but also omit the milk if you do)

Add all ingredients (except for chocolate chips) to a good food processor (not blender), and blend until very smooth. Then mix in the chocolate chips.

See the following link for a Sugar-Free Version.

Sweetener Notes: I used 2/3 cup brown sugar when I first made this for the party. Liquid sweeteners (agave, maple, etc.) are fine as well, as is evaporated cane juice. You can easily get away with less sugar– some people will be perfectly fine with just 3 T for the whole recipe! And if you don’t want any sugar, be sure to check out the “no-sugar” version linked above. (You can also use stevia, if you like the taste of stevia-sweetened desserts. Try 2-3 packets of NuNaturals stevia, and add more sweetener if needed. I wouldn’t recommend serving an all-stevia version to party guests, though.)

hummuslove:

Roasted Red Pepper and Hummus Wrap (by The Peaceful Pantry)

(via melanie-is-healthy)

2 cupsCauliflower (about 1/2 head of cauliflower)1/4 cupEgg whites (or 1 large egg white)1/8 cupLow fat cottage cheese1/4 cupParmesan cheese1/2 tspDried oregano ¹1/2 tspDried basil ¹1/4 tspGarlic powder1/4 cupMini turkey pepperoni’s (or regular size turkey pepperoni cut into quarters) ²OptionalTopping: Additional pepperoni’s to place on top just before cooking

THE ESTIMATED TOTAL TIME TO MAKE THIS RECIPE IS 40-45 MINUTES.

+ leftover soup

Grill for about 15 to 20 minutes. Since the chicken is already cooked, it will just get moist again  

thathealthyvegankid:

youcanandyouwill:

Watermelon Tart! (tutorial)

Look at it closely! It looks like some kind of cake or tart right? but it’s not. It’s actually a watermelon cut into the shape of a cake with yogurt, strawberries, blueberries and nuts on top!

This is perfect for like an outdoor BBQ or Fourth of July! In the summer heat this must be like heaven?!

Perfectly healthy! 

:O gimme gimme gimme! this is such a cool idea!

(via fitspoholic)