Coconut Chocolate chip Almond Biscuits

A quick and easy snack to make and eat on the go!  
Dry Ingredients:
1 cup of almond meal (process raw almonds in food processor)
1/4 cup of coconut flakes
1/2 cup of brown rice flour
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/4 tsp of salt
2 tbsp of coconut sugar
1/4 cup of dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup of tapioca starch
mix dry ingredients together

Wet Ingredients:
1/4 cup of coconut oil (melted)
1/2 cup of almond milk
mix together then add to dry

Then bake at 375 for 15 mins

Enjoy!

Curried Lentils

This is a quick dinner option that only involves only a couple ingredients!
First:
1/2 cup of lentils, boil in 1 1/2 cups of water (about 15-20 mins)
Then:
in a large frying pan or skillet add 1 1/2 cups of coconut milk,
1tsp of curry powder,
1tsp of tumeric,
1/2 tsp of salt,
mix together while pan heats up to a medium heat
then add in cooked lentils,
1 clove of minced garlic 
1/4-1/2 cup of chopped leeks or onions
simmer for about 10 mins (thickens up)
Then serve on a bed of greens!

Enjoy!

Dinner Biscuits

Ever need dinner on the run?  How about a quick bite to eat for lunch?  We.ll this recipe is easy to prep and contains dinner in a biscuit.

First mix together all the dry ingredients.
Dry ingredients
1 ½ cups of chickpea flour
1 ½ tsp of salt
3 tsp of baking powder
1/8 tsp cayenne
½ tsp of cumin
2tsp of dried basil
1/3 cup of green or red chopped peppers
1 cup of shredded dinosaur kale
¼ cup of pumpkin seeds

Then in a separate bowl mix together all the wet ingredients.
Wet Ingredients
Let 3 tbsp of ground flax seeds sit in 6 tbsp of warm water for 5 mins
Then add in ½-1 cup of pureed squash or sweet potatoes (make sure they are cooked)
And a ¼ cup of olive oil
And mix together

Then add to dry mix and stir in and add ½ cup of almond milk
Stir all together into a batter
Then scoop onto a cookie sheet

Bake at 375 for 15-20 mins
Makes about 9 biscuits

Simple Green Smoothie

Smoothies are simple and a great way for your body to quickly absorb nutrients!  By blending things up together you are breaking down the enzymes before consuming them, saving your stomach from doing all that work and leaving your body to digest it faster to get all the energy from it quicker.  If you are starting on a smoothie journey here is a quick and simple recipe for one that can easily be built on to intensify your smoothie experience.
In a blender put
-the juice of one orange
-the juice of half a lemon
-1 cup of spinach
-3-4 frozen or fresh strawberries
-1/3-1/2 of a frozen or fresh banana

Blend all ingredients together for 2 mins or until all chunks are gone and drink!
Tips: To make your smoothie keep your stomach satisfied longer add a tbsp of coconut oil or a 1/4 of an avocado, or add a tbsp or ground flax or chia seeds, also consider adding a protein powder

Vegan Alfredo Sauce

If there is one thing you might miss when it comes to cutting out dairy is creamy sauces.....mmmm alfredo use to be one of my favorites! I recently just created a recipe where you can have your healthy creamy sauce and eat it too!

You will need:
1/2 cup of water
1/2 cup or organic full fat coconut milk (fat in coconut milk is good fat so none of that half fat "light" stuff)
1 cup of whole cashews
1/2 cup of whole brazil nuts
1tbsp of nutritional yeast
1/4tsp of salt
1tsp basil (I used dried)
1tsp thyme (I used dried)

add all ingredients to a food processor and blend for 2-4 mins or until creamy

Mix into any pasta!....I used gluten free rice pasta and added some steamed snow peas!
Enjoy! :)

3 ingredient Protein Pancakes

I don't know about you but my fav weekend treat is PANCAKES! Thats right the secret is out...I am a nutritionist who LOVES pancakes!  If there is one thing I love more then pancakes, its convenience.  When I wake up on a Saturday I am not a fan of taking an hour to make breakfast, but I expect a breakfast that tastes so fabulous that it took an hour to prep.  So this past weekend I "unfortunately" had to make and eat pancakes everyday for breakfast to make this recipe just right for you. The best part is.....it only uses 3 ingredients....thats right....THREE! Here we go:

1/3 cup of soaked buckwheat (overnight) in 1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of ground flax seeds
add 1/4 cup of water
1tbsp of protein powder (vanilla or chocolate flavor, I use Vega performance protein but any one will do, you want a flavoured on to make it taste better just watch what your proteins are flavoured with)
Put all these ingredients in a blender (or I use a magic bullet because its a small serving) and blend for about 5 mins or less.
Then pour on a frying pan, flipping when bubbles form and it starts to cook through, make sure to spread batter thinly across frying pan because it wont cook through if its too thick.

This recipe will make about 4 medium sized pancakes.

To add a little more of a punch to your pancakes you can dress them up by using a nut butter spread or maple butter, add fruit (berries, bananas), or make your own berry drizzle by boiling a couple tbsp of maple syrup with frozen berries, or you can use plain old straight from the tree maple syrup, but they  are always good just by themselves too!

Enjoy your easy Sunday breakfast! :)

Almond Cranberry Cookies

Tasty little treat that is hard to call a cookie because its packed full of nutrition!
First take 2 cups of raw almonds and process them into almond meal in a food processor,
Then put the meal in a bowl and add 1/4 cup of melted coconut oil, 1/4 cup of ground flax seeds, 4tbsp of maple syrup and 1/3 cup of chopped dried cherries.....mix it all together then make into balls and place on cookie sheet, slightly press down about half way to help form the cookie shape (these are meant to be thick so don't press them down all the way so they are flat)
Then pop them into the oven at 350 degrees for about 10-15 mins or until edges are brown.
Let them cool and enjoy!