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Veggie Quiche breakfast & brunch comfort food mains & sides recipes Jul 29, 2016

This Veggie Quiche is perfect for a weekend breakfast or brunch. It’s nourishing and satisfying. The vegetarian egg lover will fall in love with this irresistible quiche!

Ingredients:

Crust:

3/4 cup spelt flour + plus a bit to knead

2 tsps. extra virgin olive oil (or virgin coconut oil)

1/4 c...

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How to Make Sauerkraut cultural & ethnic dairy free detox friendly detoxification home remedies kid-friendly recipes traditional Jul 08, 2016

Got cabbage? Ferment it! Learning how to make sauerkraut is a wonderful method to preserve an abundant harvest of cabbage. Homemade sauerkraut is a fun fermented food that's easy to prepare and good for you.

Sauerkraut is a live-cultured “probiotic” food. It contains lactobacilli, beneficial bact...

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Moist Coconut Milk Pulp Muffins comfort food dairy free desserts & baked goods kid-friendly recipes snacks Oct 27, 2015

Every day at the Nature Camp, we harvest some coconuts (you can buy them if you don’t live in the tropical rainforest!), de-husk them, crack them, and make fresh coconut milk. We always have loads of leftover coconut pulp. The compost is already loaded with other goodness, so we created this recipe ...

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Maple Pumpkin Pie with Almond Crust comfort food dairy free desserts & baked goods gluten free grain free kid-friendly recipes traditional Oct 07, 2015

A healthy, yet absolutely delicious gluten free Maple Pumpkin Pie with Almond Crust dessert. When I was living in Canada, this was one of my favourite fall and winter holiday treats. You’ll want seconds! Now we get organic pumpkin from the land at our Nature Camp in the Caribbean, so it continues to...

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Breadfruit Salad cultural & ethnic egg free gluten free mains & sides plant based recipes salads & dressings sustainable living traditional Jul 30, 2015

This is our healthy and Caribbean twist on the classic American macaroni salad. Our Breadfruit Salad combines many of the same ingredients as the above but with healthier alternatives and local breadfruit to replace the typical pasta – which makes this recipe vegetarian, gluten-free and local to the...

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Lentil Mineral Soup broths & soups detox friendly plant based recipes traditional Jul 04, 2015

This Lentil Mineral Soup makes a delightful, nourishing, hearty and inexpensive meal. It is power-packed with vitamins and minerals. Lentils have shown to be an excellent source of iron, potassium, folate and niacin, while seaweed is the richest and most inexpensive source of assimilable (bioavailab...

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Homemade Sweet Tamarind Sauce cultural & ethnic plant based recipes sauces & spreads traditional travel Apr 12, 2015

While living in Trinidad, I had the pleasure of tasting many versions of homemade Trini tamarind (“tambran”) sauce. Now that we’re enjoying our own piece of tropical land in Dominica at Beyond Vitality Nature Camp, we have a lovely organic tamarind tree. It was about time for me to create my own hea...

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Raw Pizza Flax Crackers plant based recipes snacks Mar 08, 2015

These crackers are packed with fibre, essential fatty acids, plant based protein, and an array of vitamins and minerals. A truly unique snack, raw seeds combined with dried vegetables, herbs and spices make this a nutritional powerhouse! These crunchy crackers are excellent with fresh hummus, black ...

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Nut Butter Banana Muffins comfort food desserts & baked goods kid-friendly recipes Feb 25, 2015

These Nut Butter Banana Muffins are the perfect snack or breakfast side. They are high in protein and healthy fat. The entire family will enjoy them!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup spelt flour

½ cup old fashion oats

1/3 cup virgin coconut oil (or real butter, softened)

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp ...

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Leftover Brown Rice Cookies comfort food desserts & baked goods recipes Feb 24, 2015

There is always a pot of leftover brown rice sitting in my fridge! There are only so many rice and beans that we can eat. Sometimes I totally over estimate the amount I’ll need for dinner, or it just expands so much after I soak it overnight (most nutritional and traditional way of preparing brown r...

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Homemade Brown Rice Crackers desserts & baked goods kid-friendly recipes snacks Aug 19, 2014

 

These homemade brown rice crackers are really easy to make and super duper delicious. Of course, they are also very nutritious for the entire family. My toddler loves these, and so does daddy! They are great with some homemade hummus, salsa or guacamole. Doubling the batch is definitely recommend...

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Creamy Tomato Soup from Scratch broths & soups comfort food kid-friendly recipes Jun 17, 2014

This Creamy Tomato Soup from scratch is great for the entire family! Tomatoes are full of antioxidants. One of these antioxidants, being lycopene, has been linked to higher functionality with age, as well as an increase in your skins natural sun protection factor!  Tomatoes have also been shown to p...

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