Matcha and strawberries come together in this layered vegan smoothie – and there’s a bonus healthy ingredient in the matcha layer! Let’s see a show of hands – how many of you reading this are vegan? Awesome… now, how many of you vegans actually don’t like bananas? Hm… okay… it seems most of you do…
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No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Donuts
These no-bake chocolate peanut butter cup donuts require just 7 simple ingredients and can easily be adapted for vegans! Where can I even begin with these donuts? They’re kind of leaving me speechless. You like donuts, right? And chocolate? And peanut butter? If you answered yes (and I presume you did, otherwise you wouldn’t even…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Puffed Quinoa Bars
These delicious chocolate peanut butter puffed quinoa bars are so easy to make and are perfect for on-the-go snacks! There is an obvious recurring theme to all my recent posts – CHOCOLATE! I didn’t realize until I had a quick browse through my blog recently, but what can I say? I love chocolate! Recent posts…
Matcha Milkshake
A quick and easy recipe for a cooling and refreshing matcha milkshake, perfect for a hot day! Healthy, and can be made vegan! Could Sydney BE any hotter right now?? Well, yes, it technically could be, but at the moment, wow. When I step outside, it’s like stepping into my oven. And that’s a big…
Healthy Chocolate-Orange Truffles
OMG, guys. I am tired. I’m excited to share this recipe with you, but I honestly just want to lie down and close my eyes. Why am I so tired, you ask? Well, do you know how hard it is to take an 11-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy shopping? Not grocery shopping, but real…
Healthy Peppermint Patties + Giveaway
How many of you guys love peppermint patties? I know there are quite a few of you out there, and I don’t blame you – peppermint patties are awesome! That creamy, pepperminty filling coated entirely in crispy chocolate is kind of what dreams are made of. When you buy them at the shops, you know…
Vanilla Matcha Latte Popsicles
Wow, Sydney! How warm has it been this winter! While I’m usually quite fond of the cooler weather that our winter brings, I’ve found that these unseasonably warmer temperatures are the perfect excuse to make popsicles. I recently discovered Zip Pops, which provide a healthy alternative to those unnaturally colored icy poles available at the…
Raw Caramel Slice
The wind is blowing. The sun is shining amidst white puffy clouds, some with gray bottoms. In the background is the sound of Playschool and my toddler talking to himself, as well as the low hum of the washing machine. I’m peeking over my laptop screen at the palm trees and ferns swaying in the…
Banana Mocha Smoothie
We’ve just spent the past two weeks on school holidays. It’s one of the first holidays that I haven’t stressed about keeping the kids busy. It was nice and relaxing and for once, the holidays seemed to go a little slower than they usually do. The kids played a lot of tennis and spent a…
Raw Chocolate Cake
How do you like your chocolate cake? Do you like a soft and light crumb? Or do you like a denser texture? Do you like plain chocolate, or do you like to add some fresh fruit or other flavors? What about if you tried something completely and totally different with your chocolate cake?