Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream (dairy-, refined sugar-free)

This is a simple, yet delicious dairy-free vanilla ice cream. It’s made with a coconut cream custard base, and sweetened with honey. Try it on its own, or on top of a sweet potato brownie.

Simple Roast Turkey Cobb Salad

This salad is so ridiculously simple that I feel kind of silly blogging about it. But, here it is, mainly for completeness. I definitely feel silly calling this a “recipe”; it’s more of a loose list of ingredients to throw together. Anyhoo, just because the recipe is simple doesn’t mean that the salad is lacking in flavour, texture or oomph. A particularly enjoys the combination of crisp lettuce, with succulent roast turkey, crispy bacon,

Homemade Chocolate Ice Magic (Magic Shell)

Did you marvel at ice magic (magic shell) as much as I did as a kid? No? Why not? Heck, I’m sure there are adults who still marvel at it, and there’s nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is not realizing that you can make this stuff at home with good ingredients – chocolate, coconut oil and a pinch of salt. It’s really that easy, and it’s totally customizable. You can use milk, dark (bittersweet or semisweet), white chocolate,

Superfood Salad

I’m actually not a fan of the term “superfood”, but this salad was inspired by a visit to Love Dog Café on Lopez Island (now, sadly closed) and that’s what they called it. I searched high and low for a gluten-free place to eat at, just in case we wanted to stop for dinner. We sure did need nourishment after cycling around Lopez all afternoon. I’m glad we found this place, the dinner was really good!

Strawberry Cream Pie (gluten-, dairy-, refined sugar, soy-free)

 
My. Oh. My.

This cheesecake-esque pie is probably the best dessert that I’ve had in a looooong time. It’s creamy, rich, dense, strawberry-ish and incredibly delicious! It’s easy to make and packed full of all the good stuff, including nuts, coconut oil, strawberries, honey and coconut. What’s better still is that it’s gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free and soy-free) and paleo-friendly!

I’ve been longing to make this recipe for a long time.

Coconut Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

This incredibly rich, creamy and chocolaty ice cream is vegan, dairy-, egg- and refined sugar-free. It is also made with simple ingredients: coconut milk, honey, cocoa powder, vanilla powder and sea salt.

I made this ice cream a few times throughout the summer. I had a few cans of coconut milk in the fridge to make whipped coconut cream, but unfortunately they flunked out on me, so I created this ice cream instead. It is such an awesome treat.

Grain-Free Coconut Flour Peach Upside Down Cake (gluten-, dairy-, refined sugar-free)

This Paleo cake is a real treat. It’s light, fruity and satiates sweet cravings any time of the day. I think this recipe is highly adaptable with most fruits, and next time I might try adding cinnamon and apple to make an apple upside down cake. I bet pineapple would be great too!

I used fresh peaches in this recipe, and peeled them using this method, alternatively, you can use tinned peaches (in fruit juice). The cake was served in thick slices with freshly whipped coconut cream (or ice cream for dairy and sugar eaters).

Hummus & Veggie Nori Wraps

These wraps are simple, fresh, light, healthy and extremely delicious. I made them for my birthday lunch. I was not disappointed! Since then, I’ve made them numerous times for dinner. I devour them. The nori sheets make a great alternative to flour tortilla wraps, minus the gluten and carbs.

I make my own hummus for these wraps, and why not? I think I’ve only purchased store-bought hummus once and that was when I was on a road trip and wanted something to eat with my vegetables. It wasn’t great. Homemade is best! My favorite hummus is not the traditional chickpea (garbanzo beans) with tahini variety, but a black bean hummus without the tahini (great for people with a sesame seed allergy/sensitivity).

Strawberry Cream Vanilla Sandwich Cake made with Coconut Flour (gluten-, dairy-, soy-, refined sugar-free)

I’ve been thinking about a Victoria sandwich for so long, it’s ridiculous. The problem is that I had to devise one that was gluten-, dairy- and refined sugar-free. Thankfully, this cake comes to the rescue. Although it’s nothing like the light and buttery Victoria sandwich, it’s still awesome, and I enjoyed it for my birthday.

Two super-moist vanilla sponge cakes are sandwiched together with fruit-sweetened strawberry jam and coconut whipped cream. Sliced fresh strawberries were then used to adorn the cake in all its glory. If you’d like you could also use a glaze to make it look even fancier.

This cake is also soy-free, weird-flours-I-can’t-pronounce-free, gum-free

Banana and Chocolate Ice Cream (dairy- and refined-sugar free, vegan)

An ice cream that is creamy, dreamy, and also free from dairy and added sweeteners? Yep! This delectable treat is made simply by blitzing together some frozen bananas, raw cacao, sea salt and vanilla powder (optional).

I know, I know, calling pureed frozen fruit isn’t really ice cream. I mean, it’s not laden with mammalian juice (aka milk/cream), refined sugar/other disgusting sweeteners or eggs. If you dairy eaters out there doubt the flavor and texture of this dessert, please give it a try, just the once, it might just pleasantly surprise you.

The Best Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

mmmm vanilla.  imagine, for a moment, a baby vanilla plant.  Yes, there it is.  A small, humble plant with succulent leaves and a trumpet shaped flower, sweetly making its way through life…  having a dream of what it wants to grow up to be.  Maybe it has more important plans than just surviving… maybe it wants to help the world, starting small with one or two people, then a family… then a village… growing to be a global force of good.  Maybe inspire some other vanilla plants, and boom, a mini vanilla revolution…

Berry Banana Ice Cream Cake (gluten-free, raw, vegan)

Wow. Yummy. Amazing!

This “ice cream cake” is awesome. It’s creamy, rich and unbelievably good. The top layer is made from berries, and has just the right amount of tanginess and sweetness, with a texture similar to that of sorbet. The bottom layer is barely sweet, with an incredibly dense creaminess. It’s also raw (if you don’t count the processing of the cashews), and made purely from fruit. Even A (a meat-, dairy-, and egg-eating individual) said it was good. Thank you Emily. Stumbling over your blog has made my already bright world, brighter still!

To call this ice cream cake isn’t entirely true. I mean, it’s not as if this is actually ice cream,