Raw, Vegan Chocolate Macaroons

I always love finding new ways to take a classic cookie recipe and “health it up”. Many of these attempts have ended in total failure. An example was trying to adapt my grandmother’s shortbread and sugar cookie recipe — without butter and sugar, they are just not the same. Finding a way to bring those […]
Healthy & Easy Slow-Cooker Ketchup

When I mention making my own ketchup to people, I often see some eye-rolling and get some comment about how I have too much time on my hands, lol. The truth is homemade ketchup is almost too easy. You dump everything into the slow cooker and walk away. You also have the option to preserve […]
3 Ingredient Peach Jam- No Refined Sugars or Pectin

Coming home from the Okanagan Valley this year I could not resist stopping into my favourite farm and grabbing myself a 20-pound box of peaches. However, I think by the time we made it home it was about a 15-pound box after being in the backseat with the kids. Once home, I placed the box […]
Raw Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce

When you bite into a warm, ruby-red tomato right off the vine and the juice runs out, it’s pure magic. Tomatoes you buy in the store just do not compare to smell and taste to the ones right from the garden. When it’s time to pick the tomatoes, I get so excited because I […]