Seeing as we all tend to have a ton of time on our hands, this could be the perfect time to experiment with new baking ideas….This is a recipe from our book, Made With Love. This is a lovely wake-up bite on a Sunday morning. Imagine the aroma of delicious raspberries baking in the oven. We love these with our Raspberry Sauce or Lemon Glaze. Active time: 15 minutes Total time: 30-35 minutes 1 ½ cups GF all-purpose flour ½ cup white rice flour 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon xanthan gum ½ teaspoon sea salt 1/3 cup coconut oil ½ cup organic cane sugar 1 tablespoon lemon zest 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 cup fresh/frozen raspberries 1 teaspoon rice milk 1 teaspoon cane sugar Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9-inch cake pan with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk together the GF flour, rice flour, baking powder,…
Granola bars are good grab-and-go snacks but they are often fat-and sugar-bombs without enough protein to see you through. These unbaked bars come together very easily; they are gluten- and lactose-free and they have plenty of healthy protein, fiber and flavor to satisfy your snack-attacks. Active time: 25 minutes Total time: 8 ½ hours, including overnight refrigeration 2 cups GF rolled oats 2 cups brown rice crisps 1/2 cup raw almonds, roughly chopped 1/4 cup vegan chocolate chips or cacao nibs 1 tablespoon chia seeds ½ teaspoon sea salt 1/2 cup agave or coconut syrup ¼ cup maple syrup 1/4 cup raw coconut sugar ½ cup coconut oil 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 cups almond butter ½ cup cacao nibs Line a 9- by 13-inch baking dish with parchment paper. In a large bowl, mix the oats, brown rice crisps, almonds, chocolate chips, chia seeds and sea salt. In a…
I’m already thinking chilly weather and soup season and wanted to change up my greens that I tend to eat daily. For some reason, it’s been a while since I’ve had broccoli and started craving it over the weekend. This soup was an a easy make for me and made enough for lunch yesterday and today. It’s nutritious, easy to make and you can freeze it for future lunches or dinners. I love cooking with non-dairy milks and creams and LOVE that I get ZERO bad cholesterols in my diet. Only healthy fats for me (if only my mom would listen). Broccoli is also an amazing source of calcium (along with kale). Who needs dairy when we have our greens?! Creamy Broccoli Soup Makes about 8 servings (1 cup each) 1 medium yellow onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 tsp olive oil 2 medium organic potatoes, scrubbed and diced 2 medium…
I’m off to NYC! Back Friday….. Just a quick update that I’m off to NYC and to sign the book deal we’ve been waiting for! Erinn and I are so excited. This book will encompass everything we’ve been up to in the plant-based, healthy world and how we arrived to where we are today. Recipes from Lettuce Love Cafe and Kelly’s Bake Shoppe, “How-To’s”, Living your BEST LIFe ever….I can’t wait to share it all all with you. I know Erinn is super excited too. Stay tuned for more love and updates. Love,
My thought for the day (to work toward living an authentic life): About 7 years ago in California, we met a very wise, older woman that shared some brilliant words with us…words that have stuck with us until this very day and will continue to do so. They have kept us in a loving, grateful ‘present’ outlook within our life together. My incredibly patient and loving husband has had to endure some difficult, horrific family situations for the past 20+ years from his previous life. I’ve done my absolute best to be the rock he needed, in the most difficult of times. He needed to hear, back then, that he was on the right path to becoming his authentic self. With a lovely, wise smile, she lifted her head and she said most stoically, “Family is not necessarily one made of blood”. WOW! That was all we could say after these…
What an awesome video!! This is our latest work on healthy Gluten-Free Living. Filmed at Kelly’s Bake Shoppe, we shed light on some quick and easy tips on how relatively simple it is to go Gluten-Free. Gluten is found hidden in so many things like salad dressings and condiments like ketchup so beware of the many ways it can hurt your digestion without you even knowing you are eating it. It’s so important to read the labels of everything you purchase when grocery shopping, just to ensure you’re eating exactly what you think you are. Erinn and I are pretty diligent when it comes to grocery shopping always staying in the produce department and very rarely walking up and down grocery store aisles. These aisles are where primarily the processed foods are and these foods we should be staying away from the majority of the time (you got it- not…
Teff Brownies. Who would’ve thought? For most, I bet you have never heard of this nutritious grain/flour. I personally love the teff grain and experienced it a few years back in an Ethiopian restaurant and admired the taste of the flour they used to make their flat bread called enjera. One of the smallest grains in the world, it dates back to over 4000 years on this planet. I think what I love about eating gluten-free baking is that the grains and flours can be so densely nutritious. Teff is about 12% protein and it leads all other grains in its calcium content. A cup of cooked teff offers about 123mg of calcium which is comparable to a half-cup cooked spinach. Teff is also an excellent source of vitamin C, a micronutrient not commonly found in grains. It’s also very high in fibre and B vitamins. Due to it’s earthy…
This is now one of our best sellers at LettuceLove Cafe and Kelly’s Bake Shoppe. Every time I make it, it is sold out by 5pm that day. I think more and more people are realizing the benefits of eating raw food and allowing this food to keep it’s nutrition and enzymes intact. The Kelly’s Bake Shoppe is going to be making more of these types of products in the very near future and the good news is too is that it’s shippable!! What is so great about this granola is that it has so many purposes. It can be used as healthy energy snacks for your children’s lunch boxes, breakfast cereal and top it with almond milk and bananas, it travels well in car or in a plane, it’s perfect for hotel rooms when you can’t find good food to eat (bring your granola!!!), crumble it over your coconut…