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Sweet Potato Broccoli Salad with Garlic-Ginger Tahini Sauce

Post by Susan on March 16, 2016

I was tired. And I didn’t want to cook. But I wanted something super healthy and super healing. Take-out  just never seems to fit that bill. It had to be fast, easy and delicious. We seem to have an over abundance of sweet potatoes around (one should always check before going shopping and buying a…

Simple Save Your Breasts Salad
Simple Save Your Breasts Salad

It isn’t the prettiest dish I’ve made but it sure is powerful. Think about it. A salad that actually can fight and suppress cancer cells. I combined three top cancer fighters, broccoli sprouts, garlic and walnuts in one salad. It is simple, tasty and loaded with three top cancer-fighters. Let’s start with the miraculous broccoli plant….

Cruciferous Crackers (Raw)
Cruciferous Crackers (Raw)

Talk about an “aha” moment. I was listening to one of our favorites, Dr. Greger of NutritionFacts.Org talk about ways to cook broccoli so that you get the biggest bang for your buck. He mentioned (say that with an elongated meeeennnnnntioned) that one of the most potent cancer fighting antioxidants, sulforaphane that broccoli contains is…

Brussels Sprouts Chips
Brussels Sprouts Chips

Monday morning, I was having a stare-down with two large bags of brussels sprouts. I love brussels sprouts. They are incredibly healthy, taking top billing on the list of cruciferous vegetables for cancer fighting properties. If you saw the post on Tuesday, I stopped half way through experimenting with this a recipe for brussels sprouts chips and…

Raw Brussels Sprouts with Apple, Hazelnut and Maple Salad
Raw Brussels Sprouts with Apple, Hazelnut and Maple Salad

Things have been very interesting around here since I started adding recipes for cooked food to the website. As you can imagine, a few people were “horrified” and didn’t hesitate to let me know. Luckily many of you have been wonderfully supportive and are enjoying the cooked recipes, too. I love hearing your thoughts and simply love…

Vegan “Roasted” Cauliflower Salad with Orange Miso Dressing
Vegan “Roasted” Cauliflower Salad with Orange Miso Dressing

The winner of the book, “How Not to Die” is Deb Davis! Congratulations! Last week, we had a thunderstorm. That might not sound too exciting to most, but in the bay area, a real, honest to goodness thunderstorm (meaning one that lasts more than 2 lightening strikes) is a very rare thing. To have a…

No-Bake Vegan Red Velvet Snowball Cookies (Raw!)
No-Bake Vegan Red Velvet Snowball Cookies (Raw!)

Sometimes you come across a recipe that just screams, “You need to make a healthy version of me because I am so cool!” That is exactly what happened when I laid my eyes on a picture of red-velvet snowball cookies, from Donna Hay magazine. I was struck by how beautiful and festive they are. But…

Caramel Celtic Salt Dark Chocolate Truffles from Wild Plate
Caramel Celtic Salt Dark Chocolate Truffles from Wild Plate

5 hours left to enter to win Laurel Anderson’s, “Wild Plate”. One of the most amazing raw food cookbooks I have ever seen. Today I am bringing you one of Laurel’s recipes for Buttery Caramel Celtic Salt and Dark Chocolate Truffles. If you haven’t entered yet, click here: Wild Plate Giveaway.   I wanted to…

Pear, Walnut Pomegranate Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing
Pear, Walnut Pomegranate Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing

On Tuesday, I published a delicious parfait recipe using the walnuts, pears and pomegranates that I found at the Danville Farmer’s market. Today I am bringing you one of my favorite fall salads made with the more of the same walnuts, pears and pomegranates. Sweet and savory. I love the fall flavors that the combination of…