Blog tagged as goji berries

Today I have an energizing snack to share with you. These dense trail mix bars are packed with highly nutritious ingredients and are super tasty! The bars were good by themselves but I thought they'd be even better with a coating of chocolate… white chocolate… and a garnish of crunchy pistachios. R...

I used to love granola for breakfast when I was a child. It was a special treat that my mom only bought occasionally and only let me have a small bowl of it - maybe because she knew how unhealthy it is. Regular granola is filled with sugar and unhealthy oils. I don't know about you but that's not e...

These days power bars have become really popular. You can buy them at the grocery store, health food store, airports, and even corner stores. But the reality is that most bars are candy bars disguised in wrappers made to look like they're healthy. Naught naughty! My recipe for power bars are really...

The other day I had just enough extra young coconut pulp on hand from making another recipe that I decided to throw it into a blueberry smoothie. It was SO good! Smooth, creamy, flavourful, and full of nutrition. You could replace the blueberries with any other berry that you have on hand. Strawber...

Whether you're staying put or traveling for the holidays, this recipe will save your day. The ingredients are easy to bring on a plane if you're visiting family or vacationing, and it's the perfect recipe to start your day wherever you are. Yes, I know it's the holidays and sometimes we attempt to e...

Happy New Year everyone!  Here is our final smoothie recipe round up...and they're healthy too so it's just in time for all of those healthy new year's resolutions ;)  I've included a few bonus beverage recipes to get you off on the right foot this year too...Enjoy! Javier's Morning Sunsh...

We decided to delay Part II of our Smoothie Recipe round-up to celebrate the launch of our new Raw Chocolate Kit :)  The kit includes 3 awesome chocolate recipes but we love our chocolate so much that we just had to share another....and this one is a scene stealer for sure!  Susan an...

It's getting cold here in Patagonia and I'm finding myself drawn to sweets more and more these days (don't even get me started on the chocolate situation!)...Luckily we have so many amazing superfoods here to play around with. Needless to say, we've all become quite familiar with them here at the wa...

Usually when it comes to breakfast I go for a green juice. Sometimes for a green juice and raw chocolate. On the weekends though I often miss meals from weekends past so I often will make something a little fancier. Parfaits tend to be a favorite weekend breakfast. This past weekend I made the follo...

This $&*# Is Banana’s B-A-N-A-N-A-S First, sorry about the title. I am forever ruined. When I hear the word banana, I always sing that Gwen Stefani song in my head. Ugh. Anyway, it’s summertime and for me, it’s time for frozen stuff! I love making raw ice cream utilizing amazingly good-for-you n...

Sorry to have been gone for a bit! Life has been abundantly busy here in the Vivapura aWarehouse. Lots of orders to ship, lots of product to bag and lots of beautiful customers to converse with on the phone. That has left very little time for recipe development or blogging. I decided to start up ag...

After a few hectic weeks my juice feast has come to an end. I'm slowly getting back into the kitchen and back to creating some new culinary treats. My list of ideas is growing more rapidly than I can develop new recipes! The recipe that I am going to share today I made right before my juice feast be...

Hello! Sorry for the quietness around hear, I got a bit distracted by my juice! Juicing sure is full of pretty colors! So a few updates for blog readers and customers. I have had a great set of recipes submitted by Xell Calderer of Internal Hygeine. I hope to post that tomorrow. Remember that w...

Early on in my relationship with my husband I discovered his weakness for pumpkin cheesecake. As a result I have made some gorgeous pumpkin cheesecakes in my day. Since going raw however there has not been a lot of cheesecake making on my part. In general I have liked the raw cheesecake recipes I've...