People often ask what kind of salad dressings they can use after going raw or vegan. Some of the ‘tastiest’ creamy dressings, are also the ones loaded with dairy ...
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Reduce Inflammation With a Turmeric Cocktail
Do you suffer from inflammation, sore joins, menstrual cramps or even want to repair your muscles faster after yoga or a really good workout? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, boy do we have a cocktail for you! I first started “shooting” coconut water and turmeric because I was experiencing [...]
Raw Vegan Asian Red Pepper & Asparagus Spring Pasta
This raw vegan noodle dish was a real breeze to make. While I’ll admit sometimes I go into the kitchen with not a clue what I’m about to make, it always seems to turn out pretty well. It’s funny, I actually intended on making a red pepper cream sauce when out of no where I [...]
A Green Smoothie for Clear Skin, More Energy & Muscle Repair
Recently I’ve been on a spirulina & chlorella kick because they’re both so great for having healthy, clear skin, healing acne and repairing tissues after a workout. A few weeks ago when I was making spirulina face masks I started researching how spirulina impacts skin health. There were so many testimonials from people who raved [...]
Abundant Garden Salad w/ Sweet Ginger Tahini Dressing
Do salads have a bad rap as boring? Sometimes they do, and I get it because there was a time when even I got sick of eating salads. I remember standing in the kitchen with Caleb discussing what to eat and when he suggested a salad, my response was “no way, I am SO sick [...]
How To Reverse Energy Crashes on a Raw Vegan Diet
I’m going to share with you one of the top reasons why you may be experiencing energy crashes through out your day even after juicing fresh vegetables and eating a raw vegan diet. It’s not at all what you’d expect, in fact you’ll find this reason is actually quite counter intuitive and has absoultely nothing [...]
The Best Raw Vegan Plant Based Protein Sources on the Planet
Could there be a greater controversy in the health realm than the vegan vs. omnivore debate over protein? If you’ve been living a plant based lifestyle for a while now, you probably chuckle when someone makes a comment like “there’s no way you can get enough protein from vegetables”, or the alternative, you might get [...]
Why Unfermented Soy is Bad For Your Health
When the average person hears the term Vegan, it’s safe to say at least 90% of the time they immediately jump to the assumption that a vegan person eats a lot of soy. I can’t count how many times people ask Caleb and I about our diet and then before we’re able to get a [...]
Crispy Mexican Vegetable Crackers (Raw Gluten Free)
YAY! Oh my rawness I freaking LOVE kids ♥ Just pulled the flax crackers out of the dehydrator and went outside to take pics for you. A little girl about 9 or 10 comes out with her grandparents and says “What are you doing?” I said “I’m taking pictures of raw crackers” she goes … [...]
The Best Raw Vegan Pad Thai Recipe
Leave the cold pressed olive and coconut oil in the cupboard because this recipe is totally oil free! Yes, it’s a bit high in fat since we’re using coconut meat as the base but we’re talking about the good fats here. Not to mention coconut is super healing and nourishing for the body. At first [...]
7 Reasons You Should Eat More Fruit in the Spring
Well you should probably be eating more fruit all year round, but spring is the ideal time to reduce your fat intake and increase how many fresh fruits you consume.In chinese medicine, spring time is liver season. Isn’t it interesting that when spring comes around, we say it’s time for “spring cleaning”, and begin to store [...]
Tropical Blueberry Power Smoothie
When you’re making smoothies, the possibilities for ingredients are endless. I guess that’s one of the reasons why I love them so much, and also why I always recommend them to new comers to the Young and Raw lifestyle. Smoothies don’t take much time, usually a few minutes tops of washing and chopping, and the [...]





