• General,  Lifestyle

    easter treats part II: Low fat vegan carrot cake

    Okay so this might not be your traditional Easter dessert, but Easter bunny… carrots… carrot cake – it kind of works! This isn’t your basic carrot cake though. The cake itself is completely vegan and you totally would never be able to tell! Although this recipe isn’t fat free, its definitely a lower fat version of the classic dessert (which are usually about 400 calories and more than 15g of fat) – and you’re totally allowed to treat yourself once in a while! Its seriously so moist, and the vanilla and bananas give it a unique blast of flavour. The ricotta honey icing makes a lower fat and sugar icing…

  • General,  Lifestyle

    easter treats part I: banana ice cream & quinoa parfait

    With Easter weekend around the corner, its usually a time where we indulge in a lot of chocolate and sugary snacks.Β Not only is our fruity quinoa parfait is a fun reinvention of the standard granola parfait, but topped with theΒ one-ingredient banana ice cream, you can have this as a guilt-free dessert and feel great about it! With the layers of fruit, fat-free yogurt, and quinoa, you can have this for breakfast, lunch, or dessert, and still have a balanced and healthy meal. You can make substitutions to our recipe, depending on your favourite fruits or flavour of yogurt. You can even use Greek yogurt for some added protein. Although you…