Learn how to modify a recipe to reproduce this amazing dessert! Traci here! It was my birthday last month. My dear friend and fellow healhty hedonist, Nicole Holley (aka The Conscious Cake Queen) asked me if I wanted one of her cakes for my birthday. Is that even a question? Of course I wanted a Nicole […]
Coconut Whipped Cream: You won’t believe it’s not dairy!
Are you looking for a literal spoonful of paradise experience? Then, dip a spoon into some of this! I was sitting down to serve it at Thanksgiving one year, I saw my friend taste it, then overheard him telling his girlfriend not to eat it since she had a dairy sensitivity. I told him that […]
Part 1: Healthy Hedonism on the Road: Food Tips for Your Trips
We will get you your inspired healthy hedonism food tips for your trips, but first things first. What the heck do we mean by “healthy hedonism”? Skya defined it beautifully in our last post, “What is healthy hedonism?” Basically, it’s the antidote to the popular lie that we have to give up pleasure to be healthy. […]
Oat Flour Pancakes: Gluten Free Gluttony
Personally, we love this recipe just for the taste of it! However, it is very adaptable for people with special dietary requirements, such as gluten free and casein/ lactose free (see note about oats below). What’s more, this recipe is super yummy with no sugar. The carbohydrates are balanced with protein from the eggs and […]
Time Saving Kitchen Tips: Garlic & Ginger on Demand!
Since we fancy ourselves “healthy hedonists” here at Spoonful, our food must give us pleasure, meaning it must taste amazing and make us feel good long after we eat it (energy goes up, not down). Fresh garlic and ginger are not only medicinal foods (for example), but they taste badass! However, despite their greatness, we each […]
Easy Chocolate Dipped Nutty Ice Cream Bars – Better Than Store Bought!!
Michael and I went camping on the North Shore of Oahu a few weeks ago. On the final day of our adventure, we stopped by one of our favorite little health food stores in Haleiwa. We always bring plenty of food when we camp, but we were a bit famished, looking for something that would […]
Chocolate Love: Could you use a little more in your life?
Why does it feel so good? And why do we feel bad about it? Few foods have the power to conjure the complex emotions that often surround chocolate. It’s commonly associated with feelings of love and pleasure. You’re probably reading this because of how much you love it, perhaps feeling anticipation at the thought of […]