Monthly Organic Vegan Bulk Food Orders

Once, a long time ago, our organic grocery bill used to be THROUGH THE ROOF.  We had less children than we do now, but our grocery bill was a MONSTER.
Shopping in-person at the health food store for all of our organic groceries used to result in a grocery bill so sizeable that it made my [...]

Feeding Vegan Kids: Homemade Chocolate Covered Energy Bars

**Edited to include nut-free version down at the bottom of post **
Hi all!
We are wee bit snowed in this week and have been happily hibernating while the snow flies, so I decided to make a special snack for all my little snack-lovers.  While we do eat our weight in veggies each day, we are all [...]

Monthly Vegan Bulk Food Order, A Case of Dates, and My Favorite Gluten-Free Tortillas

Hi again!
I’ve mentioned that we shop in bulk as a way to save money on organic groceries, and last month I showed you my organic bulk food order.  This is for a family of 7, and we eat a high-raw organic vegan diet, all 7 of us.  Many of these items will last for several [...]

Vegan Bulk Food Order and Bulk Kitchen Prep

Hi all!
It seems I took an impromptu little blog break, because…oh, what a month, WHAT A MONTH!
December has been one crazy month for our gang.  Crazy, I say!  We don’t celebrate Christmas at all, so there’s no Christmas Busy-ness here.  But overall it’s just a jam-packed month for our family — nearly half of our [...]

What’s In Your Fridge?

One question I get over and over again from blog readers is “What’s in your fridge?  What’s in your freezer?  What’s in your pantry?”
Oh, wait, that’s 3 questions, but whatever.
After I posted my raw vegan chocolate avocado pudding post last week which included a small glimpse into my fridge, I received some emails from people [...]

Buying Organic Bananas In Bulk

We go through lots of bananas.  LOTS.   There’s seven of us in this house and we just LOVE us some bananas!
And I KNOW that it is most certainly NOT sustainable of us to buy bananas. I  like to buy local whenever possible, but it is SO hard to eat local when there are no banana [...]

Storing 25 Pounds of Bulk Walnuts

I’ve mentioned before that we shop in bulk. This is quite possibly the biggest way we save on quality organic raw foods to feed our family of 7. By buying our food in larger quantities, we end up paying much less per pound than we would if we bought smaller amounts. I recently [...]

Raw Chocolate-Goji Earth Balls

Nutrient-dense little goji berries are a staple in our vegan kitchen. Those antioxidant-rich little gems get tucked into many of our raw treats, homemade trail mixes, and even our groovy green smoothies. Not only do gojis pack a HUGE nutritional punch, but they are tasty little morsels!
These little superfoods make for some scrumptious snacking.  We [...]