Welcome! I'm Karolyn, a health coach and amateur chef specializing in raw, vegan, and vegetarian cuisine. I lost 40 pounds and have kept it off for 6 years. Wherever you are, start today. Join me on my journey of delicious, healthy eats!
Get Green
Love how my husband works the cast iron! Cruciferous vegetables are filled with fiber, and help with digestion. This cancer fighting, antioxidant blaster is sure to satisfy even the biggest appetite.
Veggie Blast:
Evoo
4 cups broccoli, bite size pieces
4 cups green beans, trimmed and halved
1 Yellow squash, quartered
1 portobello, sliced into eighths
1 bunch beechwood mushroom, pulled apart
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 spring onion, sliced
Salt
Pepper
Chili flakes to taste
Turn heat on low and add extra virgin olive oil. Not a ton but enough to coat. That’s a lot of vegetables to sauté!
Add all vegetables except mushrooms and stir frequently.
Because we like our vegetables crunchy we did a longer sauté on low heat — level 2-3, sautéed for 10 minutes.
Add mushrooms and sauté for an additional 4 - 5 minutes.
I had made a batch of cauliflower Parmesan so I added some of that to the mix at the very end.
Cauliflower Parmesan:
1 bunch of cauliflower
6 cloves garlic
Break the cauliflower up into small pieces and add to food processor in batches with a clove or two of garlic in each batch. If you like less garlic that’s fine too.
Just a little Friday fun! Zucchinis are super low in calories, packed with potassium, fiber, and antioxidants. Compare that to white or wheat pasta—heavy in calories, heavy in carbs and hard to digest. This gluten free, raw vegan recipe is a hit with the meat eaters and picky eaters alike! The best part is the fork twirl. Who doesn’t love that?
Raw Pasta:
3 large zucchini, spiralized
Vitamix:
First blend tomatoes, then drop in everything else. Low variable 5 - 7
7 small tomatoes
4 cloves garlic
1 white onion
Frontier Italian seasoning
Frontier salad sprinkle
Frontier Cayenne pepper
Feeds 4 with leftovers for a nice summer lunch!
Love to go for brisk walks but hate leaving my dog at home. Thank you #wackypaws for making this incredible carrier! #fitness #fitfam #toypoodle #twiggy 🌈☀🐶💪🌊 and yes she gets her own walks too!
Today’s new #juice! Spinach, celery, fennel, collared green leaf, tangelo, ginger #detox #cleanse #lunch #greenjuice
Cherries!!! #nofilter needed for these gems! The season doesn’t last long so get em while they’re hot! Cherries boast 3 grams of fiber in one cup, 16% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin C and contain boron a mineral that helps keep those bones strong 💪🍒 #vitamins #nutrients #minerals #farmersmarket #cherries #fact #seasonal#eating (at Long Beach Southeast Farmers’ Market)
Special Mother’s Day recipe for my favorite aunt! #sunburst#squash #rawfood #mothersday #missmom #vegan #lecruset
I recently did the Dr. Oz 3 Day Juice Cleanse for a client. Because we decided to ditch the gazpacho juice and make it into a chopped salad instead, I had some left over ingredients and came up with this. One of my favs. I don’t particularly care for parsley so feel free to leave it out or substitute it with cilantro if that’s more your flavor.
Kale, Parsley Salad with Celery, Tomato and a Dijon Dressing.
First the Salad:
1.) 1 bunch kale, leaves only, torn into bite size pieces
2.) I small bunch parsley. Rough chop
3.) Few stalks celery, chopped
4.) 4 tomatoes, sliced
5.) Dash salt
6.) 2 cloves garlic (diced, optional)
Prep all the ingredients and put them in a large bowl, container, pyrex, etc.
Dressing:
3 TBS dijon mustard
3 TBS Bragg apple cider vinegar
splash water
Mix all ingredients well and pour over salad. I massage it with my hands or pop the lid on and shake it up. It’s best if you let it sit over night so it soaks up all the juice. This salad gets better by the day!
I was a bit worried about today’s new juice because there was so much kale but the celery, apple, lemon and ginger totally mellowed it out. Thank goodness!
The health benefits of kale are numerous. Not only is it super low in calories, it’s packed with iron, calcium, vitamins K, A, C, and of course those beautiful antioxidants. Kale is a superfood that helps fight inflammation and supports cardiovascular health which means it’s heart healthy. Lose weight, improve your cholesterol, clear up your mind and your skin by implementing more fresh vegetables and eating less junk! Eat poo. Feel like poo. Eat more poo. Now you don’t want that.
Who needs nasty chemical laden energy drinks when you have this beauty?
Today’s new juice:
5 kale leaves - no stem. Tear into small pieces
3/4 head celery. Cut stalks into quarters.
1.5 lemon, 1/4
1 apple, small pieces
1/2 inch ginger, cut in half — add last
The worst is when you’re cleaning your juicer and its covered with fruits and vegetables that were not extracted. Using small pieces or tears helps tremendously with preventing this.
I also really try to prep the vegetables the night before to make things quicker in the morning and then I can take my time adding everything to juicer. Also, I’ve recently discovered that if you put the juicer in reverse it will bring any unjuiced pulp up. You then put it back into regular mode and it will juice. Brilliant!
