BODY CARE SERIES (PART I): YOU DESERVE IT ALL


This is the first post in a series of six wherein I talk about taking care of ourselves and more specifically, how taking care of ourselves starts with taking care of our bodies. The series is sponsored by Luminance Skin Care; a wonderful vegan, organic body care company.

What if you owned a machine that did everything for you? Some examples: transported you where you need to be, made sure your blood sugar levels and bones were healthy, told you when to sleep and wake up, alerted you to what kinds of foods you should eat or stay away from, warned about dangerous situations and helped you escape them, reminded you of things you love and rewarded you when you did them, or had trillions of individual union workers on the job 24/7 with your longevity as their main objective?

GIANT PEANUT BUTTER CUPS (QUICK + EASY)


I guess I could've called my blog This Rawsome Chocolate Life but it's too late to change now. Here is yet another chocolate-inclusive recipe and I am not apologizing. It's delicious, really easy and quick to make + high in protein, iron and other good stuff. I've been hitting the gym regularly again (after a hiatus due to my period and then a cold) so a bit of extra protein in my diet helps me recover faster and build back stronger muscles. Or something like that.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT DONUTS


I am currently working on a project for a New York-based magazine called LAIKA (check 'em out), and part of the project entails me hittin' up some of my places to eat in Vancouver. One of these spots is Cartems Donuterie: they make vegan donuts. So the other day I headed over and photographed all their vegan varieties and got to bring home a box of fried, sugary delight for the fam / Jack. Everyone was stoked (needless to say but I said it). I only had a few bites because as freaking delicious as the donuts are, my body is sensitive to refined flours and sugars so if I eat more than a bit I don't feel great. Plus I have been consuming loads of vegan junk food lately and need to get back into eating meals that give me energy instead of take it away. Yet obviously donuts are an essential part of a happy life (for those of us with the luxury of access to them) so I decided to just make a whole foods-based recipe for my own selfish taste buds but also because I dooo have this blog and should probably keep publishing consistent recipes. I was photographing them when a couple friends came over; I forced them to be my hand models and also to describe what they thought of the recipe. Some quotes: