Sweet Freedom Blogs

Many pickled onions recipes use unhealthy processed sugar and poor quality vinegar. This quick and easy recipe uses natural & organic ingredients only. For this recipe, we use apple cider vinegar for our pickling liquid, along with organic maple syrup and some...

This baked cauliflower and potato salad is guaranteed to turn a cauliflower hater, into a cauliflower lover. All throughout my childhood I used to be served boiled cauliflower and couldn't stand it.  To me it was just a soft, flavourless mush! From these early...

Many people add bacon to make their brussel sprouts taste better, but this vegan, sauteed brussel sprouts recipe uses toasted pecans with smoked salt for that crunchy, smokey taste. When it comes to brussel sprouts, there seem to be two camps; those for the sprouts...

Not kidding... this recipe for coconut chocolate bars is perfect for balancing a sweet treat that won't spike your blood sugar or trigger the addiction cycle. They are also fantastic for homemade holiday gifts that you can make ahead and don't have to cook. You can...

I've created a delicious, healthy pesto recipe from the weeds in my backyard...and a few little extras from the pantry.  Henry David Thoreau said. "A weed is simply a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." In Return to Food, I say 'A superfood is simply a...

If you're on your Sweet Freedom journey and are craving some crunchy, fluffy fries, then this crispy oven fries recipe will be your go-to healthy alternative. Most fries are cooked in large amounts of unhealthy oils and usually contain other nasty chemicals and...

Most granola recipes I see out there have large amounts of processed sugar in them. With this healthy granola recipe, we are only using 1/4 cup of natural, organic maple syrup for the entire mixture. On top of this, the secret ingredient we have used to add a stronger...

I'm a mayo lover, but was so disappointed by the ingredients in most of them that I stopped eating it. This is why I developed my own vegan mayo recipe and now I want to share it with the world! Most of the sauces out there have ingredients that are neither good for...

It's nearing the end of summer, the kids are heading back to school and you know what that means - it's cold season. Fortunately, we have a natural way to cure and/or prevent a cold and it's super simple to make. This recipe uses the natural healing powers of lemon,...

You don't have to love kale to be healthy, but it helps. This crispy kale chip recipe will convert a kale hater into a kale lover. Most people resist kale because of its texture and 'cabbagie' flavour. The trick to loving kale is to make it taste good and part of that...

Did you know that when polled, the food vegetarians miss most is bacon? Today's Coconut Bacon recipe will satisfy that itch without the use of liquid smoke! While it may not fool you it is a fun recipe that is super easy and much better for you than bacon. I know a...

Are you a Key Lime Pie lover? If so, we've got a healthy key lime pie recipe that you can make into mini truffles. Even if you're not crazy about the dessert, I challenge you to make these truffles and not like them.  The recipe came to me from Chloe Elgar a former...

Store bought energy bars are usually filled with tons of processed sugar but this chocolate energy balls recipe is sweetened with dates. When making any sweet treats, we believe that using natural ingredients is the way to go. Not only do natural sweeteners like dates...

It took me a LONG time to warm to yams (or depending on where you live, sweet potatoes). If only I'd had today's 'conversion' recipe! Yams are a fantastic food for helping heal the pancreas and a great way to add sweet into your life without spiking your blood sugar....

This homemade healthy salad dressing is made without oil. If you haven't already, you're going to hear a LOT about NOT consuming oils. It is a new trend and rightly so as most oils on the supermarket shelf I wouldn't dream of putting into my body. But we need fat...

If you're looking for a healthy vegan stir fry recipe, this will be your new go-to. In a carb confused keto enthused world we are living in you may ask 'what about rice?' Does is spike your blood sugar? Is it going to make me gain weight? So many questions but we boil...

I have always loved pudding, mousse and of course all things chocolate! For today's Sweet Freedom Recipe we are showing you how easy it is to make a delicious chocolate mousse without refined sugar or the highly processed ingredients often contained in pudding or...

Nothing seems to get people more emotional or confused nutritionally as milk does so in this blog I am going to show you how to make almond milk at home. Recently the Canadian Food Guide controversially removed dairy from its plate and that's a big bold move in the...