Recently I asked my facebook page what they would like to see more of on The Sweet Life.  I was thrilled with the variety of responses with which I will enjoy working into this blog. Several people, and I’ve heard this before, asked for easy to prepare meals with few ingredients. So per your request, I present: I am a huge fan [...]

Nine months ago I thought that eating raw meant carrots and walnuts for dinner and desserts of dates and bananas. I also thought it was all or nothing.  So I chose nothing. Veganism, at the time, was entirely for ethical reasons and I didn’t feel any need to further restrict my diet. In starting this blog last April I started working with [...]

I have decided to make this Raw Week at The Sweet Life. Struggling in the second week of Back-to-Health January, I choose to refocus with whole, unprocessed, real foods. Besides, raw food has occupied my mind recently as I have been hard at work on my first ebook; a cookbook featuring some delicious raw desserts. SPOILER ALERT:  But more on that later… Over [...]

About 9 years ago I cooked my first meal. That’s not entirely true. I grew up cooking at home here and there but as far as I remember that involved cooking pasta and opening up a can of marinara sauce. In 2003, all that changed. Inspired by a friend, I made chili. Eating that meal I had made from scratch [...]

For the rest of this month I am going to try out different Thanksgiving recipes. That means I get to eat Thanksgiving dinner all month long and you might find some vegan or gluten-free recipes that will suit you and your family for the holiday meal. Additionally, this Friday I will be writing a post on eating vegan among non-vegans [...]