Similar to vanilla rice or almond milk, but tastier. This Mexican-style aromatic dairy-free rice and almond horchata is sweetened and flavoured with honey, cinnamon and vanilla - and is typically served on ice. You can also make it sugar-free. (See my original post on horchata, and my most recent one.)

Here's a healthy alternative to store-bought baking powder that's easy to make, and works just as well. Aluminum-free, gluten-free and optionally corn-free.

Oaty, chewy, fruity bars with a hint of spice and a walnut crunch. (These are super yummy.) Easy to make, healthy, and great for people on different special diets.

Rich dark nutty fudge packed with precious minerals.

Pretty little cookies made with oats, flax and dark chocolate...

Supremely delicious antioxidant-rich fruit smoothie.

My favorite breakfast these days: quick, easy, tasty, filling and super-healthy. All of the ingredients are inexpensive and easy to find where I'm living. Packed with whole grains and seeds, these squares are wheat-free, gluten-free (if made with gluten-free oats), dairy-free, egg-free, low in sugar, and high in fiber.

From the hands and heart of Kurt Frost in the kitchen of Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre. These are his famous brownies!

I love this smoothie :-)

Super-fine dark chocolate filled with smooth almond butter. Add a sprinkle of sea salt and whoa! (Based on this stellar recipe for classic peanut butter cups.) Beautiful, delicious, and dare I say nutritious?

Seasonal fresh berries sweeten beautifully

"This cookie combines ground sesame seeds, almonds, and arrowroot to make
a delicious crispy cookie that is high in calcium."

A great classic from epicurious: "These crowd-pleasers are loaded with potassium and antioxidants. Double the recipe for playdates and parties."

Make your own fruit purees from dried fruit to add to recipes.

Super detox smoothie - great for alkalizing your system. Refreshing and delicious + packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and enzymes.

"These cookies are nutritious, as well as delicious." + naturally sugar-free :-)

In our house, we love this tasty combination of nuts, seeds, and fruit: a super filling nutritious quick breakfast or snack. Customize the recipe with your favourite nuts, seeds, and fruit. (Chia seeds are an ancient Mesoamerican super food, high in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and fiber - one of the most important foods of the Aztecs and Mayans.)

Here in tropical Mexico, we can find all these great ingredients to make a mean batch of healthy chunky fruity granola. My sweetheart, who is a connoisseur, is now the in-house granola-maker. This flexible recipe is his favorite.

Tasty, stimulating, nutritious, and emerald green.

"I made up this appetizer the other day, modifying Costa Rican 'choriadas', a common Costa Rican treat in the green maize season there, thought I'd share. Our maize is sweeter than the maize here in Malawi. Ideally, you'd actually use the maize that we, sadly, use for cattle feed in Canada. If the maize is really juicy, then you can do this omitting both the milk and the additional wheat flour - especially if you want to make the thin ones that I like for breakfast..." (Read the blog entry for this recipe here.)

gorgeous delicious stimulating!

Exquisite silky dark chocolate spread perfect for slathering on toast, crackers, rice cakes, or for enjoying with strawberries or other fruit. This sweet decadent vegan treat is good for you too: rich in healthy omega-3 flax oil, full of antioxidant-rich cocoa, and sweetened with raw agave syrup. My own dark nut-free version of nutella :-)

A classic recipe from 1955.

A light refreshing tropical smoothie made with Mexican horchata
concentrate, which you can find at most Latin American grocery stores. The rice-based horchata syrup adds a bit of creaminess without dairy, as well as sweetness and aromatic flavour.

Simply delicious, crunchy and aromatic granola - so good, I had to put my name on it! ;-) The variation with toasted coconut is particularly yummy. You can make your own delightful variations from this basic recipe.

These sound great! I haven't made them yet - please leave a comment if you do :-)

Here's a recipe for a traditional Lithuanian Christmas/solstice drink my partner clipped from a newspaper. I have a thing for poppy-seeds, so this sounds awesome!

Also known as 5-Bean Brownies. See the recipe here on my blog post about these incredibly delicious healthy *and* decadent treats.

Like an awesome chocolate milkshake - only better!

Simple, nutritious, satisfying, and almost shockingly delicious - really!

Lovely round cocktail crackers: oats and olive oil make these rich and flaky. (A favorite of mine.)

A great way to enjoy fresh local peaches during peach season. Leftovers make an amazing breakfast.

These are healthy breakfast-to-go cookies - eating 3 is like eating a serving of fruity beautifully spiced oatmeal. Full of fiber, sugar-free, egg-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, yeast-free, and nut-free, they are good for people on special diets - including moderate candida diets.

Beautiful rich fudgey spicy brownies, inspired by Mayan spices and grains. These are dense and gooey - almost like a fudge. Sweet and rich, these are also packed with healthy fiber, cocoa, and sprouted seeds.

Divine.

These honey-sweetened aromatic cookies are pretty satisfying and delicious. Inspired by Tahini Oatmeal Walnut Cookies, these are made with sweet nutty sunflower seed butter, which is abundant in these parts (and for some, easier to digest than tahini). These cookies happen to be vegan and wheat-free/gluten-free + they're really quick and easy to make.

Chewy, sweet, nutty - and very easy to make.

A delightful variation of Patty's Classic Granola complimented with toasted coconut.

These buttery melt-in-your-mouth cookies are very similar to Mexican Wedding Cakes - great for a special occasion.