Healthiest Chocolate Ever: Organic, Raw, Vegan, Sugar-Free, Soy-Free & Gluten-Free!

Yes, the title is true. I have discovered the healthiest and most eco-friendly chocolate ever!!! Oh, and it's DELICIOUS too. Really, the best way for you to understand how excited I am about finding this is to watch the following video, but there's a little text below it if you can't/don't want to. Bottom line - this is one of the most exciting vegan products I've found in a long time.

Video Recipe: Mint Chocolate Coconut Tapioca Pudding

Head over to Eco-Vegan Food to learn how to make one of my favorite desserts: Mint Chocolate Coconut Tapioca Pudding! It's made with chia seeds and this is the perfect way to start using them if you're not already. This recipe is gluten-free, soy-free, sugar-free, and is raw if you sweeten it with dates instead of stevia. If you do use stevia, it's anti-candida friendly if you take out the coconut products. And best of all, it's easy and quick to make - you're welcome!

Video Recipe: Delicious Green Vegetable Juice

If you're looking for a delicious way to get your day off on the right foot, look no further. This juice recipe will give you a flood of energy, boost your mood, and keep you full until lunch time, all without sugar, gluten, or soy - what a perfect breakfast!



For the written recipe, click here to view it on Eco-Vegan Food, the website I'm slowly migrating all my recipes to.

Vegan Dining in Somerville, MA at The Pulse Café & True Bistro

I became a vegan in Boston in 2003, but at the time there were limited options. There was Buddha's Delight (now called My Thai), a delicious Asian vegan restaurant that has a mind blowing selection of faux meats that was unbelievable to me as a new vegan. There was/is also Grasshopper, another yummy Asian place right outside of Boston in Allston. Allston is also home to one of the only vegan pizza joints in the whole country - once called TJ Scallywaggles (seriously) and is now called Peace O Pie. After I moved away a raw vegan restaurant opened in the North End called Grezzo, but they recently closed. Over the years all sorts of vegan options started springing up in and around Boston, so it's always a pleasure to visit.

When I landed at Logan Airport a few days ago I was ready to experience a new vegan restaurant, and I was happily overwhelmed with choices. Something told me I should check out one of two places in Somerville, a cozy residential neighborhood across the river from Boston and next to Cambridge (home of Harvard University). Turns out that was an excellent decision.