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DIY Vitamin Gummy Bears
Packed with vitamin C and immune-supportive essential oils, these quick and simple gummy bears are perfect for kiddies who need a boost!
Monica La Vella
Sep 17, 20192 min read

Peppermint Peanut Butter Oat Bars
With just 5 ingredients, you can whip up this AMAZING and healthy, gf and vegan dessert (or, you know, snack) in less than 20 minutes!
Monica La Vella
Jul 26, 20192 min read

Lemon Raspberry Probiotic Chia Pudding
A simple recipe to make this delicious breakfast/dessert pudding using dōTERRA's Lemon and PB Assist Jr sticks!
Monica La Vella
Jul 18, 20192 min read

Simple Vegan Cinnamon Buns
The EASIEST vegan cinnamon bun recipe of all time. Oh yeah.
Monica La Vella
Jul 7, 20192 min read

DIY Healthy Easter Chocolates
Have you ever watched the show 'Nailed It'? Well this recipes went like that at first. I won't even make you wait until the end to see...
Monica La Vella
Mar 26, 20192 min read

St Patrick's Day Lucky Mint Smoothie
St Patrick’s Day is around the corner and what better way to celebrate than with this super healthy green peppermint smoothie? This tasty...
Monica La Vella
Mar 5, 20191 min read


DIY Kombucha with Essential Oils
This is it, you guys. The draw dropping moment. I found the greatest combination of all time. Homemade kombucha and essential oils....
Monica La Vella
Feb 10, 20192 min read


Hearty Vegetable Soup
If you had to choose one food to eat for the rest of your life, it would probably be soup. Think about it. There are a million ways to...
Monica La Vella
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Simple, Quick, Easy, HEALTHY Chocolates
Seriously, guys, this is 4 ingredients. FOUR! If you follow my recipes already, then I KNOW you'll have the ingredients you need. The...
Monica La Vella
Feb 2, 20192 min read


Recipe: Chocolate Mint Zucchini Bread {gluten-free & vegan}
So we had this MASSIVE zucchini my son bought from the farmer's market (honestly, it looked to be the size of my leg) and I knew we...
Monica La Vella
Jul 24, 20182 min read


Recipe: Plant-Based Potato Salad
Summer doesn't work for me if there's no potato salad on the table. I hadn't QUITE figured out the perfect recipe until now. LUCKY YOU!!!...
Monica La Vella
May 15, 20181 min read


Recipe: Chocolate PB & Peppermint Ice Cream (vegan!)
This is SO incredibly simple that I decided to add a lot of pictures to this post! We are OBSESSED with this amazing dessert and have it...
Monica La Vella
Apr 20, 20181 min read


Recipe: Chocolate Peppermint Cookies (vegan & gluten-free!)
I am obsessed with chocolate. I want chocolate all.the.time. This recipe is inspired from here. I praise her greatly for the aquafaba...
Monica La Vella
Mar 5, 20181 min read


Recipe: Mango Lime Salsa
It’s winter here. REALLY winter. We just had 30cm of snow dumped on us in the last 24 hours. I like to pretend it’s summer all year...
Monica La Vella
Mar 2, 20181 min read


Recipe: Vegan Honey Recipe
My son woke up last night crying so much about his throat. It was one of those moments as a mama that just broke my heart. We very VERY...
Monica La Vella
Feb 9, 20182 min read


Recipe: Tofu Scramble
One thing about not eating eggs is….well….no scrambled eggs. We sometimes like to have a “big breakfast” {ahem…have like a 5-course meal...
Monica La Vella
Nov 29, 20172 min read

Recipe: Homemade Dill Pickles
I'm obsessed with pickles. Like, crazy. I saw these cute little cucumbers at Costco and had this *amazing* idea: LET'S MAKE OUR OWN DILL...
Monica La Vella
Sep 21, 20171 min read


Recipe: Chickpea Curry Soup
Today it snowed. We just got home from 5 weeks in Las Vegas. I needed soup. I Googled 'chickpea curry soup' and this beauty popped up...
Monica La Vella
Apr 7, 20171 min read


Recipe: Raw Mint Chocolate Caramel Balls
I know, this picture looks somewhat silly, with the plastic wrap and all. Here's the thing, we're on a 5-week trip to Las Vegas and,...
Monica La Vella
Mar 25, 20171 min read


Recipe: Cilantro Detox Salad
I know 10% of you out there just looked at the title and decided to SKIP OUT on this recipe. I see you Cilantro haters out there - my...
Monica La Vella
Mar 1, 20171 min read
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