With spring in full swing, you need recipes that make you feel lighter. Like we always say, it’s never too early to start getting your body ready for summer. Before you know it, summer will be over and those 15 pounds you wanted to lose haven’t gone anywhere. Get started on your summer health journey while it’s still spring! There is no better way to do that than with this kale, apple, and pomegranate salad.

Kale is somewhat bitter and offers a slightly peppery flavor, making it a great salad green to pair with tangy, sweet, and even zesty ingredients. In this recipe, you get to enjoy an assortment of flavors and textures. Offering creamy avocado, crunchy pecans, crisp apples, and pomegranate arils that burst with tartness, this salad is unbeatable. The key is to thinly slice the kale, which makes for a more enjoyable eating experience. It also helps to take some of that bitter intensity away. A pro tip: you can use larger pieces of kale and massage them with a little olive oil and lemon juice to break down the fibers and intensify the flavors.

Do you want to know the best part of this salad? If you don’t have all of the ingredients, you can customize it and use the ingredients you do have. Don’t have raw pecans? Swap them out for raw walnuts or almonds. Thought you had an apple, when you really have a pear? Use the pear instead! You can even swap the pomegranate arils for little mandarin segments. Be creative and follow your taste buds, but make sure those substitutions are raw vegan if you are cleansing!

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This salad has so many superfoods in it, you may just develop some super body capabilities, for example, better digestion, more energy, and a stronger immune system!

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Not only are homemade dressings like this pomegranate vinaigrette easy to make, but they are also much healthier and more tasty than bottled dressings. You can recreate any dressing you love with much healthier ingredients. No need for artificial dyes or flavors, processed ingredients, trans fats, or dairy products. This pomegranate vinaigrette comes together with just a handful of simple ingredients, so you only taste what you include in the recipe.

This dressing requires pomegranate juice, but most bottled pomegranate juice contains added sugars and is processed. You can easily make your own pomegranate juice by blending pomegranate arils. Pour the blended mixture through a fine mesh strainer and you have fresh pomegranate juice! You will need about one cup of pomegranate arils to achieve the amount of juice necessary for the vinaigrette. Pomegranates are rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, and offer a uniquely sweet-tart flavor. To enhance the sweetness, though, we included a touch of grade A maple syrup.

Pomegranate is a seasonal fruit during late fall and early winter. The sweet-tart flavor lends itself to salads that contain spinach, arugula, raw pecans, pears, berries, or raw walnuts. Even though this is a vinaigrette, there is no vinegar on the ingredient list. Freshly squeezed lemon juice and orange juice take the place of the vinegar, giving you that acidic not you crave from a vinaigrette dressing.

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How do you transform a classic candy into a much healthier treat? First off, you clicked on this recipe, so you are on the right path. Energy balls are the best snacks because they pack healthy fats, protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and more into bite-sized balls. Think of them like little nuggets of deliciousness because they easily take on the flavors of any candy or cookie, only without all the processed sugar and fat.

All you need is a food processor, ingredients, and your energy balls are a few minutes of pulsing away from becoming a real life snack. The blending part is the easiest component to the recipe. When it comes time to shape them into bite-size balls, things can be clean or messy. You can use a tablespoon or cookie scooper to form little balls, or you can use your hands. If you really want to avoid a mess on your hands, you can wear disposable gloves, wet them with water, and form the energy balls. Or, you can simply wet your bare hands with water before forming the balls. That will help avoid sticking or clumping!

The only thing to be careful about with this turtle energy balls is how many you eat in one sitting. Because they contain raw almond butter, dates, raw pecans, and chia seeds, they are high in calories. Because they have contain healthy fats, fiber, and protein, you don’t need to eat a lot to get full. Enjoy one or two between meals and you will be golden!

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Is it too early to be talking about the holidays? Just visit any store, supermarket, or mall and you will see that holiday decorations are aplenty. The earworm holiday songs that play on loop can be a lot, but holidays aren’t all about shopping malls. One thing we love about the holidays is all the unique produce! From cranberries and apples to pomegranates and winter squash, there is not shortage of fresh, seasonal produce during this time of year.

This gorgeous holiday salad features crunchy pecans, juicy pomegranate seeds, crisp apple slices, and curly kale. To top it off, drizzle all of those ingredients with a sweet and tangy apple cider vinaigrette. You can enjoy this salad as an entree, serve it as a Thanksgiving side dish, or include it as part of your weeknight dinner. Because most meals during the fall and winter tend to be heavier, this salad provides a light and decadent relief. Fit it in somewhere between the roasted or mashed potatoes, stuffing, and the 12 dessert varieties.

Featuring Honeycrisp apples, which are both crispy and juicy, this salad is absolutely to die for. Because it includes a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, you can rest easy knowing that you’ll get a ton of antioxidant compounds. On top of the captivating colors, this salad offers contrasting textures and sweet, salty, and tangy flavors. We hope you love it as much as we do and that it brings a little lightness to your holiday season.

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A smoothie that doesn’t contain banana? Is this real life? Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to include bananas in every smoothie you make. Bananas add creaminess to smoothies, but they aren’t necessary to create a delicious and exciting concoction. This cranberry apple pecan smoothie, for example, if full of antioxidants, minerals, fruity flavors, and gentle spices that embody the fall season.

Smoothies are great to enjoy no matter what season it is. Fall provides an excellent selection of spices, fruits, vegetables, and more, making it easy to concoct new smoothie recipes. This fall smoothie uses fresh cranberries, which are only available in grocery stores for a limited time. They are excellent sources of antioxidants and provide calcium, potassium, fiber, and vitamins C and E. Some studies suggest that the antioxidant activity in cranberries positively affects 17 types of cancer, including lung, brain, breast, and cervical cancers. Researchers need more evidence to fully understand the relationship between cranberries and cancer prevention, though.

Now, cranberries aren’t the only seasonal start of this fall smoothie. Apples are readily available in the fall, with many varieties showing up at local grocery stores. We recommend Honeycrisp apples for this smoothie because they offer a juicy yet crisp sweetness. Additionally, this smoothie contains raw pecans, ground cinnamon, and ground ginger, so you’ll get your daily dose of fall, even more so than drinking a pumpkin spice latte!

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The Waldorf salad has made a name for itself in the culinary world. Originally, it was a simple salad consisting of apples, celery, and mayo. Introduced on March 14, 1893, the Waldorf salad was served to guests at a charity ball honoring St. Mary’s Hospital for Children. Coincidentally, the Waldorf hotel opened the previous day, and the charity ball was the very first event to take place in the hotel.

Edouard Beauchamp, the Waldorf’s original executive chef, came up with the salad (and the rest of the menu) with Oscar Tschirky, the maitre d’hotel. Just three years later, Tschirky published a cookbook with the recipe for the historic salad. The simplicity of the salad may be the reason for its rise to fame. However, shortly after the salad’s introduction to the world, people began to elaborate on the original three ingredients. Over time, people added walnuts, oranges, marshmallows, and a few other items on occasion.

This salad does not contain mayonnaise, nor does it contain walnuts. It does, however, contain raw pecans, grapes, apples, dried cranberries, celery, and mixed greens. We used Granny Smith apples, but you can use Fuji, Honeycrisp, or Gala apples if you prefer those varieties. Similarly, you can swap out the red grapes for green grapes if you prefer the flavor profile.

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One of the most common things that people search for while eating raw vegan (besides the obvious warm meal) is a substantial dish. “How am I going to get full just by eating fruits and vegetables?” “Do you think I’m a rabbit or something?” We’ve heard it all before, folks. Believe it or not, filling meals are not that difficult to find on this diet. It all depends on what you put inside your meals. If you have ingredients that contain protein, healthy fats, and fiber, you will not struggle to feel full.

These collard wraps will provide the sustenance you need to avoid unnecessary snacking between meals. You can easily throw this recipe together, and the best part is that it contains varying textures and nutrients. One of the primary reasons that these collard wraps will satiate you is because they contain a pulsed pecan mixture. Think of this as a simple raw vegan meat alternative, which only includes pecans, coconut aminos, grated ginger, garlic, and olive oil. Those ingredients pair well with the dipping/drizzling sauce that accompanies the wraps. Keep in mind that the dipping sauce has a little kick from the bird’s eye chili, but you can omit this ingredient if you are sensitive to spice. A pinch of red pepper flakes would also give the sauce a little kick.

It is truly amazing how delicious and filling these raw collard wraps are. If you have an aversion to pecans or cannot eat nuts due to an allergy, you can always swap the nut or change to pumpkin or sunflower seeds. Should you want to swap out some of the filling ingredients, feel free to choose ingredients you like, so long as they are raw vegan!

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If you find yourself spending a lot of money on snacks that are supposed to be healthy, it’s time to start making your own. You don’t need a snack that has a long ingredient list, which includes dyes, sugars, and processed ingredients. You need whole food ingredients that provide the body with essential nutrients. We typically recommend raw nuts and seeds for this, but your taste buds tire easily from those boring snacks. Blend a few ingredients together, shape the mixture into balls, and you have affordable, filling, healthy snacks!

The base of this recipe is the combination of dates and raw pecans. Like many nuts, pecans contain beneficial, unsaturated fats that help encourage healthier heart function. Pecans are also a great source of plant-based protein, offering three grams of protein per every ounce. Not only does that protein help build and repair muscles and bones in the body, but it also gives you a little energy boost. Pecans also contain vitamins A & E, folate, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.

Dates are natural sweeteners, and you can add them smoothies, raw desserts, and more in place of sugar, agave, or maple syrup. They are high in fiber, which works to slow down your digestion and prevent blood sugar levels from spiking. The fiber in dates also gives you lasting energy without the sugar rush and inevitable crash. Dates do contain natural sugars, though, so don’t eat a bunch of them all at once. And don’t eat a bunch of these energy balls at once either, because that will rack up your calorie count very quickly!

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Craving banana bread but don’t feel like baking or consuming more than a cup of sugar? These sweet little energy bites are exactly what you need. You can make them with only six ingredients in just 10 minutes. Not only are they vegan and gluten-free, but they are also great snacks for kids and adults alike. Keep them in the fridge and enjoy when ready, or make a big batch and store them in the freezer, taking them out whenever you want a snack.

Although this recipe calls for walnuts or pecans, almonds work too. Feel free to mix and match the nuts you enjoy for this recipe, so long as they total one cup. For the oats, we chose rolled oats, but you can use gluten-free oats if you don’t eat gluten. And to keep it vegan, the chocolate chips have to be dairy-free. If you cannot find dairy-free chocolate chips, you can use chopped dark chocolate, but the chocolate chips are recommended.

When it comes time to make the banana bread bites, start by adding the nuts to the food processor. Pulse until you achieve a crumbly consistency. Then you can add rolled oats, dates, banana, cinnamon, and vanilla extract and blend until grainy and broken down. At that point, add the chocolate chips and pulse until you get a sticky, dough-like consistency, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Form the mixture into little bite-size balls with your hands and refrigerate them to harden. You can place them in the freezer to accelerate that process, which helps you enjoy them quicker!

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