Learn how to make an easy chia seed jam at home with just 4 simple ingredients and about 20 minutes of your time. It’s a healthier alternative to store bought jam, a great way to pack more berries into your diet and can be used just as you would regular jam! Growing up, strawberry jam […]

Making frozen yogurt at home has never been easier. All you need are 4 simple ingredients and 5 minutes of your time. Seriously, that’s it! It’s summer, which means it’s also means that it’s berry season! The berries that have been available to us at our local farmers market have been  soooo dang good this […]

These gluten-free thumbprint cookies are easy to make and require just 8 ingredients. This buttery and perfectly sweet vegan cookie is filled with strawberry + apricot jam and lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Your family and friends will love them! This post is sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill. My absolute favorite cookie growing up were […]

I love making fresh juice, but the question that always comes up is what the heck do I do with the juice pulp? I have cooked the (vegetable) pulp into soups, added it into cookies and crackers, and (when lazy) simply composted the pulp,  but I wanted to try and create something new! As I had […]

One of the many joys of eating a high carb, low fat (hclf) mostly raw vegan diet, is DATEORADE. It is such an easy recipe to make and to get a bulk of calories in. This is a drink I turn to when I am busy and won’t have time to think much about meals […]

Love is in the air, Happy Valentine’s Day! In honor of this holiday, I made a special pink and red treat for you all: Vegan Berry Pie w/ Red Velvet Crust. This recipe is low in fat, nut-free, no-bake, raw, and easy peasy orange squeezy to put together. Feel free to decorate your love pies […]

Every year when I was younger, my family and I would take a trip down to San Diego and visit Lego Land and Sea World (unfortunately). I loved Sea World the most, as I loved seeing and touching the animals, but also, it meant we got to get some Dippin Dots. We loooooved that stuff, the banana […]

The SSV Etsy Shop is now open and these babies are on sale! I hope you all love these as much as I do. It was such an enjoyable experience making them with my grandma and finally learning how to sew. Plus I got to spend one-on-one time with her that we had not had […]

Sunday brunch always calls for mimosas, right? When my mom makes traditional mimosas for the fam, I make these. I actually have had some prefer this over the traditional mimosas, and go alcohol-free without even realizing it. They do taste like they have alcohol in them, so just know that by making these you are by no […]

Last weekend I attended the Los Angeles Vegan Potluck! It was such an amazing event. I learned so much about people I have connected with on Instagram, getting to finally meet them in person, and I was also able to share company with people that I had not met before, but am so glad that […]