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5 New Healthy Products We Love: Volume 14
From quick veggie noodles to a super nutritious power bar, we found healthy on-the-go snacks for this week’s new products column.
Raw Cacao Hot Chocolate
Ever want to jazz up your nightly cup of hot cocoa? Try our recipe for Raw Cacao Hot Chocolate today. It’s easy and healthy.
A (Naturally) Sweet Deal
Score a Free Jar of Raw Honey from Thrive Market
When it comes to honey, we’re not shy about our preferences: We like it raw. It’s packed with natural enzymes and nutrients that can help heal cuts and scrapes, boost immunity and soothe sore throats, all without spiking blood sugar like crazy. If you want to get your paws on the sticky-sweet stuff but have sticker shock at most prices, then you’re going to want to snag a free jar of Really Raw Honey from Thrive Market. This straight-from-the-hive organic honey is totally unprocessed, so it has a creamy texture, contains bits of honeycomb and pollen and smells deliciously of wildflowers. It tastes like you’ve just collected honey from a hive. Giving away free honey is just one way that Thrive Market can save you money. This enormous online marketplace specializes in selling the nation’s best healthy and organic products. They carry goods to fit every dietary preference, from vegan to gluten-free to Paleo, at prices up to 50 percent below retail and with free delivery to your doorstep. That can add up to thousands of dollars a year in savings. You’ll find your favorite and most trusted brands like Amy’s soups, Cascadian Farm cereals and Bob’s Red Mill grains. And—since they’re always adding new products to the lineup—you’ll have a chance to make fresh discoveries, too, like Alter Eco chocolate truffles and Primal Kitchen avocado oil mayo. The carefully curated and ethically sourced offerings even include non-toxic cleaning supplies and organic health-and-beauty products. Whether you slather the honey on toast or onto your skin, this is an offer too sweet to pass up—so try Thrive Market today!
Raw Bar: 7 Healthier Snack Bars
Our favorite energy bars may be free of GMOs and gluten, but they are filled with flavor
What’s organic, raw, non-GMO, gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, wheat-free, trans fat-free, and contains little to no added sugars? Click to find out.
Turn 118 Degrees
Sample delicious raw and vegan fare at Tarzana's 118 Degrees
As much as we’re fans of vegan dining, many restaurants in this category don’t move beyond…
Pure Energy Bars
Shanti Bars are the best of portable plant-based nutrition
When Lauren Feingold and Ashanty Williams make a protein bar, they don’t mess around…
Beet Ravioli with Almond Thyme Pâté & Basil
This recipe is from This Rawsome Vegan Cookbook: A Balance of Raw and Lightly-Cooked, Gluten-Free Plant-Based Meals for Healthy Living ($20), by Emily von Euw.
Emily von Euw's new book, The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook
We have no plans to go 100 percent raw or vegan any time soon, but Emily von Euw of the gorgeous healthy recipe-focused blog This Rawsome Vegan Life is sure filling our heads with visions of maki rolls made with cauliflower rice and collard leaf “burritos” bursting with purple cabbage and mushrooms.
This is one kitchen tool worth making some room for
We’re not usually ones for one-use kitchen gadgets: Fun for a minute, then they turn into dust-gathering…
Firmly Planted
Chef Matthew Kenney opens two new additions to L.A.'s vegan landscape
If summer barbecues of sizzling burgers and steaks are giving you the “vegan blues,” cheer up…
Try Goodbites for organic, vegan, gluten-free treats
Goodbites’ addictive snacks are made using a short list of wholesome, raw and nutritious ingredients.
Best of Clean Plates 2013
Which Clean Plates stories were most clicked in 2013? Read our top 5 countdown!
And why they're so darn good
Are you missing out on an unusual nutrient powerhouse? Discover fermented foods…
Food Talk: Jil Larsen of Magic Mix Juicery
Magic Mix Juicery founder Jil Larsen used to suffer from melasma, a skin condition that caused dark marks. Since changing her diet, her skin has changed, too. Read what changes she made.
Do you know what’s really inside that pretty red box? Here are four healthier sweets to give your sweetie (or yourself!) this Valentine’s Day.
Thank Goodness: Cafe Gratitude Lands in Venice
The feel-good food chain lands opens its second location in LA
Venice is no stranger to hardcore health nuts and now it’s made room for a truly good-for-you joint…
This LA farmers market staple uses Old World fermentation to get nutrient-packed pickled produce
LA is a city big on preservation—and we’re not just talking about Botox and fillers. Brassica & Brine: Nutrient-Dense Living Foods specializes in organic, wild-fermented foods. It’s old school…
DIY Sprouting Kits
Sprouting: It’s not just for hippies and raw foodists anymore. Growing your own sprouts is an easy, sustainable way to enjoy these nutritional powerhouses. Here’s how…
Jeff Leaf's nut-based nectar is both highly nutritious and very delicious
Ever had liquid, almond-coconut ice cream that’s actually good for you? Now you can…
Interview with The Juicy Naam’s Giuliana Torre
This Upper East Side offers juices, smoothies, and a full raw/vegan menu
The Juicy Naam, located at The Hotel Wales on the Upper East Side, offers organic juices and smoothies, a full vegan/raw menu, and a wide selection of herbs, supplements and snacks…
Sarma Melngailis of Pure Food and Wine
Traditional culinary training combined with raw principles
At Pure Food and Wine, Melngailis takes her traditional culinary training and combines it with raw principles to create high-end, restaurant-quality food using the best local and organic ingredients…