The Healthy Maven

The Ultimate Buddha BowlThe Ultimate Buddha BowlDecember 05, 2022 at 05:35PMThere are hundreds of recipes for Buddha Bowls out there but I can assure you this one is the best. With veggies, brown rice, tofu in a flavour-packed peanut buddha bowl sauce, the ultimate buddha bowl will become your go-to vegetarian dinner recipe! If you’re from Toronto and even remotely interested in health then you have heard of Fresh Restaurants. They’re basically a chain of healthy/vegetarian restaurants across the city that are a healthy foodie’s mecca. The food is so good that it turns people into vegans. Only slightly kidding… This recipe was 100% inspired by the buddha bowl at Fresh. Truth is, I’m actually in love with their buddha sauce. It’s sort of irrelevant what you pour it onto because the goodness is all in the buddha bowl sauce. Today I’m sharing…

How to Make Zhug/Skhug [Yemeni Hot Sauce Recipe]How to Make Zhug/Skhug [Yemeni Hot Sauce Recipe]November 29, 2022 at 07:14PMKick up your spice game with this traditional Zhug or Skhug Recipe, a Yemen-inspired hot sauce recipe. All you need is some oil, peppers, herbs and spices and you have flavorful additional to all sorts of meals! It’s taken me over a year to post this recipe! I wish I had a good excuse but to be honest life just happened and I kind of put it on the back burner. But it was inspired by a meal C and I had in Portland in the fall of 2019. We tried out an amazing Israeli restaurant there called Shalom Y’all (highly recommend!) and I fell in love with their zhug recipe – although they spell is “s’hug”. I pretty much mixed it with everything from…

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Clean Beauty Sales! [2022]Black Friday/Cyber Monday Clean Beauty Sales! [2022]November 21, 2022 at 05:26PMNot to spam up your life with more Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales but your girl is a sucker for a deal so you better bet I’m going to share. I generally only buy clean beauty during a) the Credo Beauty sale or b) Black Friday/Cyber Monday. If you wonder how I afford clean beauty this is 100% how. I buy deals. Here’s a round-up of the best ones this year: Black Friday/Cyber Monday Clean Beauty Sales I’ll keep updating this as I discover more! But hopefully these can help you save. Reminder: check out the Clean Beauty section and the Green Beauty Shop to see my product recommendations. Happy shopping! THE DETOX MARKET [Various deals + GWP] They’ve got some great deals + a free gift with…

Roasted Brussel Sprouts with BalsamicRoasted Brussel Sprouts with BalsamicNovember 10, 2022 at 05:06PMA classic roasted brussel sprouts recipe with a balsamic vinegar twist. The perfect fall dish or Thanksgiving side dish packed-full of healthy ingredients and flavors. I often feel like as a food blogger I have to reinvent the wheel with every recipe but the truth is, it’s typically the classics that tend to be the most useful (and enjoyed!). I’ve been trying to strike a better balance between creative recipes (this buffalo chicken chili is a good example) and more classic staples (I.e. roasted fingerling potatoes) that everyone should have in their back pocket. I just typically forget to post about them because they seem so basic to me. But then I remember I cook for a living and generally what seems too easy to me could actually be useful to…

35 Healthy and Delicious Soup Recipes35 Healthy and Delicious Soup RecipesOctober 28, 2022 at 10:00AMThe ultimate winter soup recipes round-up! 35 Healthy and Delicious Winter Soup Recipes to Keep you warm all season long! Grab your bowls because it’s time to chow. This round-up was a long time coming. By now you should know that I love soup. Honestly we should change this blog to The Soup Maven. But why is soup so good in the winter? Of course soup is great to help warm you up in the winter, but winter soups are also a great source of veggies, protein and grains – all in one! More often then not you can throw everything into a pot, add some spices and simmer it and you’ve got a delicious mea full of flavor. I mean how could you not love a good chicken…

Buffalo Chicken ChiliBuffalo Chicken ChiliOctober 25, 2022 at 06:21PMWarm up this season with this buffalo chicken chili recipe. Made with wholesome ingredients like white beans, buffalo sauce and peppers this chili recipe is packed full of flavor and nutrition. As I stare out on this gloomy, rainy October day I can’t help but miss our days in the Bay Area. Sure, the fog was ever present and it was impossible to dress correctly (LAYERS!) but it was never really that cold. Fall in Minnesota can mean 80 and sunny one day and 32 and snowing the next (yes we’ve had both in the last two weeks!). But it also means something I genuinely love: a longer chili and soup season! Admittedly, I most definitely ate chili year round in San Francisco, but nothing quite hits the spot like a warm bowl of chili…

Each and Every Deodorant ReviewEach and Every Deodorant ReviewOctober 24, 2022 at 07:29PMAn honest and unsponsored review of Each and Every Deodorant including ingredients, application and how long lasting the product is. Updated in October 2022. It’s been years since I shared a natural deodorant review with you. After a falling out with a major clean deodorant brand due to questionable business decisions and overall moral ethics I was feeling disillusioned with many of the brands out there and mostly just stopped caring. I spent years trying to find the perfect brand (which I eventually found) and in the process collected a ton of different deodorants that I figured I’d just circle back to until I found a brand I liked again. I was both cool with smelling bad and was pregnant, which didn’t feel like the right time to be judging a…

20% OFF All Clean Beauty! [Credo Beauty Sale 2022]20% OFF All Clean Beauty! [Credo Beauty Sale 2022]October 20, 2022 at 01:00PMIt’s that time of year again! The official Credo Beauty sale where the best clean beauty brands are 20% off!  So of course I had to stop in and share the best clean beauty brands and clean beauty products so you can stock up on the best of clean beauty this year. It ends this Sunday October 23rd at midnight so now.is.the.time. Also FREE SHIPPING! What is Credo Beauty? Since living in San Francisco, I’ve been a Credo Beauty addict and I think I forget that not everyone knows what Credo Beauty is. Credo is a marketplace to buy clean beauty brands and products. Similar to Sephora except they ONLY carry clean beauty. That means that everything you buy there you can be…

Black Bean EnchiladasBlack Bean EnchiladasOctober 04, 2022 at 07:39PMThis easy vegetarian black bean enchiladas recipe is packed full of nutrition but isn’t short on flavor. Perfect for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike. I recently was cleaning out my basement pantry when I came across these black bean enchiladas at the very bottom of our chest freezer. I had made them last year nearing the end of my pregnancy to prep for postpartum. Somehow I’d forgotten about this. Despite being 9 months old (!) I defrosted them and they were still delicious (I made a note that they freeze well for 4 months but clearly they can go longer). Thankfully I wrote down the recipe last year and thought it was due time I share it with you. These black bean enchiladas are honestly the best recipe ever. They’re vegetarian but still packed full of…

True Botanicals ReviewTrue Botanicals ReviewOctober 03, 2022 at 07:25PMIt’s been a while since I’ve posted a clean beauty review. Between pregnancy and having a baby, skincare has taken a bit of a backseat so I haven’t had much to update you on. However, I recently saw that Credo started carrying True Botanicals and I knew I had to to give their products a try. True Botanicals has been on my radar for a while now but I just never got around to testing them out. Now that Credo is carrying them it felt like the sign I needed to do a skincare review. In full discretion, I did reach out to Credo to send over some products of my choosing but I am not required or being paid to write this True Botanicals Review. Take that as you will but know that all…