La Belle Vie Holistic Living

  Ceniza hearts avocados too One of the (many) things I love about living in Ecuador is eating avocados every day. The other day, I visited Loja and bought six for $2! Creamy, delicious avocados are full of monounsaturated fats, phytochemicals, and immune-boosting plant sterols. Not only do the monounsaturated fats in avocados benefit our cardiovascular system, but they also work to actually increase our body’s ability to absorb of powerful antioxidant carotenoids in our foods. I love to eat avocados in every way possible and find new ways to enjoy this amazing fruit. One of my fave way to enjoy them is definitely in creamy raw, dairy-free mango ice cream. xo Selene

I'm (mostly) settled in Vilcabamba, Ecuador now and have been busy making some super yummy food that I can't wait to share with you. Check out my new home, La Belle Vie , and a blog-warming recipe for a raw tabbouleh made with cauliflower "couscous." In addition to recipes for dishes that are as nutritious as they are delicious, I'll also be posting healthy living tips and thoughts. Thanks for all the support over the years! I hope that you'll come visit my new online home and like it just as much. xo Selene

There are so many awesome looking healthy recipes online. I find more almost every day and it makes me so excited with all the possibilities of gorgeous things I could be stuffing in my mouth. I know that you enjoy delicious nomnoms as much as I do, so every Monday I’ll be sharing my weekly picks of these amazing drinks and dishes. Xo Selene This week’s top five Gluten-free apple cinnamon pancakes by Be in the kitchen with Malakai   Citrus spiced polenta crackers by Including Cake! Raw broccoli hummus by Diet, Dessert and Dogs Edamame gluten-free flatbread by Spabettie Spaghetti squash pad thai over at Peas and Thank you

Welcome to my new bloggerific home, La Belle Vie. I moved over my posts so that you can access all of them from here. I've also just launched a website where you can find out all about my holistic nutrition services, such as personal consultations, healthy eating makeovers, private cooking lessons, and personal meal preparation. Thanks for all your support over the past years! I am so excited to keep sharing yummy food and healthy living tips with you, starting with this raw cauliflower tabbouleh I made the other day! I only really discovered my love for cauliflower a few short years ago. So I'm making up for lost time and trying to find as many ways to enjoy it as possible. At the Sunday market last week, among the 20 mangos we bought (yep. note that a week later, they're all gone), we also scored one awesomely huge cauliflower. One of the first things I made was a raw tabbouleh. Cauliflower "couscous" Using cauliflower as a grain replacement is super easy and a