Dreena Burton Blog

1 week ago | dreenaburton.com | Dreena Burton

Boost your breakfast routine with this deliciously healthy, vegan, nut-free, and oil-free Protein Granola!Who doesn’t love the satisfying crunch of granola? It’s a breakfast staple and one of my favorite snacks. Most store-bought granolas, however, are loaded with sugar and oils, and lack substantial plant protein. If you’re following a nutrient-dense plant-based diet, your commercial granola pickings are slim to none. The good news?

2 weeks ago | dreenaburton.com | Dreena Burton

Want to learn how to make chaga tea? Today I’ll show you (with videos!) how easy it is to brew a tea from chaga mushroom nuggets. First, why drink chaga tea? Chaga has some impressive health benefits, which we will cover. I brew tea with chaga every day. It’s a simple process, and so worth it for chaga’s health-promoting properties. And don’t feel intimidated by the look of chaga nuggets.

1 month ago | dreenaburton.com | Dreena Burton

Light, tender, and oh-so-lemony, this vegan lemon cake is impressive yet easy – and will surely become a new oil-free dessert favorite. Make it more celebratory for Mother’s Day or Easter drizzled with Almond-Maple Sauce or Sweet Potato Caramel. As much as I love this cake recipe (and also this cake and this cake)… I am absolutely smitten with this luscious lemon cake. It is such a fragrant and moist vegan cake, it’s hard to believe that it’s dairy-free, egg-free, and oil-free.

1 month ago | dreenaburton.com | Dreena Burton

This Chocolate Sea Moss pudding is velvety, rich, and delicious and is sugar-free, dairy-free, and whole foods plant-based. What’s more, this vegan chocolate pudding is made with nutrient-rich sea moss (read on). This is the second post in my sea moss recipes series. The first recipe in this series was Fudgy Sea Moss Bars, which you can find here. Today’s Chocolate Sea Moss Pudding is even quicker to prep.

2 months ago | dreenaburton.com | Dreena Burton

This purple sweet potato soup delivers big flavor with simple ingredients – get ready to dig into a bowlful of happiness! First, have you ever had purple sweet potatoes? I hadn’t tried them for my first couple of decades eating plant-based! I just didn’t come across them in our grocery stores. So when I did find them, I was so excited to cook with them. But I was surprised with their texture and flavor. I was used to the very moist, sweet flavor or orange and yellow varieties.