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A look back on 2014 and ready for a great 2015!
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / January 5, 2015HAPPY 2015 EVERYBODY! I hope all of you reading this are doing great and feeling good about the new year ahead of us! I usually don't make a big deal about New Years because I like to live my...
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Immunity Chaga Latte
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / December 29, 2014Cozy up with this special treat in the winter, goes perfectly with a dessert of any kind. It’s my personal favourite when I feel a cold coming on, and want something to boost up my immunity. Chaga...
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Raw Vegan Carrot Cake Balls
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / December 29, 2014These balls are one of my favorite treats around the holidays, they go great with hot apple cider curled up in front of the fire place. Be sure to make double batches for your friends and family, ...
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Easy as Pie Raw Vegan Pumpkin Pie
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / December 28, 2014This pie is definitely a holiday favorite! No one has to know its raw or vegan. Keep up to 1 week in the refrigerator or 2 weeks in the freezer. Tip: If you have left over filling, you can use it as a...
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Raw Vegan Cookie Dough Balls!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / December 28, 2014These are a super easy and tasty treat and make the perfect snack when you are on the go. Ingredients: 1 cup of raw-gluten free oats 1 ripe banana ½ cup of raw shredded coconut flake...
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Warmed Spiced Walnuts
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / December 28, 2014This quick and easy to make walnut recipe can be a delightful topping for any dessert or salad. The rosemary marries the sweet and savoury flavours, and the garam masala adds a warming nuanced spi...
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Vegan Eggnog Ice Cream
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / December 28, 2014Tis' the season for sweet spiced treats, eggnog, and all things nutty. This ice cream celebrates your nostalgia for eggnog, combined with hints of pumpkin pie and nut brittle. It is made with a ba...
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Gourmet Vegan Butternut Mac and Cheese
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / November 10, 2014Serves 4 It seems as though everyone believes they are the champions of making Mac and Cheese. This recipe is the champion, because it has champignons! Creamy butternut squash sauce over ric...
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Xenophobia in the food world? What do you think.
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / October 14, 2014xenophobia (plural xenophobias) An unreasonable fear of strangers or foreigners. A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners. What does this have to do with the health food wo...
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Big changes here at the TOF headquarters!
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / October 13, 2014Hope you all had a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving! I just love this time of year, don't you? Somehow fall always seems to be a time of moving on, leaving negative emotions and memories behind ...
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November 2014 Coupon!
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / October 13, 2014Okay... I know how much you all like to receive coupons! Before I go there, I just want to explain that we always do our best to keep our prices as low as we can. Be careful of other companies rai...
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Guelph VegFest 2014!
By Lee / in Events & Festivals / October 10, 2014This year was the first Guelph Veg Fest and we were very happy to be part of it! What a great day. We really enjoyed connecting with a few of our already Guelph customers and meeting some new ones. ...
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Pumpkin Spiced Vegan Latte!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / October 10, 2014Who doesn't love the smell and taste of warming spices during the fall season? This pumpkin spice latte is truly comforting with its dose of healthy fat, fibre, and healing spices. The use of coco...
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Black Bean Pasta with Brazil Nut Pesto
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / September 17, 2014The gluten free black bean noodles used in this recipe, have a nutty light bean flavour, a perfect “al dente” texture, and are rich in protein, finer and iron. We coupled these noodles w...
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Toronto Vegetarian Food Fest 2014
By Lee / in Events & Festivals / September 15, 2014This was our second time attending the Toronto Vegetarian Food Fest and I have to say, we had a blast! What a fun weekend filled with good vibes, inspired people and fun times at our booth. We were ha...
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Sesame Guacamole Kelp Noodles
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / July 27, 2014Imagine kelp noodles, marinated in a zesty guacamole dressing, with a touch chili ginger heat, and tossed with toasted sesame seeds... These kelp noodles pack the flavour of a sushi dinner - nu...
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Spicy Kale Nectarine Salad!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / July 10, 2014This recipe includes all your favourite tastes in one simple salad – sweet, spicy, savoury and salty. With massaged kale and a creamy garlic, tahini dressing, topped with luscious jui...
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Coconut Lemon Cookie Dough Balls!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / June 23, 2014It's summer time, and it's time to turn off that oven and cool down with some detoxifying cookie dough balls. You probably wouldn't have expected “detoxifying” and “cookie dough” to be i...
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Coconut Almond Cashew Macaroons!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / June 10, 2014You will love these simple coconut macaroons! Prepared in under 10 minutes. Raw coconut almond cashew macaroons are the perfect snack to give you a boost of energy in-between meals. They also make t...
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Creamy Black Bean Shiitake Soup
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / May 26, 2014What is the result of steeping chaga, shitake, coconut, lentils and black beans in a big pot of hot water? A dance party...in your mouth! Join the party with this simple soup recip...
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Raw Nori Rolls!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / May 21, 2014These are a perfect alternative to sushi! Sushi can be filled with processed ingredients like white rice, farmed fish and GMO soy. These are a great alternative and super healthy. Test out this ...
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Golden Berry Cabbage Slaw
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / May 16, 2014Popping with flavours of fresh mint, shaved fennel, and super tangy golden berries, all marinated in a lemony sweet orange dressing; this incredibly refreshing cabbage slaw is perfect to bring to any ...
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Where to find us… and the Truly Organic Foods Golden Coupon!
By Lee / in Events & Festivals / May 7, 2014With June on it's way, we are starting to get organized for our festivals coming up this summer. We can't go to every festival/show out there, so we pick and choose our favourites which seems to gravi...
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Rallis Ice Pressed Olive Oil Soap Special!
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / May 7, 2014We know how much you LOVE Rallis Ice Pressed Olive Oil, and now there is more to love! These olive oil soaps are stellar! Made with their amazing olive oil, the soap can be used as a sha...
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Smokey BBQ Kale Chips
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / May 6, 2014Look no further for the perfect kale chip recipe, as this one is crunchy, smoky and mouth watering with nostalgia. Ingredients: 2 heads of kale 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes 3/4 cup chopped fr...
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We are excited to announce a wonderful new product!
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts, New Products, Coupons & Sales / May 6, 2014Anybody who knows our company, knows that Kent and I (Lee) love medicinal mushrooms. It stems from our own personal experiences eating and drinking them over the years, and seeing changes in our o...
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New Scientific studies on astragalus
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / April 30, 2014Kent and I love learning and sharing information on the products that we sell. Ancient Wisdom is one of our FAVOURITES! Every morning we add a small scoop in our morning beverages and have noticed a d...
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Eggplant Bacon Coconut Wraps
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / April 15, 2014With gluten-free coconut wraps, filled with eggplant bacon, dressed kale, tomato and avocado, you can't go wrong! These coconut wraps are super tasty, they don't break apart and come in two flavou...
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Vegan Eggplant Bacon!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / April 14, 2014This savoury snack is smokey, crispy and addictive. It can be enjoyed on its own as a salty treat, or can be crumbled over salads, served with breakfast, or added to sandwiches and wraps. Impress ...
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Cauliflower Popcorn Salad!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / April 2, 2014This snack is crunchy, savoury and satisfying. With its creamy and zesty zucchini-tahini dressing, and a little heat from a jalapeno, this cheesy cauliflower popcorn makes the perfect sn...
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Toronto Yoga Conference 2014
By Lee / in Events & Festivals / March 31, 2014Hi friends! This was our first year at the Toronto Yoga Conference and we thought we would share some pictures with you! This conference was huge, we couldn't believe it! I have never seen so many ...
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A New Season!
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / March 24, 2014Welcome to Spring! With winter officially leaving us behind, I have to say that I am looking forward to some warmer weather ahead. Not sure about the rest of the world, but it was a colder winter t...
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Spring Sale!
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / March 24, 2014We are excited to share our April SALE with you! April 1 - 15 ONLY! Get 10% off all products and free shipping on orders over $100! Just use the following coupon code: april2014 upon che...
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Chaga Chocolate Milk
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / March 9, 2014Nothing beats the taste of fresh home made nut milk. This milk has a sweet vanilla chaga base, packed with creamy cashews, silky almonds, juicy medjool dates and chocolate. This milk contains benef...
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Raspberry Maca Bon Bons! (raw, vegan)
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / March 3, 2014RASPBERRY MACA BONS BONS (RAW, VEGAN) These little gems are ultimate to anything you’ve ever tried that came in a box. Ladies and Gentlemen, these are the REAL, unprocessed, and unrefined Pot o...
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Ancient Wisdom Superfood Tonic
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / January 26, 2014A few months ago we added this amazing product to our line. Kent and I tried it out first of course, and really loved the effect it had on us. We were so excited about the ingredients and decided ...
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Kick off to 2014 special!
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / January 6, 2014Hi friends! I hope you all had wonderful holidays! We sure did. It was nice to have a little time off to recharge and spend time with our families. Kent and I are not huge advocates for big New...
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Holiday Gift & Stocking Stuffer Ideas!
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / December 7, 2013With the holidays fast approaching we thought we would highlight a few products that would make great gift ideas for those of you with health conscious friends and family! It isn't the holidays w...
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Patents and Pharmaceuticals…
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / November 27, 2013I recently met a gentleman in our store and had a great discussion on the topic of patents. I have to admit, I never really thought much about patents and their value in our society or relation to the...
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November and December Specials!
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / November 15, 2013Hi beautiful newsletter and blog followers! We hope this update finds you all happy and in good health. Things are great here at Truly Organic Foods headquarters! We are working hard every day ...
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What do Treehouses have to do with Truly Organic Foods?
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / November 14, 2013I started Truly Organic Foods in 2010 after having survived two very tough traumas in my life. One physical followed not long after by a horrible experience with an x-employer. Funny how the physical ...
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A few new items! … and what is coming soon…
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / November 9, 2013We always do our best to bring in new items for our customers. We have added a few great products to our line and have a few more to come in the following months. Fermenting for Dummies Do you...
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Find Your Healers
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / September 17, 2013If there is one thing I have learned in the past few years of my life, it is that healing yourself requires work. It is so much more than about taking a pill your doc may prescribe to you. It is about...
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Welcome to our New Newsletter… Blogger Style
By Lee / in Lee & Kent's Thoughts / September 13, 2013Hi Friends! Most of you receiving this email have signed up to our Superfood-Me Newsletter. Some of you have been receiving emails form us for up to three years! We always get excited when a new pe...
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6000 LIKES FACEBOOK PAGE COUPON!
By Lee / in New Products, Coupons & Sales / September 13, 2013Okay we made it to 6000 likes on our Facebook page! As promised, Kent and I have a special 15% discount to all our online customers Until October 1st, 2013. Just put in the following coupon code when ...
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Raw Food Inspiration!
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / September 12, 2013I am not a recipe developer, I am not even a good example of somebody who follows recipes. I am the kind of girl who opens the fridge door, examines the contents and goes with that. Sometimes I make t...
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Hummus Salad
By Lee / in Raw & Cooked Vegan Recipes / September 2, 2013This is one of my favourite salads. I love hummus and fresh veggies! It is super simple and tastes great every time. Making your own hummus is easy, just blend a can of chick peas (or you can u...
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