I feel like every vlog I've done so far
I bring you guys with me when I go to
visit my sister and her little baby
my other sister also had a little baby
around the same time in Canada and I
haven't met him yet so right now I'm at
the airport on my way to go visit home
to go back to Canada it's been a whole
year since I've gone so I'm really
really really looking forward to this
I'm gonna bring you with me
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coming back here I feel like I've been
hit with such a wave of nostalgia I like
seeing friends and family and familiar
sights but it also feels so new this
time around cuz I mean I have a little
nephew that wasn't here the last time I
came and having spent time with him I
feel like children are just the most
wonderful teachers a couple of minutes
with him and you can see the world
through his curious little eyes and I
realized just how present and in the
moment he was and how joyful he was with
the most simple things and there's just
so much beauty in that and so much to
learn from that a not saying family is
obviously one of the major downsides of
living so far away but I do feel like
the silver lining is that when we do
come together again we make all the time
to spend quality time together so today
the whole family is going strawberry
picking and when I come back I'm gonna
show you how to make one of my favorite
summertime recipes featuring
strawberries
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so right now we are in my mom's kitchen
which is actually where a lot of the
first pickuplines recipes I shared on
the blog where it created and you know
one recipe I made a few years ago really
frequently for friends and family and
they all really enjoyed it with this no
big strawberry vegan pie recipe that I
really want to share with you today so
we went strawberry picking we got all of
these here amazing and delicious
strawberries I want to share the recipe
with you you're gonna find the breakdown
for that recipe in the description box
below
but right now I'm actually just gonna
walk you through the steps so let's get
started for this recipe you'll need five
cups of fresh strawberries two cups of
raw or roasted nuts I use 1 cup raw
almonds and one cup roasted cashews 1
cup of soft pitted medjool dates as well
as another 6 pitted dates to use
separately a tablespoon of agave syrup a
teaspoon of lemon juice and 8 a teaspoon
of salt and some fresh basil or mint for
garnish
so we first start by making the crust to
a food processor add the 1 cup of dates
the almonds cashews and salt blend it on
high stopping to scrape down the sides
as needed until the mixture sticks well
together and if it's not sticking just
add a few more dates and blend it again
when it's all finished measure out a
generous 1/2 a cup of the mixture and
set it aside for later press the
remaining mixture into a 9-inch pie pan
pressing it up against the edges as well
then place this in the fridge next we
move on to the strawberries we'll
reserve 1 cup of the strawberries to use
for later and use the other 4 cups worth
to thinly slice this is going to be our
pie filling with the 1 cup of
strawberries that you reserved add it to
a food processor along with the agave
syrup lemon juice and those extra six
states blend it on high until it's as
smooth as you can make it at this point
we can remove the crust from the fridge
and layer the sliced strawberries on top
then add the blended strawberry mixture
on top of that and gently spread it to
cover the whole top of the pie and
remember how we reserved a bit of the
crust at the start we're gonna now use
that to add around the rim of the pie
pan to create a unified crust gently
pressing down as you work your way
around the rim decorate the top with a
couple of strawberries and fresh mint or
basil and place it in the fridge for at
least an hour or until you're ready to
serve it and that's it
it takes just 10 or 15 minutes to make
this really easy delicious and wholesome
summertime snack or dessert I hope you
enjoyed this pie as much as I know I
and if you give it a try be sure to let
me know in the comments below or share a
picture with us on Instagram so we're
gonna go camping in the wilderness for
three days where there is no reception
of any kind the whole family cousins and
little ones included we used to do this
a lot when I was younger but it's been a
while since then
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it's amazing how much extra time you
feel you have when you don't have access
to the Internet we've been playing card
games and board games and sports and
sharing stories around the bonfire and
I'm also a very early riser so when
everyone else is still asleep I go for
walks along trails and listen to some
audio books and before I left I made
sure to download a few audiobooks so
that I could listen to them while we
were camping and one of the books that I
downloaded is one that I haven't
personally listened to in years but it
was such a good book and it's called The
Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and I
feel like it was just such a timely
moment to relist into this audio book
because they talked about how as
children were taught a set of rules and
we're rewarded if we do good and were
reprimanded if we step out of line and
as we grow older when we're not kids
anymore we still tend to do this but to
ourselves and as we mature though we
have the wisdom and the power to break
free of the limitations that we place on
ourselves and the book essentially
shares four agreements that can help you
do just that so I'd like to thank
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so so far we've gone biking swimming
berry picking camping pretty much
everything I love to do in the summer
this place is like one giant backyard of
fun and adventure but one thing we
haven't done yet which is one of my
favorite things to do when we're here
aside from eating all of the amazing
vegan food is to go hiking so right now
I'm gonna take you to see one of my
favorite viewpoints the first time I did
this hike I thought this was the final
view and I already thought it was so
beautiful
wait till you see the view at the end
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we're almost there or at the top of the
mountain as you can tell by all of the
snow around me and if you ever come to
Vancouver you need to try this hike it's
called st. mark summit and it's the most
beautiful view ever just check this up
those Mountain
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I've been noticing I keep calling Canada
home even though I moved away from here
a year and a half ago but to me it
always will be because it's where I grew
up it's where my family is and I just
think it's one of the most beautiful
places in the world and in a week I'm
going to leave Canada to go back to the
Netherlands and sometimes friends and
family will ask me which one I consider
to be my home but to me they both are
you know how they say home is where the
heart is well I have my heart in more
than one place I try no don't do it
doesn't do it let me do this I can see
you okay
so we're on top of this mountain
surrounded by snow and you wouldn't
believe that it's like 30 degrees he's
gonna hit me
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what do you think of the sake I love it
why I think it's my favorite hike
actually why because it's so rewarding
at the end yes such an amazing view it's
still a decent workout because it's
quite exhausting sometimes mm-hmm
well on this time of year we still have
a little bit of snow off there it gives
you the like level cold breeze even
though it's a warm day yeah and yeah
it's just the nature and in the silence
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