New year, new you! The beginning of a new year is a great time to reconfirm your health and wellness goals. We here at IHI have teamed up with some of our friends to bring you fun, easy and delicious recipes to help keep you on the right track all winter long!

Easy Raw Oatmeal via Meghan Pearson, Raw Food teacher at Hacienda Del Sol and created by the chefs at Hacienda Del Sol

If you want to feel vibrant you must hydrate your cells and infuse them living enzymes. Start your morning with a class of lemon water, then drink a glass of Hacienda del Sol’s Green Detox. Depending on your detox level enjoy this fibre packed satisfying oatmeal! The coconut water offers electrolytes, and the oatmeal is energizing and gentle on your body first thing in the morning.

Watch Meghan make her delicious raw oatmeal on Breakfast Television here.
Serves 1

½ cup organic oats
½ cup coconut water
¼ cup raisins
1 apple grated
1 banana mashed
1 tsp coconut flakes (topping)
pinch of sea salt

1 cup of your favorite fruits for topping

Soak the oats, and raisins in the coconut water for 30 minutes (or overnights). Add the grated apple, mashed banana, coconut flakes, and sea salt.

 Meg Pearson is a Nutritarian (labels are tough!), passionate cook, Alissa Cohen certified Living on Live Food Instructor, and Culinary Nutrition Expert trained with Meghan Telpner’s Cooking Academy.  She is also a Yoga Teacher, Reiki Practitioner and Live Well Educator, with a strong focus on informing others about the benefits of following a plant-heavy diet and focusing on whole life balance.  After overcoming a series of life altering events in 2010 and 2011, Meg chose to take the leap and leave her 12 year career in television to pursue her passion: RAW Food & Yoga, and that brings her to where she is now.  The perfect present For more info, visit Meghan online or on twitter.

Meghan has published an (un)cookbook, MAP Wellness Morsels: Life in the RAW, which is available for purchase here at IHI!

Meghan is also teaching raw food and yoga retreats in Costa Rica at Hacienda Del Sol. Visit them on facebook or twitter for more info!