Shivashakti

Shivashakti We know how hard it is to find yummy gluten-free, vegan food on the go. . . but not for long! Shivashakti will be hitting the streets of Edmonton soon!! :D

For the last three years, we have been gluten-free to help with Shan’s Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis - an auto-immune disorder where your body attacks your thyroid as if it were foreign matter. But tell either one of us then that in three years we’d be running a gluten-free, vegan food truck and we would have laughed in your face. We were definitely meatatarians; he was a muscle guy who was at the gym 5

-6 days a week and would regularly order not one but two double Big Macs; she was a farmgirl who grew up on meat and potatoes and would joke (we use this term loosely haha) about “not believing in vegetables.”

Every year, we would fast from meat for the week of Diwali (the Hindu Celebration of Light). And every year, we would be counting down until we could order our favourite pizza or run to McDonald’s. Well every year, except for 2014. Nothing particular happened that Diwali, but something shifted in us. That year, when it came time for us to chow down, neither of us wanted meat. Keep in mind, we had never (and I mean never) discussed becoming vegetarians. I would say it was actually unfathomable for us at that point. We decided that this wasn’t by chance that we were both feeling the same way and decided to let our intuition guide us. We took it day by day and it became clear that we felt better on a vegetarian diet. Not too long after that, we became vegan. Since then, we’ve lost more than 160 pounds together, Shan kicked her thyroid disease and we feel awesome! Through this, we also discovered a new passion - cooking!! This took some adjusting but lucky for both us, Trini (as you may have guessed by the name) is from Trinidad where many of the traditional Caribbean dishes he grew up with were vegan. In the beginning, if we had to rely on Shan’s cooking, we would have been living off of carrot sticks and rice. But as time went on, Shan started exploring in the kitchen too and discovered there were ways to make some of the meals she missed most...like Mac n’ Cheese. And so the love affair began - we started cooking more and more for friends and playing around with different vegetables, beans and flours. Then one day, it hit us: we KNOW how hard it is to find yummy GF, vegan food on the go; we have lots of yummy recipes that we cook...we NEED to share this with people!! And there you have it, Shivashakti was born :D Thank you for taking the time to get to know us a little better :D We’re so grateful for this opportunity to serve in our community! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support - we truly love and appreciate it! Thank you! God Bless!

02/08/2021

Almost Back !

Look who stopped by!!! (and gave his seal of approval on our chocolates 😆) Come down and get a pic with Jolly St. Nick t...
12/16/2016

Look who stopped by!!! (and gave his seal of approval on our chocolates 😆) Come down and get a pic with Jolly St. Nick then come see us for a snack ;) :) ♡♡♡

12/02/2016

Take a break from life and come to the 💓💓💓 It's so peaceful in here and there is lots to sample ;) We're here until 7:30 😊 Come say hi!!!

It's official - all of our curries and dhals are !!! Big thanks to one of our peeps for asking us about this - you insp...
11/30/2016

It's official - all of our curries and dhals are !!! Big thanks to one of our peeps for asking us about this - you inspired us to try something new and it worked!!! 🤗🤗🤗

If it weren't for the Christmas decorations in here, I could actually convince myself that we're somewhere tropical righ...
11/03/2016

If it weren't for the Christmas decorations in here, I could actually convince myself that we're somewhere tropical right now 💓💓💓

10/23/2016
The snow and cool weather pushed me to re-create another one of my faves :D Introducing the first on the menu!!! ...
10/11/2016

The snow and cool weather pushed me to re-create another one of my faves :D Introducing the first on the menu!!!

It's a little chilly here on our last outdoor week at the but we hope you pop by because we've got you covered for -...
10/06/2016

It's a little chilly here on our last outdoor week at the but we hope you pop by because we've got you covered for -- lots of perogies, sauces and rice pudding!!!

Got our newest addition all packaged up for the tomorrow :D ♡
10/06/2016

Got our newest addition all packaged up for the tomorrow :D ♡

This is what it looks like when we come to the market and our friends aren't here 💗💗💗 Miss you guys!!!
09/22/2016

This is what it looks like when we come to the market and our friends aren't here 💗💗💗 Miss you guys!!!

How cute are these green onions right now?!?
09/16/2016

How cute are these green onions right now?!?

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6655 178 Street
Edmonton, AB
T5T3A6

Opening Hours

4pm - 7:30pm

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