About Anastasia

Anastasia Eden is a plant-based chef and recipe developer who has spent more than three decades creating nourishing plant based cuisine for retreats and conscious communities around the world.

The Spirituality of Being Vegan – a personal sharing

The spirituality of being vegan to me is a celebration of my love for sentient life. It's an honouring of the interconnectivity of all things. More than that - it's feeling the interconnectivity at the core of my being. It's compassion. Love. Non-judgment. It's a mystical, intangible life force that always inspires me to make [...]

Seriously Good Vegan Mango Ice Cream Bars – Super Healthy!

Your experience of making ice cream is about to change forever. Welcome to my vegan mango ice cream bars recipe. We're talking about a no-churn, two ingredient, seriously delectable, vegan ice cream. The simplicity, ease and sensual deliciousness of this recipe is revolutionary. I am delighted to share this here with you on my website. [...]

Raw Chocolate Covered Cardamom Bars – vegan, gluten-free, no-bake

As I write this, I have just made a delicious batch of Raw Chocolate Covered Cardamom Bars. I am somewhere in the gorgeous Wiltshire countryside on retreat, looking after a group of 15 people. My job is to create conscious cuisine all week long, taking care of our guests when they’ve finished their sessions in [...]

EASY Blueberry Blender Nice Cream with only 3 Ingredients

Easy Blueberry Blender Nice Cream is a perfect, dreamy summer treat. Barefoot - Sunkissed - A deep inhale and I can taste that purpley-blue, fruitful deliciousness before my spoon even begins to melt into the bowl. I've been creating various sorts of delicious vegan ice creams over the last year or two - so much [...]

How to Make Raspberry Chia Jam – super healthy, easy recipe

Flash back moment... to making jam when I was a little girl in my Mam's kitchen. Beautiful! Such a joy to see fruits magically turn into a little jars of sweet deliciousness. But, oh goodness me, it did seem to take forever to make (and involved an unfortunate amount of sugar - yikes!). These days [...]

Shutting down my blog or putting ads on it? That’s the dilemma

OK I see a few shocked faces at the new 'ads' on my website. The truth is that I've resisted them for years, probably being the only food blogger in history without them! To be honest, it felt like I would be selling my soul (although, actually it's not!). However, I've finally embraced them - and [...]

Recipes with Creamed Coconut that you’ll love

Creamed coconut is an essential ingredient in any creative kitchen. It imparts a luxurious, rich, creamy infusion of tropical delectableness to just about any dish. This article includes a list of delicious creamed coconut recipes. I use creamed coconut in sweets, savouries, desserts, main meals, sauces, breakfasts and soups and couldn't imagine life without [...]

When we don’t belong anywhere – overcoming loneliness and finding true belonging

I could have sworn I was the only person in the entire universe who didn’t fit in. After 12 different schools as a child, I became an exceedingly good chameleon. I learned to skillfully 'fit' wherever I landed (i.e. mold myself, be really good at listening, be helpful, be excellent at putting myself last, make [...]