Calm Inducing YET Energising “Vegan Matcha Drink” (easy, quick, healthy)

Let's look at this delicious vegan matcha drink.   Did you know that matcha can be an excellent calming, anti-anxiety drink? I found this out a couple of years ago when going through a rough patch (we’ll say a ‘rough patch’ shall we and leave it at that lol!). I was researching various anti-anxiety herbs [...]

Easiest Vegan Ice Cream – ONLY 2 ingredients and divine! No refined sugar.

Today my beautiful friends we are going to take healthy, decadent deliciousness to a whole new level! Not only is this vegan ice cream insanely creamy and divine, but it's also ridiculously easy. How on this sweet precious Earth could something THIS easy be so delicious I will never know! I must admit that [...]

Gluten-free Vegan Lentil Lasagne with Creamy Cashew Sauce

Goodness, gracious me this is delicious! Considering I'm not really a pasta person, this is rather exciting. I found great delight in creating a deliciously healthy, gluten-free vegan alternative to the traditional Italian lasagne. So here we go. Lasagne refers to the flat pasta sheets. It is thought that these sheets are one of the [...]

Parsnip & Potato Farinata Slices – gluten-free vegan

During my travels to Vancouver Island, a friend and I picked up some locally grown parsnips from an organic farm stand... and then it happened. Parsnip & Potato Farinata. I swear the parsnip spoke to me. So I listened! The freshly harvested, often under-rated parsnip wanted to show off its earthy, sweetness. When I closed [...]

Mam’s Hawaiian Pickled Daikon – made easy (white radish, mooli)

When I wrote this I was in Hawaii, visiting my Mam. We'd had gotten some fabulous daikon (also called mooli or white radish) from the farmers market and was like 'let's make picked daikon'.   It was Mam who inspired me originally in the kitchen. Growing up in Northumberland, England, Mam always made the most [...]

Beet Buddha Bowl Bites – jam packed with plant-based goodness

These little nuggets of deliciousness are excellent for about a million different reasons. Firstly they are easy to make. Secondly, they make excellent finger food, which means there are great for parties, potlucks, picnics and hiking. They also keep well in the fridge or freezer, which makes them excellent for batch making.  I am sharing the [...]

The powerful impact of a plant-based diet on heart health (what the science says)

I’ve enjoyed a vegan diet for nearly 30 years. Back in the day there wasn’t a whole lot of information out there, yet within a very short period of adopting a totally plant-based diet, I noticed that my energy levels felt much better, my excess body weight fell effortlessly off and my immune response seemed [...]