Creamed Coconut Recipes from 30 Years of Plant-Based Cooking

Creamed coconut is one of my favourite ingredients in the kitchen. I have been cooking with it for decades and use it in all sorts of ways, from creamy curries and nourishing soups to fudge, oat bars, cheesecakes and breakfast bowls. It brings such a luxurious richness to food. It can thicken a sauce, [...]

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 [...]

Hemp & Lemon Hummus – a delicious recipe with Hemp Seed Hearts

Today I am looking at how to make the most delicious hemp seed hummus recipe. Hemp seeds play a rather important role in my life, featured almost daily in my cuisine. In fact, if you ever came over to my house for dinner, you'd likely find them appearing somewhere on the plate. If they aren't [...]

Cauliflower Raw Slaw with Turmeric Quinoa in 15 minutes (vegan gluten-free)

Fast food is usually associated with highly processed, mass produced junk that is full of rubbish! Normally something that you can grab and go in a moment, rip off the plastic packaging and munch in a flash, regardless of any helpful nutritional content.  On the other hand, I've been making super healthy FAST food ever [...]