Energy balls are simple to make. Recipes for these little nuggets of nutrition tend to be infinitely tweakable and inextricably forgiving if you deviate from the given recipe ingredients. This post is all about helping you to make them up as you go - with whatever ingredients you might have available in your kitchen cupboard. [...]
Enjoying a healthy plant-based diet pretty much ensures that you are infusing immune-boosting nutrients such as antioxidants into your body. Plant-foods are known to significantly reduce inflammation, whilst keeping the cells of the body in a state of health. Science shows that a totally plant-based diet contains up to 64 times the amount of antioxidants [...]
Let's talk moringa smoothie! I am convinced that our brains are hardwired to instinctively recognize that green is good for thriving as a human being. Green-stuff is generally loaded with nutrients such as lutein, vitamin K, alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene and lots of things associated with brain cognition and excellent health. So when I see a green [...]
This Vegan Hot Chocolate with Cashews and Hemp Seeds is currently my favourite drink... by a long stretch! It's made differently to any of the hot chocolate recipes I've ever shared before and - dare I say, is the best drinking chocolate I have ever had the pleasure of tasting. Last year I had a [...]
Moringa delights me! The moringa tree is said to be one of the most nutrient-dense, antioxidant-rich foods on our planet. Well worthy of our attention. It thrives where other plants fail and has been used traditionally in Asia, Africa, and South America to treat a myriad of different ailments for a long time. For those [...]
Let's talk about rissoto with leftover rice. Turmeric rice is always popular for this dish (I mean who doesn't adore that gorgeous yellow). You can just use plain rice or whatever you like of course (to be honest, I've used quinoa, millet, and barley for this - if you get the idea). I am like [...]
I am always up for a creamy rice pudding. Recently I was thinking of ways that I can use up the rather large 3-kilo bag of organic rice that I currently have in my pantry. And then rice pudding happened! Like magic. With coconut milk and turmeric. Divine alchemy! Add a little natural sweetener (I [...]
This recipe is for anyone looking for something tasty to do with your chickpea flour. Chickpea flour (also known as gram flour, besan flour, and garbanzo bean flour, depending on where you are located) is a nutrient-rich ingredient. It is especially suited to inexpensive, gluten-free baking. Chickpea flour is loaded with manganese, magnesium, thiamine, folic [...]
The Crown Prince squash has an unmistakable, thick steely blue skin. With deep orange flesh inside, the little treasure from the plant kingdom has a gorgeous, rich nutty, sweet flavour. Crown Prince is of my favourite types of squash and so I was rather delighted to be given a couple of these beauties the other [...]
I adore my work - at this point in time, my work primarily involves working as a chef on various retreats. It delights me to keep playing and developing new recipes. I get to serve up delicious plant-based cuisine for groups of between 8 and 40 people. An honour. Recently I was asked to serve [...]
