View fullsize Seared pineapple steak with a whipped cilantro creme cheese, warm kale and balsamic reduction. yummmm The assignment was to make a meal showcasing grilled fruit in my @foodcoachacademy course, and the creme cheese is a homemade cultured cashew chees
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View fullsize Weekend breakfast for FIVE! Late last night an unexpected visitor rang the doorbell - my brother all the way from Mexico, what joy! This morning I made these delicious yogurt bowls for our breakfast - a base of unsweetened coconut yogurt, diced Grann
View fullsize 🥳I've got my Plant-Based Professional Certification!🥳 I started this 6 month" course in 2018 and always intended to finish it, but life got in the way of my progress. I am so proud of myself for keeping at it and getting this certificate fee
View fullsize ✨KITCHARI: a hug for your soul✨ Kitchari is an ancient Indian dish made with rice, split mung beans, spices and vegetables. It has a texture somewhere between a thick soup and a porridge. The ingredient combination adheres to ayurvedic principles an
View fullsize Did you know that per serving, dried beans cost about half as much and taste twice as good as their canned counterparts.  You have to earn these benefits by planning ahead to allow for soaking time.  Soaking is a necessary step which makes
View fullsize With the January blues in full swing, this was the perfect supper for a Colorado evening. A coconut dal with gunpowder potatoes from the #dishoom cookbook. . I've not been to the @dishoom restaurant, but my husband had. He went once and bought me th
View fullsize Do you massage your kale? No? You should!! Massaging these tough leaves makes them more tender, easier to chew and gentler on your digestive system. I massage one bunch of kale with half an avocado until the avocado is evenly spread through and t
View fullsize The key to feeling relaxed and confident in the kitchen is to have you mise en place ready before you even begin cooking. . Many years ago when I was studying at @leithscooking in London, this was one of the very first things they taught us - along w
View fullsize How do you store fresh herbs? More often than not, I buy a bunch of parsley / dill / cilantro / etc for a recipe and at least half goes to waste because in just days it starts to rot into a gnarly brown mush. . That was until I did my cooking cours
View fullsize Fasolakia . Greek bean stew. I followed the recipe in the @thugkitchen book, but I added way more potatoes, so it made for a perfect one pan meal. I love discovering new recipes, new ways of combining familiar ingredients into a completely new flavor
View fullsize There's always something soaking... . Plant based whole food eating requires a bit more organization to pull off than a conventional zip-it & zap-it diet. I'm not the most organized person in the world, but there's a quiet comfort in planning th