A whole food plant-based diet can be stupid simple, dirt cheap, and crazy delicious!
Why should you eat beans? Beans are one of nature’s finest treasures. They are cheap, delicious and incredibly nutritious. Beans contain large amounts of protein, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. They are packed with potassium and magnesium and they also contain a lot of fiber. Eating legumes is the easiest way to meet your nutritional needs […]
When I heard about chickpea tofu I got really excited. You just mix chickpea flour with water, cook, cool down and voila, you’ve got chickpea tofu. I thought it was too simple to be any good. And indeed, it was too simple to be any good. At least for me, it lacked flavor and the […]
Why do we need to wash our fruit and vegetables? Most fruits and vegetables contain some kind of pesticide or herbicide residue. Even organically produced fruit and vegetables can contain pesticide residue due to cross-contamination, which can occur during transportation or even because of what happens nearby the crops. But most of us can not […]
Why would you make a homemade jam? It makes me angry when I pick up a jam in the store and 90% of the time the first ingredient on the list is sugar. Do you know what that means? Ingredients are listed by quantity, from largest to smallest. So this means that the main ingredient […]
Coming up! How to make tofu taste great? This article will teach you how to cook tofu without having to press or dry it first! Quick and simple. Coming soon!
This is actually not a recipe but it is a tip, how to have a delicious and incredibly nutritious breakfast, that is easy to make and always on hand. We all hate those mornings when hunger strikes and we have nothing to eat. No bread or spread, and we are too hungry or lazy to […]
A whole-food plant-based sunflower seed mayonnaise This is a recipe I was struggling with a lot. I was dedicated to inventing a whole food plant-based mayonnaise from sunflower seeds (because a conventional mayo is made from sunflower oil). My first sunflower seed mayonnaise was a disaster. The seeds didn’t want to blend, and they left […]
If someone asked me, what is one of the most important things you have to learn when you go plant-based, I would say that is how to make your own burger from plants! A nice kidney bean burger patty with fresh veggies and a nice sauce can be just as indulging as the real thing. […]
What is sprouting? Sprouting is the process in which seeds start to put out shoots, grow leaves and start becoming a plant. While the seed was hard and protected by its shell, the sprouting process makes it easier for us to consume it. Sprouts are easier to digest than the seed and are incredibly nutritious. […]