I’ve been vegan for well over a decade. The switch was a little a difficult at times, but I got through it. After reading The New Vegan, I wish I had had Áine Carlin by my side all of those years ago! As the title suggests, The New Vegan is geared towards new vegans. In […]
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Kale and Wild Rice Salad with Tempeh from Easy Whole Vegan by Melissa King
One of the most common complaints that I hear from my heath coaching clients is that cooking takes too long. They’re often uninspired in the kitchen after a long day at work, and they just want to get something on the table. Thankfully, Melissa King is now here to help with her new cookbook Easy. […]
Crunchy Kale and Pitaya Salad
I am trying to grasp the tail-ends of summer, and what better way to end it than with these gorgeously sweet pitayas! They have such a lovely vibrant colour and are chock-full of antioxidants. Pitayas are one of the few fruits where the seeds are eaten together with the flesh. The seeds in pitayas contain high amount of […]
Vegan Avocado Chickpea Salad
I’m sure all of us have those recipes that we make often but never write down. You know the ones – that you just throw together, and it may taste a little different each time you make it. For me, that recipe is this avocado-chickpea salad. The first time I made it, Dennis and I […]
Roasted Beet and Citrus Salad
The Office ended its nine year run in 2013, and I stuck with it to the bitter end. I felt a special connection to the show, as I was the art director for a paper company for six and a half years. We sold scrapbooking supplies and stationery rather than copier paper, but there were […]