What you’ll need:8 small potatoes2 baby carrots2 small sweet potatoes1 purple sweet potato¼ pumpkin1 red onion½ punnet cherry tomatoes½ cup chickpeas (soaked over night)corianderrosemarydill Dressing1 clove garlicflaxseed oil What to do: Chop all veggies. Cook potatoes and carrots in an oven heated to 180°C for 30 mins. Add pumpkin, sweet potato, purple sweet potato and… Read More
Read MoreLet’s play a game where we have to name purple things that are good for us. I’ll go first. Purple cabbage, acai berries, mulberries, grapes, amethyst crystals, lavender, carrots … Okay that’s enough. I didn’t say it was going to be an exciting game, but it did provide with an adequate segue into today’s topic:… Read More
Read More“Vegetarian as a general concept is a brilliant thing… We’ve got to stop eating so much meat. We are eating too much meat.” — Jamie Oliver In honour of International Veg Week (1st – 7th October) I thought I would present you with a few good reasons to eat a plant-based diet. If you’ve been… Read More
Read MoreWhat you’ll need:1 1/2 cups chickpeas (soaked overnight)1 brown onion (chopped)2 cloves garlic (crushed)2 tbs rye flourcoriander (chopped)mint (chopped)2 tsp curry powder1 tsp cumin1 tsp turmericlime juicecoconut oil What to do: Grind up the chickpeas in a food processor or juicer (if your juicer allows for this). Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and… Read More
Read MoreYour body needs vitamins like Russell Brand needs hairspray. It just can’t function without them. Not very well, anyway. Anyone who has seen the doco-style movie Supersize Me will already know what happens if you deprive your body of its much-needed vitamins and minerals. For those who haven’t seen the movie, it basically just portrays… Read More
Read MoreGive a kid some red cordial and a handful of lollies and they’re sure to go crazy, no? It’s not just the mass sugar hit that causes post-sweet instant hyperactivity though. As if the refined sugar itself wasn’t bad enough, but most processed food on the market today is loaded with food additives, flavourings and… Read More
Read MoreSkinny Bitch has been out for a while, I know. I’ve known about it since Victoria Beckham was papped checking it out at a bookstore back in 2007. I didn’t consider it a must-read back then, dismissing it as just another diet book. But after I realised that one of the authors, Rory Freedman, is… Read More
Read MoreAs I mentioned yesterday, we have just introduced meat-free Monday into our home. This is what I cooked up to satisfy my boyfriend, dad and dog’s meat-deprived stomachs. What you’ll need:1 cup quinoa (soaked)broccoli1 red capsicum1 zucchini1 onion2 small tomatoeshandful beans2 baby carrotshandful chick peas (soaked overnight)2 cloves garlic1 tsp fresh gingerdillcoriander2 small limes1 tsp… Read More
Read MoreAfter listening to me harp on about factory farming and how much bad crap is in meat, my dad suggested that we introduce meat-free Mondays into our home. My mum and I are already vegos, but my dad, boyfriend and dog are pretty big meat eaters. My boyfriend stipulated one condition for meat-free Monday: that… Read More
Read MoreSome food companies can be so sneaky, can’t they? Not only do they try to fool us into thinking their products are harmless, or even good for us, but they sneak dangerous ingredients into the mix without telling us about them. I know I’m always saying this, but shouldn’t we have the right to know… Read More
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