Sometimes I like to give myself little challenges. You know, just to make life fun and stuff. Last night I gave myself the challenge to create a simple dinner from ingredients I already had at home. I checked the fridge. I didn’t have much but I did have a bag of falafel balls […] Read more…
It’s finally here, WHOOHOO! The Vegan Virtual Potluck is an eating and drinking celebration brought to you by more than 60 bloggers worldwide. Recipes from the participating bloggers are listed in the order of courses, from amazing appetisers to delicious desserts, so it’s like progressing through a real meal. A huge vegan feast of […] Read more…
I have a regular weekday morning ritual. Get to work, wake up, go to the kitchen to make a coffee, and check my horoscope in the daily paper. If I don’t like what I read, I read the horoscopes of my friends and family until I forget all about my horrorscope. Just like kindred […] Read more…
Unless you’ve been living on another planet (which I tend to do from time to time), you’ll know that last Friday was International Star Wars Day! When I was a kid and the original (and the best, don’t even get me started…) Star Wars films were first released on TV, the local radio station would […] Read more…
I had a wicked craving for pizza the other night. The kind of craving that tempts you to drive to the local pizza shop in the rain and hope to heaven they can pull off a vegan pizza. Then I remembered… I write a food blog! I could make a pizza myself! *light globe* I was […] Read more…
Just like a sexy Superhero, the SuperSeed Stir-Fry will swoop down and save your body from the damage that the evil weekend junk foods try to inflict (yes, champagne and vegan cupcakes, I am looking at you). When the healing properties and antioxidants available from mere vegetables, garlic and chilli aren’t enough, it’s time to call in […] Read more…
When my gorgeous friend Brooke was visiting from Melbourne recently, we met for brunch at the new café that is the talk of the town – Mrs S. It definitely lives up to the hype, so if you’re in Perth, you should definitely go. I thoroughly enjoyed my avocado, tomato, mushrooms and olive tapenade on […] Read more…
Also known as: a great big pot of family fun awesomeness! (side note: ‘awesomeness’ is no longer rejected by Spellcheck! Apparently it’s a real word now! Hurray!) When my family and I get together, Fajitas are almost always involved. They’re so festive and fun, the kids love them, and they guarantee silence for twenty minutes or […] Read more…
Meatballs are sooooo passé. This is ‘Modern Italian-Egyptian Vegan Fusion’ at its finest! Tell them I said so! 🙂 If you have the time and the inclination, you could make your own falafel balls (and even pasta!) for this recipe, but if you’re like me and like your recipes super quick and easy, you can buy ready-made falafel […] Read more…
I only have one sibling. Sometimes I watch ‘Brothers and Sisters’ with a lovely glass of red wine and romantically wish I had more, but mostly I listen to Mum’s stories of her annoying brother and the countless Chinese burns he gave her and I am grateful. Her name is Amanda (Panda to us) […] Read more…
One of the coolest things about being vegan would have to be the amazing, seemingly decadent and ridiculous things that you can have for breakfast that are actually so healthy, they will have you singing and dancing your way through the rest of your day (NOTE: apparently all this frivolity can become annoying to non-vegans, […] Read more…
Did you know that all food tastes better if you dance while you make it? Seriously, it does. I don’t make this stuff up. When there’s a heat wave outside, though, and your moves are smokinnnn inside, it can get a little too hot in the kitchen… Sometimes it’s smarter to call the raw food […] Read more…
The heat wave lives on in Perth this week and therefore, so do the raw dinners! I love summer, but extreme, too-hot-to-go-outside heat is a little intense, even for me. Hurray for air conditioning, swimming pools and icy-poles! I know I said I’d give the spicy hot dinners a rest while this heat wave continues, […] Read more…
No-one could ever accuse me of being naturally Martha Stewart-like. I’m forever accidentally ripping or breaking things around the house during my many enthusiastic ‘projects’. I have burnt silk shirts with the iron, caught oven mitts on fire, and sewn buttons on back-the-front. I have vastly improved in this area lately but it’s precisely because […] Read more…
