I think almost everyone has been told in childhood to eat his or her porridge. And it’s a good advice indeed – porridge is a highly nutritious food when combined and prepared correctly. In case you wonder, porridge can actually do harm if it’s made of refined grains and loaded […]
Plant-Based Lifestyle
I have gathered success stories as well as educational and practical articles under Plant-Based Lifestyle. Learn how to start a plant-based lifestyle, how to get your family on board, how to start cooking and planning your healthy and balanced whole food plant-based meals.
10 Plant-Based Proteins to Add to Your Diet
Most people assume that vegans lack a healthy diet because of protein intake that often comes from meat. But back in the hunter/gatherer days, the man ate only 20% of meat in his total diet and more plants that were easier to find. There are plenty of nutrient-dense foods with […]
Top 15 Plant-Based Recipes of 2015
I’d like to thank you all for your support in 2015! It has been an amazing year full of new challenges (read below). I couldn’t have done it without your support! So here my summary of plant-based recipes in 2015. Here are top 15 whole food plant-based recipes of 2015, […]
4 Tips for Healthy Cooking That Saves Energy
Blasting the heat in the summer was already a huge energy sucker, but so is cooking on the stovetop! (I know, right?! who’d have thought.) Thinking about how much cooking goes on in the house each day really opens one’s eyes to just how much of an energy waster cooking […]
Plant-Based Travelling: Kaunas, Poznan, Nürnberg, Zürich, and Orange
This time we drove all the way from Tallinn, Estonia to Barcelona, Spain. The journey lasted 6 days and we chose to stay at Kaunas, Lithuania; Poznan, Poland; Nürnberg, Germany; Zürich, Switzerland; and Orange, France. As last time, I packed a lot of food to go – a few bottles […]
Why You Shouldn’t Care About ‘Sticking Out’ As a Vegan
At the end of last year, articles like this one were written about a study that showed that out of those who go vegetarian or vegan, 84% end up going back to old habits. One of the main reasons cited is that people didn’t like ‘sticking out’ or being different. […]
Back to School Lunch Boxes – How and What to Pack
Kids are going back to schools and kindergartens. Wondering what to pack your kid for lunch? I’ve always provided my 5-year-old’s lunch boxes and snack for kindergarten and I make it super-easy. You can do it too! My kid’s kindergarten is very accommodating, i.e. the food can be stored in […]
Vegan Health Hacks – Easy Ways To Remember How To Get All The Nutrients You Need
If you think there’s a ton of new food rules you’re gonna have to learn and memorize in order to stay properly nourished when you embark on a plant-based diet – relax. It is not so. People and the internet may scare you into thinking that it’s very difficult and […]
10 Easy Steps to Reducing Your Sugar Intake
Sugar is ruining our health [Link:1]. It’s a fact that we all know yet all blissfully ignore time and time again. Could you find any idea about steps to reduce your sugar? Not only is sugar making us sick, it’s making us overweight, overtired and prematurely old. Sugar causes problems […]
Plant-Based Travelling: Road Trip Barcelona-Tallin
It’s not impossible to be on the road and still eat healthy plant-based meals. Here’s my story for inspiration about a 5-day road trip from Barcelona to Tallinn that I took with my family in the beginning of June. When my husband saw all the food I’d packed for our […]
How to Organise Your Vegan Pantry Staples
Here’s a comprehensive list of vegan pantry staples as well as kitchen utensils/equipment. It’s a long checklist but don’t be intimidated. Take it only as a guideline to give you an idea of the variety of foods on the whole food plant-based diet. Download my FREE Guide to Whole Food […]
Plant-Based Diet Success Story: Lauren Vaught
Throughout my 30’s and 40’s, I tried almost every different type of diet out there. Short-term weight loss was achieved, but the sustainability of these ‘fad’ diets wasn’t there. I spent several years on a roller coaster of weight loss and gain, never feeling great. The only thing that got […]