Whole Food Plant-Based Recipes. No Oil. No Sugar. Simple and Clean.
Again, it is that time of the year to share my vegan road trip experience with all of you. For us it was already third time on route Barcelona-Tallinn-Barcelona and I have to say that it gets easier each time as you constantly learn along the way. This summer our […]
How to make nutritious porridge. Learn 5 different methods to cook porridge – I bet many of you didn’t know the last one! As continuation to my last week’s post 9-Step Guide to Preparing Balanced Porridge, I’ll be explaining 5 ways to make nutritious porridge. The below chart gives you […]
Asparagus-mushroom curry with chickpeas makes a quick, easy, delicious and comforting meal that is also vegan, plant-based, oil-free and gluten free. I haven’t posted a savory recipe for a while, because there is always so much sweet going on. However, a few weeks back, when I needed to fix a […]
After making buckwheat crackers with sun dried tomatoes, olives, smoked paprika and sunflower seeds last week, I was eager to try a plainer combination with fewer ingredients. However, I wanted to use two grains and my choice came down to quinoa in addition to buckwheat, as it’s possible to process […]
The selection of crackers or crisp bread with seeds at organic shops is quite wide – buckwheat, spelt rye; you name it! However they’re all made with oil. I remember trying the spelt crackers, which made me feel as if I had a thin layer of fat covering my mouth […]
One of the greatest things I discovered after adopting plant-based diet was raw buckwheat – you can make boiled porridge, raw buckwheat porridge or ricotta, ricotta creams for cakes or to eat as is; to make cookies and pancakes, use soaked groats for buckwheat muffins and cakes, just boil for […]
Every year when the pumpkin season begins I start cooking it in any way I can – I make pumpkin puree to add to muffins, cakes and cookies, cook stews and curries, make soup and risottos, add to pancake batter or just oven-bake and add to salads or use as […]
I don’t make cakes very often – I’m more of a bread and muffin person, because they are easier to divide into portions and freeze. However, sometimes I come out of my comfort zone and make the effort to create festive bakes. This vegan chocolaty chocolate cake is definitely something […]
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, […]
To me one of the things that create the best holiday feeling is the smell of freshly baked gingerbread. I still remember from my childhood how my mother used to make an enormous batch of gingerbread batter every Christmas. She made it in a huge pot and placed the ready […]
Christmas is at our doorstep and everyone is thinking about what to bake during the holidays. And I though about how to combine ginger with nutty, I’m sure it will become gingered nutty cake for Christmas. I’m sure there are plenty of people who’d like to make healthier choices, especially when […]
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 […]
I've been into healthy eating for many years, but developed a more profound interest in nutrition and related diseases when I started reading The China Study and other special books on nutrition. After being in real estate and hospitality business for more than 10 years I decided to totally change my path to spread the word about healthy and sustainable nutrition and lifestyle. I am also a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate graduate from eCornell. I hope you enjoy my whole food plant-based recipes and practical tips!
