Naturopathy & Herbal Medicine
Many people worry about what to eat if they have to cut out bread or milk or eggs from their breakfast. "How do I get enough protein/calcium?" ... "Will I have enough energy?" My go-to is a simple bowl of overnight soaked rolled oats/spelt, cooked with some salt and spices like cinnamon or turmeric. From … Continue reading Plant-based Breakfast Bowls
Every Friday we make it a point to go vegan/vegetarian. Here’s some simple lunch ideas: For protein, soak some chickpeas overnight and cook in a pressure cooker with curry spices.This will double up as carbs and fibre!Stirfry some vegetables to compliment … and voila! There you have a hearty meal that will leave you full … Continue reading Vegetarian Fridays
https://www.facebook.com/mensxp/videos/2266785620014374/ My Sister shared this 9min video and initially I wasn't intending to watch the full video but after the intro, I was hooked! Now I wish every human being could watch this video! After some digging, I finally found the full length video titled "The Food Matrix - 101 Reasons to Go Vegan" Would … Continue reading “Don’t Let Others Do Your Killing!”
I fondly remember my mother cooking this delicious tonic soup almost every week, even to this day! As a kid, I really enjoyed the chewy, gelatinous texture of the fungus and still enjoy it both warm and cold. Tremella fuciformis goes by many other names such as white fungus, snow fungus, snow ear (雪耳 pinyin: xuě ěr; literally … Continue reading Mum’s Snow Fungus Soup Recipe!
One of my favourite toast spreads these days! Smashed an avocado A tablespoon (or two!) of your favorite peanut butter! 1 tsp cacao and cinnamon powder Gluten free toast Spread and savor!
Discovered this when I went wondering into a Korean supermarket the other day! So good I had to exercise control and savour it for dessert over 3 nights. Gluten free and vegan, I guess it's relatively healthier than other treats only the colouring was questionable and the styrofoam and shrink wrap packaging isn't exactly going … Continue reading Dessert Treat: Korean Rice Cakes!
Eating like a (vegetable) king! 🤴😁 Fresh off a grocery run, again I couldn’t resist adding a bit of every veggie I had in the fridge! 🥦 This tomato soup had overnight soaked mixed beans and grains, broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, beetroot, ginger, garlic, kale, chinese cabbage, and coriander. That can of tomatoes though... made that … Continue reading Red-as Tomato Beetroot Soup!
These are simple, quick and easy to do! Just get a washed cabbage leaf, heat up your leftovers, spoon them in and savour the crunch with each bite! Growing up in an asian culture, we cook almost all our veggies so I've actually never had much raw cabbage until I came to New Zealand and … Continue reading Cabbage Wraps!
So the Organic Mechanic had a potluck lunch today and I decided to bring something from home to the table. My parents visited me recently and left me some rice. I was gonna do a simple fried rice at first but then thought about a local Singaporean-Malaysian favorite I haven't had in ages - Nasi … Continue reading Singapore-Vegan ‘Nasi Lemak’
This simple salad literally took me 2 mins to prepare! And I learnt that hummus makes such tasty salad dressings! 🥗😋 1. Pre-cut and washed coleslaw 2. Two kinds of hummus from the farmer’s market 3. Some lemons and herbs #2minsalad #homecookingmadeeasy #noexcuses (Instagram repost)
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