me at work

As you know I cook at friends of the earth on Tuesdays.
just thought I will post these photos of me in action...















good to see empty plates....






that is ME! over the hot stove

more sweets...

Now that the weather is warmer I am making more sweet things.
I don't usually like to have sweet bakings (even though I do enjoy making them) these are some of many I baked over the holiday.
At Foe, we usually get our sweets from vegan organic bakery but because they had a holiday (even though Foe cafe didn't!) I made a few cakes and brownies when they were off.

more occasional desserts for me and my daughter are something that are not so drying,
creamy seasonal fruits with kudzu,
kanten jelly
and on these really hot days
smoothies and fruit icecream.

Our ice cream is so easy and flexible.
it could be made of just frozen bananas creamed just before serving. Or If I feel like it I make it with nuts, tofu or non-dairy milk.
left over smoothies can be frozen and eaten as frozen pops too.

soy milk yogurt

Because the weather has been so warm I have been making soy yogurt. (I can leave it outside to set instead of using oven to keep the temperature)
I don't drink soy milk or use processed soy products usually but at least you will get some good bacteria in the yogurt and by making my own soy milk I can sprout the beans a little bit for easier digestion and use Okara (left over soy fibre) for something else.

All you need is
500ml soy milk
2 tablespoon soy yogurt(unpasteurised)
or
4 tsp acidophilus powder ( I use Inner Health dairy free powder)

yogurt smoothies, raita, frozen yogurt mixed with homemade berry jam..... so endlessly versatile

medical findings

I do feel like there is so much information about what is healthy and unhealthy. It can be very confusing. Add to that you may have noticed that it can change over time as well. Chocolate and red wine were bad but now they are called anti-oxidant. forget the carbohydrate for weight loss to no fat diet. So what is to believe?
Also what if you become sick and are advised to take a certain drugs by your doctor. Are you sure what you are given are not harmful? How about the certain preservatives in the processed food you buy. They may not be classified as harmless but how about in 20 years time?

Here is something you should read. Interesting thing is this article is from a mainstream publication.

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/23/why-almost-everything-you-hear-about-medicine-is-wrong.html

kind diet by alicia silversone

Like lots of celebs Alicia Silverstone has published a book. And I have to say this book is not bad.
She covers all the different reasons why she eats a plant based diet in an easy to understand form (health, animal and environment aspect) and I can feel how passionate she is about her organic vegan whole food diet.

Readers choose from three different entry points into The Kind Diet, from the first, "flirting," stage to the "ultimate superhero" stage. The flirt level encourages readers to slowly replace meats with plant-based foods and suggests they will see immediate results to spur them on to the next level. "Vegan" is the next tier, eliminating all animal products but allowing meat substitutes, grains, fruits and vegetables. The final, "superhero" stage is a diet built mostly on grains and sea vegetables.

raw chocolate truffles

new store




There are three stores that stock my truffles already.
they are
Friends of the earth
wholefoods (smith street and east brunswick)
and the new store!
La manna fresh (organic store) on 399 sydney road, brunswick
check them out

Happy New Year!

It is 2011!
is it finally, or already for you?
For me I can not believe how fast the time goes. hope it doesn't mean that I am not appreciating the every minutes of my life.
Sometimes I look at my daughter growing up and feel so proud and thankful. Sometimes a bit sad to know that this moment can never be returned to me forever.
my goal for this year is "to be more flexible and discover more joy in my everyday life"
what is yours?