The Hunt For a Dehydrator...

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The Hunt For a Dehydrator...

As Autumn is upon us and it's time to start piling on the layers and getting cosy, I'd like to start experimenting a bit more with different ways of food prep. Eating raw is great for the Summer months, but I feel especially in the Autumn/ Winter, heartier meals are better for warming up my Pitta/ Vata Ayurvedic constitution. As it would be nice to throw in some raw elements every now and again, I've been looking into investing in a... *drumroll*... DEHYDRATOR!!!

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Smokey Roast Peppers Stuffed With Smoked Tofu, Kale, Corn & Tri-colour Quinoa

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Smokey Roast Peppers Stuffed With Smoked Tofu, Kale, Corn & Tri-colour Quinoa

Since I've been home-based and not travelling at all in the past couple weeks, I've really enjoyed being in the kitchen again. As much as dialling room-service is a novel luxury for the first couple days on the road, there's nothing more grounding than being able to whip up something simple and fast in your own kitchen. Here in Amsterdam, Fall is definitely upon us. The leaves haven't changed colours yet, but the temperature's dropped, the rain is back in full force and...

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Cacao-Cashew-Chia Raw Power Bars

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Cacao-Cashew-Chia Raw Power Bars

Last week, I was in Warsaw, Poland on a shoot for work. It terrifies me whenever I have to go to Eastern Europe, as their "vegetarian" options are always... well... "vegetarian". It's almost always some form of potatoes with some other stodgy root veggie. Mashed potato, boiled potato, potato dumplings... In Poland, even the drink of choice, vodka, is made with... POTATOES!! It's like Bubba Gump rattling off...

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Gluten-Free Oat Flour, Blueberry, Chia, Coconut Pancakes

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Gluten-Free Oat Flour, Blueberry, Chia, Coconut Pancakes

I'm a sucker for brunch of any kind. The Full English (the veggie version, of course), Huevos Rancheros,  French toast, I'll even do Vegemite on toast but with jam, to take the edge off. And of course PANCAKES!!! are no exception. Living in Amsterdam, pancakes are pretty much a Dutch obsession. The best ones they do are the poffertjes...

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Time-Saving Tip #1 & Classic Green Smoothie

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Time-Saving Tip #1 & Classic Green Smoothie

I've been getting lots of comments from people about how they just don't have the time to start their day healthy. I totally connect with the "THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME!" thought - and changing up your morning routine just takes a little bit of practice before you get into a new groove. As someone who used to be a total night person, I've changed my circadian rhythm around so that I'm now actually more of a morning person than a night person.

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Notes From a Holiday

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Notes From a Holiday

Eating well while on the road can usually be a challenge - you don't have a kitchen on hand to prepare nutritious meals, you're in a different timezone that's turned your whole system upside down, let alone your digestive tract, you've usually been flying for some time, so dehydrated skin and water retention or bloating (blechhh!) can happen. Basically - it's not pretty.  And add to that you're on foreign ground, so navigating your way to good food can be tricky especially if you're in some place off the beaten track...

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Chocolate Coconut Manna-From-Heaven Smoothie

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Chocolate Coconut Manna-From-Heaven Smoothie

My BFF from childhood is addicted to Coconut Manna. I reckon it probably ranks as one of the most suspicious is-it-good-for-you-or-is-it-not products on earth. All the ingredients label says is "Organic whole coconut". And the label description says "Coconut Manna™ is a delicious whole food made of pure, dried coconut flesh. This tropical 'melt in your mouth' treat contains 12% fiber, 9% protein and nourishing fats." (™ symbol and bold words are exactly as they are on the label. Haha.)...

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