Eating From Scratch: Vegan Journey

I went to a class today: The Miracle of Lacto-Fermentation at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health, taught by Peter Berley. I enjoy making my own food from scratch when I can.. also my own beauty products like skin cream, facial cleansers and scrubs. There is something both fun and empowering to creating what you will use or consume. […]

Warning lol: THIS IS NOT HEALTHY! BUT IT IS VEGAN!I get excited when I see marshmallows! It all goes back to when I was a little girl. I would sell chocolate covered marshmallows on the neighborhood street corner like kids sell lemonade- the only problem was that I ate at least half of them. That could have been where my […]

Voted BEST KOREAN restaurant in NYC (ZAGAT 2012)— and it happens to be vegan! I love this kind of dining! This is the sister restaurant of Franchia, which I wrote about in an earlier blog. I loved my experience at Franchia, so as one might expect- I couldn’t wait to go to HanGawi.  I knew it too would be on […]

If ever I saw a healthier style cookie recipe- this is it! I am a fan of many of the ingredients here especially oats, almond butter, dates and walnuts! The best part is- I made this without using my delicious fake vegan butter or any sugar- organic, un-refined or whatever else you want to call it. I mean a cookie […]

This is one of those rare days that I actually say to myself– wow I think I can really cook! I never would have thought up this recipe yet it was so simple and healthy. My Mom read this to me one day over the phone- right out of a White Plains local newspaper. People still read newspapers even though […]

For years I have been locked into the combination of asparagus with and a raspberry vinaigrette. Although delicious, it was time to try something new. I almost always pan sear the asparagus or grill them- again both wonderfully flavorful! Today I decided though to simply steam my vegetables – I used asparagus over dandelion greens. Tahini is new found for […]

There are a few foods that I try to avoid at all costs – that would be mostly all (non-organic) corn and soy products because I truly believe that genetically engineered foods (GMO’s) are horrible for our bodies and that one day this will all come to light! I believe that GMO’s are involved with many allergies, organ growths, inflammation […]

I don’t generally drink the orange juice that’s bottled or mass produced like Tropicana- basically because of the sugar and processing. Fresh orange juice however is so refreshing! Normally, I would order this out- they have those big machines that press the orange for juice. Have I ever juiced my own oranges?– no, I actually haven’t. I have been watching […]

The book CLEAN FOOD by Terry Walters was a wonderful gift for me this past Christmas from a good friend of mine. “Clean Food“– this concept as Terry explains it is really the closest way of life that I have found so far to my “Healthatarian” concept. Clean Food is about eating for nutrition in a simple, clean, organic, local, […]

I set out to make a salad with a protein type food on top and ended up with baked tofu stir fry — if that even makes any sense. I know you’re looking at that plate going.. is that bacon?? lol I would never eat pig– EVER!!!!!! I would sooner adopt one! I do remember the day though when eating […]