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Back to school lunches. Getting the plant protein and fiber back in with lentil spaghetti, steamed garlic greens and bro...
22/02/2026

Back to school lunches. Getting the plant protein and fiber back in with lentil spaghetti, steamed garlic greens and broccoli. I roasted a bulb of garlic last night with our sweet potatoes and squeezed that into the steamed greens. Yumm 👌🏽💯🌿

When i make spaghetti with lentils, I always make the sauce first then I add cooked lentils and some breadcrumbs. I find that the breadcrumbs give a different texture to the dish. Kids love it, so I'm not complaining 😋🌿💯

Soups made simple 👌🏽🌿With plantbased soups it really easy to make. Saute your aromatics and spices (crushed whole garlic...
18/02/2026

Soups made simple 👌🏽🌿

With plantbased soups it really easy to make. Saute your aromatics and spices (crushed whole garlic, chopped onion, ginger,etc) in a little water. Once translucent, add generous seasoning. Stir well and allow seasoning to release fragrance. The add veges (like chopped carrots, celery, potatoes, pumpkin etc) and stir until water from these vege come out and veges are coated in the seasoning.. (Watch the potatoes, the edges should become a little transparent or lighter). Then add mix bean soup mix or soup mix made of beans, barley, etc. Stir well to incorporate. The add 3 times the water of the soup mix and bring to boil. Reduce heat after boiling until beans are cooked. Find the whole crushed garlic in thesoup and smash them with a fork so thwy jncoroorate jnto the soup. Then, add some more seasoning (with salt to taste) with grated ginger and garlic and stir through some leafy greens or veges like capsicum, long beans, etc.. For that added crunch. Turn off heat and enjoy 😋🌿

08/02/2026

Anything can be customized.. Anywhere😎🌿💯👌🏽

08/02/2026

Raw broccoli floret salad with my aioli white dressing. 💯🌿👌🏽😋

Holiday brunch for the kids... Our white aioli sauce with lentil burger patties on rice. I also served some reheated lef...
28/01/2026

Holiday brunch for the kids... Our white aioli sauce with lentil burger patties on rice. I also served some reheated leftover mixed bean and red lentil soup from last night too. 🌿💯

Recipes x 3 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 A golden oldie but works every time and it's so versatile. Here's why...from the same mix, you can ma...
27/01/2026

Recipes x 3 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 A golden oldie but works every time and it's so versatile. Here's why...from the same mix, you can make a lasagna, lentil wrap filling or bean burger pattie (pic below)... It's absolutely unbelievable! My very own creation and i am sharing with you🌿👌🏽😍💯

You can add to this by using your own imagination like smoked paprika, roasted garlic/capsicum, grated carrots, spices.. Up to you 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Basic ingredients:
1-2 x can of crushed tomatoes with mixed herbs
2-3 cups breadcrumbs
1/8 cup corn flour/corn starch
1 large chopped onion
1 x 375g cooked green lentils (I add 1-2 beef style plantbased stock cubes when preparing this ahead of time)
Generous seasoning to taste

Add all ingredients into a bowl.
Variations:
For the bean patties, use only 2 cups of breadcrumbs (at first and if too moist, add more breadcrumbs) and 1 can of tomatoes. Mix, shape into patties, toss in extra breadcrumbs or sesame seeds, then shallow fry in oil until golden brown on either side.

For Lasagna, use 2 cups of breadcrumbs, 2 cans of crushed tomatoes and omit the cornstarch. Mixture should be moist, so it doesn't dry out and spread on sheets like regular lasagna using our white aioli sauce as the white sauce.

For lentil filling in a wrap, use same ingredients as the bean patties but omit the cornstarch. Add a handful of finely chopped red onions in the mix and some finely chopped parsley. Great in burritos, stuffed in pita bread with our white aioli sauce, in a wrap or as a sandwich filling. ( you can also use the burger patties above and crush them into your burrito, wrap or sandwich. Try it!! 🌿💯👌🏽😍

27/01/2026

We (kids) make our own blueberry pancakes at home, smothered with plantbased butter and honey. We don't miss out on a thing 💯🌿😍👌🏽

Oat meal bath for itchy skin. Initally, I rubbed my daughter's skin with the inside of a ripe banana peel before she lef...
22/01/2026

Oat meal bath for itchy skin. Initally, I rubbed my daughter's skin with the inside of a ripe banana peel before she left home for a wedding recital. But i only had one ripe banana and had to resort to another alternative when she came home.

So now, I blended a generous (unmeasured) amount of rolled oats in the blender until it became a fine powder and then added it to a tub of lukewarm water. After this, I plan to rub my daughter's skin with some tea tree oil diluted in a locally made massage oil I have at home.

Update: Worked like magic. Skin was swollen and red from head to toe, including her back and stomach, but no more itching and discomfort.😊 🌿💯

We don't eat with our mouth.. We eat with our eyes and mind first. We love making our food look magical to tantalize the...
20/01/2026

We don't eat with our mouth.. We eat with our eyes and mind first. We love making our food look magical to tantalize the taste buds. Home cooking for my mum 👌🏽😍🌿💕

Finally some feedback!! Thank you Paula Pupune for testing out our homemade aioli sauce using soy milk. This is what she...
20/01/2026

Finally some feedback!! Thank you Paula Pupune for testing out our homemade aioli sauce using soy milk. This is what she had to say 😋💕😍💯👇🏾👇🏾

"Wanted to share my first attempt at Soy Aioli sauce. Did potato and egg salad and it was amazing 🤗🙏
I used the varied version, with roasted capsicum, onion and garlic"....
This makes all the sharing worth it! 👌🏽😍💯

Some habits are hard to break. I ate meat and animal protein for 36years of my life before I went plantbased. Some habit...
20/01/2026

Some habits are hard to break. I ate meat and animal protein for 36years of my life before I went plantbased. Some habits are hard to break when you don't have a good enough reason to stay on track. After I got married, I was thinking about all the things that mattered and the most being the kids I would one day have. What was the best thing I could give them? Where would I educate them? Conventional schools or homeschooling? Pursue my career or be a stay at home mother? Let others look after them and do things myself? For all of the above, I chose the latter. Going plantbased was an easy decision because I wanted to give them something better, what some termed, 'the vegetarian advantage'. I read scripture (Genesis 1:29, Daniel's story, Revelation 22:2) first and then heard the science behind it. It was an easy choice to make. It wasn't even a sacrifice.

I didn't make a feast and say goodbye to my favorite meat dishes, I just went cold turkey. Why wouldn't I? Some parents would throw themselves under a bus if it meant saving the life of a child. This was no different.

This year, me and all my kids (5) will be celebrating 9years🎊🎉 of going plantbased. We don't miss out on a thing. This (photo) is an old time favorite of mine, my rendition of Thai Beef Salad. But this time, I made the bif-lyk stripes from gluten wheat flour. 💕💯🌿🌱😍👌🏽

20/01/2026

Recipe 👇🏾👇🏾😊

Take a slab of BaoBao Fresh Tofu (sold at SVS, Boroko Food world, RH, Waterfront) and freeze until it becomes rock hard. Then thaw it out. You will see it will become flaky. Drain the excess water by pressing down and draining the water out. Then marinate the tofu in a generous amount of Maggi Seasoning Sauce for 15-20mins (the longer the better). Then toss in cornstarch or corn flour and shallow fry in a hot pan until crispy golden brown on all sides. Enjoy!! 😊😋💯

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