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Category: Autoimmune Diseases

A Kitchen Fairytale

December 3, 2016March 25, 2017 akitchenfairytale4 Comments

Hello dear, and welcome to A Kitchen Fairytale, where you can follow my journey back to health after being struck by inflammatory arthritis – very similar to Rheumatoid Arthritis – back in August 2014. Since October 2015 I have been on a plant-based diet which has taken away all the symptoms and rendered me free of…… Continue reading A Kitchen Fairytale

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💛🐣🐣 Happy Easter all you Easter bunnies and chickies!🐣🐣💛 I went all out on the Easter sweets this year and scouted the shops for vegan options that we could serve our guests so they wouldn’t feel like a vegan version of the holiday was in any way inferior to a traditional one. I found lovely little products in @hollandandbarrett @waitroseandpartners and @hotelchocolat as you can see in the piccie of the sweets table. The cookies are from @coughlansbakery which I am now raving about as I think something like 90% of their products are vegan 🥰 I also made this two tier cake which is the banana bread recipe from the cookbook with a centre of blueberry jam (you can make your own without sugar) and mashed banana. @coyo_uk smeared on as icing and it was just beyond 😋 The reviews were excellent so this might just become another staple birthday cake in our house 🎂Now I did try some of the sweets and for me it is far too sugary but they were devoured by everyone else so that was pretty cool! I am ashamed to say that I didn’t get any photos of the actual food but we had a big lentil stew with wild rice, a basil and tomato salad, a green salad then barbecued corn on the cob (little turnip’s absolute favourite!) and mushrooms + some @lindamccartneyfoods vegan burgers and @beyondmeat burgers - for everyone else to try and they were also major hits! 🔥 They did bbq some non-vegan things too but oh well, one step at a time ☀️ Happy Easter ☀️☀️☀️🌿☀️☀️ . . #vegan #veganeaster #easter #plantbased #vegancake #veganbirthdaycake #veganbananabread #veganmama #vegantoddler #breastfeeding #love #happyeaster #pääsiäinen #vegaani #vegaaninen #gladpåsk #veganskpåsk #vegansweets #surrey #surreyvegan

Eat the rainbow is our mantra and today I went all out, emptying the fridge of leftovers which resulted in these delightful plates 🌈 I whizzed some sad, cooked potatoes in a frying pan (no oil) with paprika powder, onion powder and garlic powder before stirring in chickpeas (my obsession with chickpeas is real 👊🏻) and that became da bomb! Then last night’s oven baked tofu with mushrooms, pineapple and cocktail tomatoes, some kale with nutritional yeast and lemon, some peas and also little turnip’s all time favourite - avocadado 🥑🥑🥑 He also had some of my avo, helping himself to my plate across the table 🤨 From now on we will be having our meals at each end of the table, like in Downton Abbey - mama wants her food to herself thanks very much! I have had far too much time in my hands when it comes to planning Easter so first of all I have gathered a lovely collection of little paper 🐣 🐣🐣 and also (fake) feathers, and some bunny plates and glittery paper eggs in sticks. I have also rummaged through Surrey’s stash of vegan chocolate bunnies so have a good collection at home and also some vegan jelly Easter avocados from @waitroseandpartners 😂 They’re so cute and I will make sure to share a piccie! I got some fruit and nut 80% chocolate from @hotelchocolat buuuuut well, let’s just put it this way: it didn’t make it anywhere near Easter 🙄 For lunch on Good Friday I intend to make a coconut lentil curry with rice, but now it looks like bbq weather so I have also stocked up on corn on the cob, courgettes and Portabello mushrooms for the braai 🤤 My sis-in-law is planning a raspberry mousse for dessert (vegan obvs) and my other sis-in-law is making salads so it’s looking like we’ll have quite an epic spread 🤠 What are you guys planning on cooking this weekend? Would love some more inspiration 💛☀️💛☀️💛 . . . #vegan #veganeaster #easter #eattherainbow #plantbased #starchsolution #tofu #wfpb #wfpbno #rheumatoidarthritis #whatveganseat #inflammatoryarthritis #delicious #bamboobamboo #vegantoddler #vegantoddlerfood #veganmama #breastfeeding

A plant-based lasagne which has gone right up to my top three favourite dishes 🤤 Yes I will include it in the next cookbook but you can make your own version if you play around a little with measurements: I added six Brazil nuts into the cashew cheese sauce in the current cookbook and more water to get a runnier consistency. I sliced a courgette lengthways and included in the centre which made it all really juice and extra delicious. The lasagne sheets are gluten free and I for once used soya mince in the tomato sauce but was about to go for black beluga lentils, so take your pick! The husband asked whether he could add cheese on top and I asked him to just try it without (that’s my standard answer obviously) and believe me, there was no cheese added after that first bite 😜 . . #vegan #veganlasagna #veganlasagne #lasagna #lasagne #veganpasta #plantbased #plantbasedlasagna #starchsolution #rheumatoidarthritis #whatveganseat #autoimmune #inflammatoryarthritis #delicious #healing #akitchenfairytale #surreyvegan #surrey #love

Thrilled to have been at yet another excellent plant-based health conference, this time in Warrington as organised by @plantbasedhealthprofessionals #plantbasedwarrington 🌿 In company of the usual suspects like the ever inspirational @plantpowerdoctor who by the way is appearing a fair bit on the news these days, advising and discussing various interesting topics. Had a brief chat with @vegandoctorjosh who also shares excellent info on the connection between a plant-based diet and health, definitely one to keep an eye out for, for inspiration and motivation 🌮 As for the finer details: breakfast was delicious after a fair bit of to’ing and fro’ing. We queried pretty much all the foods to ensure there was no butter or milk in the baked beans or bread (has happened to me before), porridge was specially cooked for us without dairy which was awesome, and it was so lovely to have breakfast with others who eat exactly the same way (and the same amounts!!) that I do 💪🏻 I was selling and signing the book in between talks which was great fun! I do love it when you guys come up for a chat, sharing your stories or letting me know how you first heard about this lifestyle or the book 💚 Incredibly inspiring talk by @fiona.oakes - who holds four world records for marathon running and is in this movie which is now on my list of movies to watch asap: #runningforgood 🏃🏽‍♀️ Lunch was sooooo yummy - lentil and bean stews and lots of salads. Seriously though, when you see plant-based foods done well, you wonder how anyone can even begin to question whether this is a healthy and sustainable lifestyle 🙈 I am finding that the vegan fast food options that are popping up more and more and starting to worry me as it makes a plant-based way of eating get quite a bad rep as people don’t always know to differentiate between the two. Don’t get me wrong, the animals don’t care what we eat, as long as we don’t eat them so the more options the better! But a lot of the food that is gaining momentum with the mainstream foodies seems to be quite processed, which I don’t think will be a sustainable way of eating.. which may lead to people questioning the health benefits (cont in comments ⬇️)

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