Embracing the plant-based lifestyle in Malaysia

Snacks

2-Ingredient Seaweed Crackers

2-Ingredient Seaweed Crackers

This recipe would not have been published 3 years ago. In fact, in my mind I didn’t even consider anything with less than 3 ingredients to be a recipe at all. I just assumed that people would not be interested in something so simple. “Are…

Spinach Tofu Potstickers

Spinach Tofu Potstickers

If you’ve been following my blog recently, you may have come across my ‘Vegan Vantage’ interview with Woon Heng. She hails from Malaysia, is based in Texas, and in a short few years has become a global superstar in the Instagram food world. She’s particularly…

Smokey Tempeh

Smokey Tempeh

If there’s one reason I could pick amongst the dozens, why living in Malaysia as a vegan is dope, the answer is Tempeh. I’ve talked about tempeh in a similar light several times in interviews, and I still stand by it! It’s not only tasty…

2-Ingredient Peanut Butter

2-Ingredient Peanut Butter

I wasn’t sure if creating a blogpost for this recipe would be an insult to my website and to my audience. To me, something that has at least three ingredients can then and only then be justified to be called a recipe. But stepping out…

Green Tea Goji Coconut Cookies

Green Tea Goji Coconut Cookies

Chinese New Year is just around the corner and the best part of it (or worst part, if you have diet goals) is the snacks. All too easy to give in to them, when they’re left out in the open and in every direction you…

No-tella Energy Balls

No-tella Energy Balls

I’ve never met someone who didn’t love Nutella. There’s also noone I’ve met who doesn’t acknowledge that it’s not the healthiest thing in the world. For those who crave the creamy hazelnut-tinged divinity on their tongue but don’t want to trouble themselves with the ‘diet…

Mini Sweet Potato Doughnuts

Mini Sweet Potato Doughnuts

DOUGHNUT WORRY, BE HAPPY! Now, we all love doughnuts don’t we? That satisfying feeling of biting down into a mouthful of soft, fluffiness that’s full of comfort. The doughnut we’ve created is slightly different from the conventional doughnuts you would get at any dunkin donuts…

Tofu Scramble

Tofu Scramble

Whenever I used to eat at continental breakfasts buffets, I would ask to have my eggs scrambled at the egg counter. I’ve always been partial to its fluffiness, and I found it slightly more palatable than an egg that showcases a yolk and white as…

Nyonya Rojak (Savoury Fruit and Vegetable Salad)

Nyonya Rojak (Savoury Fruit and Vegetable Salad)

The word ‘Rojak’ (pronounced ‘Ro-jah-k’) is a word held very close to the heart of every Malaysian. In its literal sense, it is a melange of crunchy fruits and vegetables, coated in a sticky sauce made of fermented shrimp. It is sweet, salty, sour, crunchy…

10-Minute Homemade Baked Beans

10-Minute Homemade Baked Beans

I know what you’re thinking. Why go through all the trouble of making baked beans when you can get it straight out of a can? Because… It’s straight out of a can. In the process of becoming more plant-based and cooking at least half of…