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I have realized that as much as I love to share recipes, I sense that the initiative by others to try them at home is not so strong. Not because they don’t want to… but because some of the ingredient lists are quite intimidating, especially…

For quite easily 10 years, I’ve been curious to know what it is like to be fasting over Ramadan. But when you have been granted the volition to do it or not, the easiest option has of course been not doing it. Now with all…

With drugstore beauty products being full of strange promises and even stranger chemicals, I regularly seek refuge in natural ways of maintaining my skin. Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Rosehip Oil and Argan Oil are must-haves in my household to remove makeup…

Veganism is not just about avoiding the exploitation of animals through diet, but also through the way you carry out other aspects of lifestyle. The things we wear and products we put on our bodies may have involved some level of cruelty, from animals being…

In the past, I grappled greatly with New Year’s Resolutions. I could never stick to them and eventually they became a source of disappointment, so I stopped making them. I realize now that this is because I was always aiming too high, and to just…

Being raised as a free-thinker, my family has celebrated Christmas to celebrate the gift of giving. These days it has become a very commercialized festival. However, there are ways to keep your own celebrations mindful with a focus on an abundance of creativity, love and…

Salads, like soups, have no rules behind their coming into being. They lie entirely in the interpretive hands of their maker, and unless you do like my friend at a college kid house party, who cooked rice not realizing it was the glutinous sort, and…

One of the misconceptions about going plant-based is that it is expensive. It is marketed as a luxurious lifestyle that involves expensive supplements, expensive superfoods, and expensive restaurant dining. The reality is, vegan living can be extremely easy, accessible and affordable. And doing so in…

A few months ago, I watched ‘How To Change The World‘, a documentary about the beginnings of Greenpeace, what a beautiful thing it was born as, and how a divide between its pioneers came to be due to differing principles and values for the same…

One of the ways I educated myself about the plant-based diet was through film. Although books were fantastic to go in-depth with the topic, the visceral effect of watching films really helped to seal the deal about my decision to go vegan. If you’d like…