‘Today me will live in the moment, unless it is unpleasant, in which case me will eat coooooookies’ – Cookie Monster These cookies are a great mid-morning snack. Made of tahini, sesame and oats, they are satiating and release healthy energy slowly. Tahini is the blended butter of sesame seeds. It can be dated back …
‘If you focus only on the seeds of the watermelon, you miss the sweetness of the meat’ I am currently cooking in London for my brother and sister-in-law and am lucky that are opening to trying everything. That has given me license to experiment. These watermelon recipes were born from experimentation, having seen a few …
‘Philosophy without practice is useless; practice without philosophy is dangerous’ ‘Some people mistake macrobiotics for a ‘brown rice diet’, while others believe that it means giving up pleasure at mealtime. How far from the truth both these ideas are! Macrobiotics is a profound under-standing of the orderliness of Nature, the practical application of which enables …
‘…smell and taste are in fact but a single composite sense, whose laboratory is the mouth and its chimney the nose…’ This is a beautiful, tasty, fragrant recipe. It’s quick to put together and all in all takes 5 minutes prep and 10 to cook. You are really adding a lot of depth of flavor here through …
‘The problem with being an adult most of your life, is not having been a child long enough.’ This is a dish I made for my finals at culinary school. The idea was to be given a restricted list of ingredients and a limited amount of time and to come up with an entrée that …
‘Sometimes the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple.’ As I come to the end of culinary school (signal, wistful sigh), I started thinking about all the new ingredients and information I have learnt and what new recipes I will be integrating into my day to day. Kudzu or Kuzu as it is known, …
‘’When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts’ – Lao Tzu This cookie is a spiced version of an oatmeal and raisin cookie. I’m using golden raisins, cinnamon, turmeric, pepper, ginger and cardamom. The banana and almond butter act as a binder and give added richness and sweetness. It’s can …
‘Let your spine be loose like seaweed’ This quote comes from Eoin Finn, a pro surfer who is talking about his recommended form in both surfing and yoga. It is common to think that in both of these art forms you need to hold your body in perfect forms. However, this rigidity can be harmful, …
‘At birth we are red-faced, round, intense, pure. The crimson fire of universal consciousness burns in us. Gradually, however, we are devoured by our parents, gulped by schools, chewed up by peers, swallowed by social institutions, wolfed by bad habits, and gnawed by age; and by that time we have been digested, cow style, in …
‘Because we cannot scrub our inner body, we need to learn a few skills to help cleanse our tissues, organs and mind. This is the art of Ayurveda.’ Happy New Year from Plant to Table. Wishing you and yours love, light, laughter and good health in 2021. If you are ready to cleanse 2020, this …
