Guides to going vegan and raw for vegans, vegetarians & plant-based eating

Coconut flour is a vegan flour that has more fiber and less carbs than other kinds of flour. It’s an easy-to-make product which only needs one essential ingredient – that is, coconut. Most importantly, it has plenty of health benefits.

I’ve noticed a bit of debate springing up recently about using the term “vegan” vs “plant-based”. Let’s take a closer look at these two diets and lifestyles and see if we can figure out once and for all whether vegan is the same as plant based, or not.

Cooking in a tagine pot is actually one of the healthiest ways to prepare food. Here’s some tips to help you prepare vegan and raw dishes in a Morrocan tagine.

I recently took the plunge and created my own sourdough starters – a wheat-based one and a gluten-free sourdough starter. Creating a sourdough starter from scratch can be a frustrating combination of science and art. So I’ve put together a collection of sourdough starter tips, from one complete beginner to another, to save you making…

When sugar cravings hit, it can be hard to resist. Use these easy tricks to stop sugar cravings dead in their tracks, and starting winning the battle against the sweet stuff.

I’ve discovered a quick and inexpensive way to make your own nut milk bag, that doesn’t even require any sewing. I got so frustrated with my purchased nut milk bag that I figured there had to be a better solution, and I found one that’s so fast, cheap and effective that it almost seems silly…

I’m currently exploring ways to eat sauerkraut that don’t involve hot dogs. So I paired wholegrain brown rice with a couple of tablespoons of sauerkraut and a grated apple. I also discovered that it goes really well with fresh chicory, kelp noodles and red capsicum.

So what does a raw vegan eat on a daily basis? Well, it varies tremendously, but there’s always a central theme of raw, vegan, whole foods that I keep coming back to, no matter how much I play with other ideas and recipes. Here’s a sample of my recent raw vegan daily diet.

We’ve had an amazing journey in the last twelve months, part of which was Paul’s “miraculous” recovery from high cholesterol results and the threat of statin drugs, just through natural and simple changes to our lifestyle. And not only did Paul’s cholesterol come back down to normal, but we’ve discovered so much good stuff along…