How to Pick the Best Ripe Watermelon

How to Pick the Best Ripe Watermelon

My top tips for picking the perfect ripe watermelon, every single time! Are you a watermelon lover? For me, summer time is all about digging into a perfectly sweet and refreshing ripe watermelon. But do you feel like you can never quite pick the ripest 

How to Make Homemade Crunchy Tacos

How to Make Homemade Crunchy Tacos

Easy homemade crunchy tacos made with simple, healthy ingredients. Create a fun taco night spread, build your tacos and enjoy! Growing up, Taco Bell was a frequent fast food stop for our family. We often hit the drive-through on our way home from church or 

Picking Persimmons: How to Find and Eat the Perfect One

Picking Persimmons: How to Find and Eat the Perfect One

My guide to picking persimmons, including answers to common questions and how to pick and eat the perfect one for you! Persimmons are possibly my favorite fruit – and that’s saying a lot! When they’re in season, there’s really nothing better than enjoying one in 

How to Make Healthy Homemade Popcorn

How to Make Healthy Homemade Popcorn

How I make healthy homemade popcorn – including my top tips and how to avoid burnt popcorn. It’s really not as hard as you might think! It’s Friday night, and you’re sitting down after a long busy week to relax with a movie and…what? What 

Last-Minute Quick and Easy Vegan Recipes for Thanksgiving

Last-Minute Quick and Easy Vegan Recipes for Thanksgiving

Super easy, healthy and delicious plant-based dishes, perfect if you’re looking for some last-minute additions to your Thanksgiving menu! Did Thanksgiving completely sneak up on anyone else this year? After spending two weeks traveling in London for the first half of November (more on that 

Easy and Healthy Vegan Tacos

Easy and Healthy Vegan Tacos

Easy and healthy vegan tacos using just 5 simple components: fajita peppers, cumin black beans, salsa, guacamole and fire-toasted corn tortillas. Super simple recipes for all, and put them together to make such a fun and delicious meal! Almost every week – usually on a 

Plant-Based Easter Recipe Round-Up

Plant-Based Easter Recipe Round-Up

A round-up of some easy plant-based Easter recipes for your own springtime holiday spreads!   The last two years our Easter celebrations have been a bit strange. I spent Easter 2020 with a church family I was living with in London, locked down at the 

Easy Vegan Meals in Quarantine

Easy Vegan Meals in Quarantine

Whether your city is still in lockdown or starting to open back up, you’re quarantining or practicing social distancing, or you’re just looking for new ideas of easy vegan meals, hopefully this post can offer some inspiration for you! Many of us are limiting our 

Vegan Easter 2019

Vegan Easter 2019

An overview of the Vegan Easter meal I had with my non-vegan family; with recipes for putting together your own springtime holiday spread!   This year, for the first time in almost a decade, I was home for Easter! It felt like a special treat 

My Vegan Guide to Rochester, NY

My Vegan Guide to Rochester, NY

My trip to Rochester, NY and all of the vegan food I ate, including vegan/vegan-friendly spots, plus recipes cooked up with my amazing vegan host. At the beginning of March I took a short trip to upstate NY to visit my alma mater. It was