Recipe Cacao and Sprouted Buckwheat Crispies This is a healthy chocolate crunch breakfast that will turn your favourite plant milk chocolatey. Buckwheat is a naturally gluten free grain which is perfect for those who have coeliac disease or suffer from gluten intolerance and because it is sprouted, it is easier to digest. Buckwheat is a… Continue reading Cacao and Sprouted Buckwheat Crispies
Category: Vegan Natural Chef
Carrot & Almond Pulp Seed Crackers
Click here to jump to the Recipe Raw Food – The Low Down Another of our college lectures focused on Raw Food. Raw food is made up of fresh, whole, unrefined, living plant-based foods such as: fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, nuts and seeds (soaked and sprouted), which are consumed in their natural state, without cooking… Continue reading Carrot & Almond Pulp Seed Crackers
Vegan Nut Ricotta
One of the lectures at CNM for the Vegan Natural Chef course was how to make Vegan ‘cheese’. Our lecturer was the talented Sharon and we made loads of different types of cheeses in one day – and we got to take them all home! Yummy! For our assignment we had to make a cheese… Continue reading Vegan Nut Ricotta
Pulses and Grains
In another of our classes, we talked about pulses (legumes) and grains and the importance of incorporating them into your diet. Pulses and grains are a good source of protein and dietary fibre ( the sort that your gut bacteria love to munch on ), they are both a complex carbohydrate; which means they are… Continue reading Pulses and Grains
Vegan Protein Buddah Bowl
For our Plant-based Proteins class, we learnt all about what a protein is, vegan protein sources, daily protein requirements and health benefits of plant-based proteins. Our assignment was to create a dish that would contain at least 30g of plant protein. So using some of my favourite foods I created a Protein Buddah Bowl.
Food Photography, Presentation and Knife Skills
In my previous blog I talked about the Vegan Natural Chef course I have enrolled in. The chef’s course is divided into five modules: One of which is Chef Techniques; which, amongst other things, includes knife skills, food photography and food presentation. Over the next couple of weeks, I hope to update you all on… Continue reading Food Photography, Presentation and Knife Skills
CNM Vegan Natural Chef In Training – with a few curve balls thrown in!
In the beginning of March 2020, I signed up for a diploma course at The College Of Naturopathic Medicine in London, to train to become a Vegan Natural Chef. I had been procrastinating for a couple of years about doing this course and finally went for it! The chef training was to start in the… Continue reading CNM Vegan Natural Chef In Training – with a few curve balls thrown in!