Crisping up some cherry tomatoes for The Plantpower Way’s Blackened Tomato Cashew Sauce mmmmmm. So yum and quick to make. Recipe breakdown on the blog! 🐘🌿🥔 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #plantbased #vegan #vegansofig #wholefood #plantpower #plantpowerway #tomatoes #cherrytomatoes #nourishedelephant
Who doesn’t like pancakes!? A Sunday morning tradition in our house, yum. Finally found a great recipe from @thehappypear, thanks dudes! What’s your favourite plant-based breakfast treat? 🐘🌿🥔 • #plantbased #vegan #vegansofig #wholefood #pancakes #thehappypear #toddler #kidfood #nourishedelephant
Oh hai! From our resident pig Charlie. She’s super talkative when she’s hungry and definitely a friend - not food! 🐘🌿🥔🐷 #vegan #plantbased #vegansofig #wholefood #pig #friendsnotfood #nourishedelephant
Breakfast goodness! I’m a bit boring and have porridge almost every morning for breakfast with seasonal fruit on top. Oats are such a super food - they are loaded with protein, fibre, magnesium, B1, and zinc to name just a few. And they are super filling and so cheap, double bonus! 🐘🌿🥔 #plantbased #vegan #vegansofig #wholefood #oats #nourishedelephant
Me and the littlest. 💕🐘 Subscribe to receive updates about our life raising a plant-based family. Link in bio. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Love a meal that’s so colourful. Crumbed mushrooms and edamame salad. Subscribe to receive updates about our life raising a plant-based family.🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Let’s see if I actually get to eat any feijoas this year or if the possums get them all… Subscribe to receive updates about our life raising a plant-based family. Link in bio.🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Looking forward to our winter harvest! 🌞🍊 Subscribe to receive updates about our life raising a plant-based family.🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Newsletter number three is out now! This time we have an autumn orchard update, our most popular recipe ever, and a sustainability tip. Subscribe to receive updates about our life raising a plant-based family.🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Just a tiny human and his dog. Subscribe to receive plant-based tips and updates about our life raising a plant-based family. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Home grown watermelon was a hit. In our pjs with an orange striped t-shirt overtop because that’s how you roll when you are two 😜. Subscribe to receive plant-based tips and updates about our life raising a plant-based family. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Exploring 💕. Subscribe to receive plant-based tips and updates about our life raising a plant-based family. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant #breatheyourbiome
Veggies already to go! Subscribe to receive plant-based tips and updates about our life raising a plant-based family. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Nothing like some plant-based ice cream! Subscribe to receive plant-based tips and updates about our life raising a plant-based family. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Newsletter number two is out now! This time we cover a mini-break away, how to add more nourishment to your meals, and a garden update. Subscribe to receive plant-based tips and updates about our life raising a plant-based family. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
It’s been a while again! I’ve spent the extended hiatus thinking about the best way to share information and spend less time on social media. The result? Nourished Elephant’s first-ever email newsletter! Subscribe to receive plant-based tips and updates about our life raising a plant-based family. This issue covers digital minimalism, the current state of our orchard, and musings on the intense world we live in right now. Take a deep breath and eat some plants! 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Loving all the spring veggies that are coming into season now. This bowl had roasted baby carrots, carrots, chickpeas, falafel and a salad of cucumber, tomato and olives. So delicious and colourful! 🥕🥒🍅🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Spring greens ready to go! 😻💕 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Looks like wine (kinda) but it’s fresh juice! 🍹🍏🍐🥕 We had a slow press juicer and used it SO much before Jensen was born. After he arrived, it didn’t see the light of day for a couple of years so we sold it. But we all quite like a fresh juice so Jase did some research and found a cheap centrifugal one that takes less than five minutes to clean up. Rinse it out and pop it in the dishwasher. So we’ve been enjoying lots of juice lately, only problem is it only makes 800mls at a time and between four juice monsters that doesn’t last long! We know it’s not as good as our slow press juicer but figure some juice is better than none. This had 3 x carrot, 2 x apple, 2x orange, 1 x pear, beetroot & a small piece of ginger. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Jamie turned two during lockdown! I made @ohsheglows failsafe vegan cupcakes. Swipe to see a chuffed little dude. He didn’t even try a cupcake but his big brother loved them. They were pretty tasty! 💕🌞🐻🎂🎉🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Townie farm life! At least Jensen and the goats were looking at the camera 🤪🐐🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #friendsnotfood #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Yikes it’s been awhile again! NZ has been in lockdown for the past 6 weeks and it was all a bit much keeping up with the social! I think I must just be really bad at time management 🤪. Hopefully back now, it’s only taken 6 weeks to find my groove. We’re prepping our summer garden and our winter bok choy went to seed. It’s full of bees buzzing around in the sun everyday so we don’t want to pull it out just yet. So lovely watching them through the bedroom window. Roll on summer and the end of lockdown! 😊🌼🌞🐝 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #bees #garden #organicgardening #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Road trip lunch boxes! 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Some plant variety we’ve been eating lately from @myfoodbagnz! Not an ad, just really enjoying our weekly boxes!🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
A haphazard plate of snacks to share with friends. 💕🌸🍐🍊🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
NEW BLOG POST - Recipe Breakdown - Joey’s Salsa Slice - Are you looking for a new quick mid-week recipe that the kids will love? I found this recipe in my first plant-based cookbook (that I got eight years ago!) and made a few adjustments. It’s straightforward to put together, can be prepped in advance, and is full of fresh veggies. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. It’s not complicated, fancy, cooking, but is super tasty, great for the kids, and full of delicious nourishment. Enjoy! 🍅🧅🌽🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
School holiday snacks! 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
First ever citrus harvest from the orchard! 💕🍊🍋 Plus a couple of very late blueberries. 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
NEW BLOG POST - 6 Tips to get your kids walking! Walking is one of my favourite things to do. I love doing it by myself but also taking the kids out to explore. It’s not always easy though. After many years of practice, I think I’ve got it pretty finely tuned. I hope these tips make it easier and inspire you to get out in nature a bit more. Some of my best memories with the kids are from our little adventures together. Let’s go hit the trails! Link in bio! 💕🌞🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #walking #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
NEW BLOG POST - A super simple plant-based milk recipe! We go through a lot of plant-based milk in our house, which also means a lot of waste. To reduce some packaging, I started making a few batches of plant-based milk a week. We use it on cereal, in porridge, baking, and for Jamie (not as a replacement for breastmilk but to supplement it). I’ve tried many oat milk recipes, and they always turn out a bit watery and sometimes even slimy! After some trial and error, I found the secret ingredient to make delicious, thick, plant-based milk. The recipe is on the blog. I hope you try it and enjoy it! 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Despite a global pandemic we managed to explore a lot of new walks in 2020. So grateful for the beautiful country we live in. Swipe to see some of our adventures around the north island of NZ. We started a tradition in 2018 to walk somewhere new every month, it really helps us explore and not just go to the same places all the time. I think we’ll keep doing it as long as we can! 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
And he’s six! After changing his mind about his cake five times we sat down and looked through some cookbooks. He picked this Black Forest Gateau by @thehappypear and it was amazing. Maybe the most decadent cake I’ve ever made!💕🎂🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Fresh homemade focaccia straight out of the oven and a seating tag made by my biggest little man. Best lunch ever! 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Beautiful autumn evening down at our beach yesterday. Both kids ended up wet and sandy, just like the dogs 🤪. I love it when the weather is just a bit cooler and the sun and sand aren’t burning! Unique ‘problems’ of a black sand beach. 🤣💕🌞🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Jammin’ Drops from @elsas_wholesomelife 💕. It always makes me laugh when recipe directions say ‘keep in the fridge for up to a week’. I doubled the recipe and they were gone in two days! 🤣🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Easy weekend dinner. Last of our potatoes and tomatoes. Some freshly harvested beetroot and rosemary. We don’t really eat much beetroot but had quite a successful haul this year so thought we’d try roasting it. And it was amazing! Even Jamie loved it! 🍅 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
‘I see you Mr Goat, and no you can’t eat my hat!’ 🤪 Jamie loves feeding the goats everyday. Brings me his shoes and hat and points to the front door. We may of had a few tantrums when it wasn’t time to feed the goats...friends not food! 🐘🌿🥔• • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Orchard update! We planted our orchard two years ago, and it’s slowly getting established. Some trees are doing really well (most of the stone fruit and pears), some not so much (persimmon, some citrus, and the apple trees). So fun to look back at the early photos and see how much everything has grown. We’re learning a lot and currently waging war with the local possums. Hopefully when the trees are big enough they won’t be such a problem but they are currently stripping our apple trees - fruit, leaves and all. Last two photos are when we first planted. 🌳🍏🍐🍊🍋🍇🫐🍑 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Last of the summer fruit (plums and apricots), start of the autumn fruit (pears and feijoas). 😊and 😢 all at the same time! 🍂🌦 🐘🌿🥔 • • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
We had a bumper crop of tomatoes this summer! 🍅🌞💕 • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #gardening #organicgardening #organic #sprayfree #nourishedelephant
Oh hai hungry caterpillar! We currently have 12 pet caterpillars inside. So fascinating to watch them grow and devour the swan plants. We have a large plant outside I keep cutting branches off to keep the food supply up! The whole family was sitting yesterday watching them, a bit different from tv haha! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Almost nothing beats fresh baked banana bread. Requested by the picky five year old. One of my favourite recipes from @dresselstyn’s book ‘Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease’. The first plant-based book and cookbook I ever brought eight years ago! Still the best banana bread recipe I’ve found. 🤪😊💕🍌 • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
It’s been a wet chaotic day in lockdown. Take me back to a few weeks ago when we were exploring an amazing new beach. 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
After another loooooong break we are back! I took January off social media and didn’t really want to start again so took February off too 🤪. We’ve had a lovely summer with lots of beach visits, walks, and fresh veggies from the garden. More tomatoes and zucchinis than we knew what to do with! 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #organic #organicgardening #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Zucchinis for everyone! I had many plans for lots of content by the end of the year and well, it didn’t happen! Time to sign off for the year for a much needed social media break. 2020 has been a weird one, but we’ve been pretty shielded from most of it in our little bubble down here in Nz and feel very grateful for that. We’ve watched Jamie grow from a potato into a little person with very firm ideas and opinions 🤪. Jensen has started school and thrived and we’ve had lots of lovely quality family time. Wishing everyone happy and safe holidays. We’ll be back next year and hopefully have much more regular plant-based inspiration for you all. Now is the time to be leaning into plants, for your health, for the animals, and for the planet. 🎄💕✨🌞🌏 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Dinner from a few nights ago. Rosemary, basil, spinach, and zucchini from the garden. 💕 Can’t wait until our tomatoes start to ripen, I love being able to go outside before dinner and harvest most of the veggies fresh for it. Loving summer! 🌞🌸🥬🍅 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Christmas tree is up! We’re only having a small family gathering this year, but now it’s time to start planing the menu! Stay tuned for plant-based deliciousness! 🌞🎄💕 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
We’re going on a bear hunt! And yes we had to sing it the whole walk. Grateful no one else was at the park 🤪. Also love how old dog’s ears are flapping as she happily trots along. She’ll be 13 at the end of January! 🐶🐻🌲🌞🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Snow pea teepee in progress! Turned around the other day and Jensen was sitting in it 😻. Pinterest goals unlocked haha. 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
More beautiful flowers spotted with Jamie while Jensen has his tennis lesson. After school activities can be a scramble with a baby but also a chance to take a breath and smell the roses. 💕🌸🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
It was my birthday over the weekend, 41 orbits around the sun eep! I had a lovely relaxing day and Oma stayed and entertained the kids the next morning so I got a sleep in. Best present ever! We also took Jamie out for dinner for the first time. Was a bit of a treat to eat out at the local Thai restaurant, reminisce about when we lived in Bangkok and have no dishes to do when we got home! Feeling so grateful to be able to celebrate with family. 💕🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Snack box for mama! I’m pretty terrible at not eating any fresh fruit/veggies during the day. My go to for snacks are bliss balls and muesli bars 😻🤪. I’m trying very hard to make myself a box of snacks when I make Jensen’s lunch in the morning. If it’s there chopped/peeled and ready to go I’m much more inclined to munch away. We’ve all been down with a tummy bug too, so need some extra nourishment now we’re on the other side! 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
We snuck down to the beach after school on Friday. It was one of those afternoons where it was magical down there. Not too hot, no wind, and hardly a soul to share it with. The perfect way to start the weekend. There has been a lot of shouting on social media platforms and news outlets around the world lately. It was making me anxious as it felt like most of the world wasn’t interested in being caring, honest, and future thinking. It comes with some relief that both in NZ and the US the quieter majority have made their voices heard. Now we wait to see if future proofing for this planet and our kids will actually happen. BUT we can all make a very big, sustainable difference by choosing to eat more plants. Love you! ❤️🌏🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Fresh greens for our smoothie straight from the garden. My spinach patch as turned into a silverbeet patch. I managed to stop it going to seed last summer and it has thrived over winter. We’re lucky in Auckland it never gets too cold and out by the ocean we rarely get a frost. Now to contain it as it goes boom in all the sunshine! 🌞🥬🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
NEW BLOG POST - Recipe Breakdown - Joey’s Baked Veggie Risotto - I have been constantly posting about this recipe the past few months and the recipe breakdown is finally here! A simple, versatile recipe that works with almost any vegetable combo you happen to have in the fridge and pantry. I can honestly say it’s been a life changer for me! I hope you all enjoy it as much as we have, such a simple, hearty, nourishing recipe, enjoy! (link in bio)🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Best Sunday ever when you wake up (after a sleep in) to coffee and cafe quality potato cakes! Had to share with Jamie and he loved them too! 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #potatoes #nourishedelephant
I think this is my favourite photo from our last little holiday. Buffy is our oldest dog (almost 13) and is really slowing down. We’re making the most of the time we have left together and it was wonderful making special memories walking in beautiful NZ countryside. I’m so thankful Jensen has got to spend so many years (and hours walking and exploring) with her. 💕 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
A beautiful wild flower me and Jamie spotted while watching Jensen play tennis. The orange dots around the middle are so cool. I love what I find in nature when I’m not rushing! 30 seconds later it was pulled apart by ‘baby destroyer of worlds’, at least he let me photograph it first! 🌸🌼🌿🌱💕 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Another day another baked risotto ready to go. Recipe breakdown coming very soon to the blog! What I love most about this recipe is it’s so versatile. Works with pretty much any veggie combo. This one has mushrooms, broccoli, egg plant, and cherry tomatoes. 💕🍄🥦🍆🍅🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Another favourite shot from our recent family holiday. We had an impromptu adventure with a walk that was 4km longer than we anticipated and had a fun ‘tunnel’ to stumble though. The entrance is behind us and the tiny bright spot is the other end. It was also a bit flooded which made it even more fun with two dogs on lead, a baby on my back and a five year old! But we survived and celebrated by taking a family selfie and it will be something we remember for many years to come I’m sure. 💕🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
We’ve had a lovely few days away with the kids and dogs. Did lots of walks and were so lucky with the weather. Stopped for a plant-based packed lunch by a river, was perfect and picturesque until we got eaten alive by midges 🤪. Great photo though, take me back already! 💕 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Plant-based ‘sausage rolls’! This recipe is from @thehappypear and is easy and delicious. We’re trying to make dinners a bit more kid friendly (less spicy goulashes 😆), to encourage Jensen to sit and eat with us. Five days a week at school and a couple of extra curricular activities can lead to bedtime meltdowns if he hasn’t got enough food in him. Sausage rolls were a hit and made from butter beans and walnuts! Great for the lunchbox too. 💕🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
More spring flowers in the garden. 💕🌸🌞 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
It finally feels like spring in NZ! Now the wait begins for summer fruit! Our favourites are strawberries and watermelon. Oh and peaches and nectarines. Oh and cherries and plums. 🤪 What are yours!? 🌼💕🍉🍒🍓 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Birthday cake time! 🎂🎉 Jamie turned one on the weekend, I’m not quite sure how that is possible 🤪. In all the celebrations we forgot to get a photo of him and the cake, but got one with Jensen, that still counts right!? 🤦♀️😂 We had a lovely small celebration with family and the cake turned out great. It is the Chocolate & Raspberry cake from @deliciouslyella’s new book. I didn’t realise quite how big it would be but we sent cake home with most of the guests so it’s all good. Sharing the plant-based love! 💕😊🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
NEW BLOG POST - What a plant-based baby eats in a day! 👶🏼🌿 What a baby eats can be tricky at the best of times, so what do plant-based babies eat? A wide range of whole, plant-based foods! Here’s what Jamie eats in a day. He’s much less picky than his brother and that makes my job easy as he’ll eat almost anything. Link in bio! 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
How have I only learnt about baked risotto this year? It’s the kind of recipe where you just throw everything into a dish and put it in the oven! And I’ve never had the right ingredients for the recipe so just used what was in the fridge, and it still works! I much prefer it with tomatoes and mushrooms. Recipe is from @eleanorozich, it has parmesan cheese in it but I sub for a few tablespoons of nutritional yeast. My new favourite dinner, I think the boys may be sick of it already! 🤪🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Check out the colour of these carrots! Our gardens were pretty non-productive over winter but we did manage a few carrots and some silverbeet. Lack of planning and time meant we didn’t get enough in the ground before it got too cold. And when I say we, I mean Jase! When we first moved to the country gardening wasn’t even on our minds, but now we’d love to grow enough to feed ourselves and not have to buy any external produce. The only problem is, our section isn’t very good for gardening - sloping, exposed, and clay soil. The goal this summer is to build four to six more raised gardens where the potato patch was. It’s the flattest patch of lawn and the most protected. Fingers crossed we’ll be able to get it organised and growing a lot more next year! 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #organic #organicgardening #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Someone asked me how long I had been vegan the other day. I had to stop and think about it. Seven years this October! Also seven years since we moved back to NZ and six years since we moved to the country! It’s crazy how fast time goes. We lived in Bangkok for two years and Singapore for two years before returning home to New Zealand. While both places have beautiful landscapes and nature, they are also heavily populated and you can see the human footprint everywhere. Returning home we realised how very lucky we are to live in NZ and moved to the country to make the most of it. In saying that we’re only a 45min drive from Auckland CBD 🤪. The photos are - 1.Me and littlest human on our last family mini break, 2. Me and my street dog friends in BKK, 3. Our apartment building with spirit house in front in BKK, 4. Walking a street dog named Kosmo around some rice paddy fields in BKK, 5. City skyline in SG, 6. Buffy on the beach in SG with many container ships in the distance, 7. Jensen (8months) and Jase when we visited BKK, 8. A family snap from our recent mini break, 9. and the main reason we came home - beautiful nature! We really didn’t realise what was on our doorstep until we left. Travel is wonderful. Also so weird to think back at how much we travelled when currently the world is such a different place. Stay safe everyone. 💕🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
I’ve been meaning to post this since January. Seems pretty appropriate with how weird 2020 has been! We started a tradition in 2018 to try and do a different family walk each month to try and explore our city a bit more. Auckland is pretty amazing and sprawling so there is no shortage of beautiful walks. We also count travels around the country and world as walking somewhere new (not that, that is currently happening!). 2019 was a bit derailed with the arrival of Jamie but we still managed some adventures and exploring. Fingers crossed 2020 won’t be too much more impacted by Covid...lets see in a few months! 🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
NEW BLOG POST - Did someone say cookies?! Recipe breakdown of @deliciouslyella’s Ultimate Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies - Since I went plant-based almost seven years ago I’ve tried so many cookie recipes. This recipe from @deliciouslyella is by far my favourite. It tastes like a proper cookie, has only six ingredients plus a little salt, and is very easy to make. I hope you enjoy these amazing cookies as much as we do, they disappear pretty fast in our house. We could all use a little more cookie goodness in our lives right now - link in bio! 🍪💕🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant
Me and my lockdown baking buddy! He’s so enthusiastic to help when we’re making chocolate chip cookies 😂. Recipe coming in a couple of days...The Ultimate Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie! (and I should know because I’ve tried many, many cookies haha!) 🍪🐘🌿🥔 • Subscribe and receive a FREE plant-based pocket guide. We’ll also send you updates with info, advice, and recipes. Plants can change your life and the world, go eat some! • • • • #plantbased #vegansofig #vegan #vegankids #veganfamily #wholefood #nourish #nourishedelephant