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24.01.2022 Each plant is higher in certain properties than the next plant. Ensuring you have a varied intake of different plants can help safeguard against deficiencies. Our food is the building blocks for our body to do it’s thang. ... It’s not just about ‘eat your veg’ - it’s about gifting your body the variety it needs to thrive.
21.01.2022 Taking orders for this Monday’s cook up! Please order by Friday. Meals are picked up or delivered on Monday 7 September. Pick up 4pm-6pm Delivery 6pm-8pm
21.01.2022 Are you ready to create a delicious, wholesome and completely plant-based vegan Christmas banquet? In a few days time, doors open for my online Christmas Banquet class and you will have just 7 days to grab a spot! I will let you in on a little secret now though, you can get an early bird spot NOW and receive 20% off by using HEALTHYXMAS at the checkout.... Checkout everything you need to know via the link on the bio https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/christmasclass
21.01.2022 My journey to plant-based has been awkward and messy. Everything I knew and did had been turned upside down. Awkward attempts at mimicking dishes, ‘buddha’ bowls and spending too much money at an organic shop on ‘special’ ingredients.... Throw in the fact that healthy eating and healthy living is counter-cultural and trying to raise two daughters and make a living; I had my work cut out for me. It can be a difficult (but rewarding) journey. By now you have started to realise that it is time to upgrade the way you eat so that you can thrive and have more abundance in your life. You have heard of all of the benefits of plant-based eating but it feels like such a BIG change to what you are used to. It is important to put the foundations in place so that in those wavering times, you are able to still feel strong and empowered in your plant-based journey. I have put together my five top tips for successfully transitioning to plant-based eating. Check it out https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/transition
21.01.2022 A whole food plant-based way of life isn’t just about removing animal products. It is an eating philosophy that is proven best for our health when adopted at least 95% of the time. It means looking at all the different foods and nutrients that your body is looking for for optimal health. ... It takes into consideration what is healthiest for our bodies given the poor health of our oceans and the poor health of the anti-biotic and hormone pumped bio-accumulators that are animals and fish. But to do this we need to look at everything going into our bodies - not just eating some veg. This means fermented foods, lentils, sea vegetables, fruits, an abundance of greens, a variety of mushrooms, spices, herbs, nuts, whole grains and more. All in their whole, unprocessed forms. We have an opportunity to hack our health. I can teach you how I converted my life and my kitchen to be able to fully adopt a Whole Food Plant Based lifestyle for me and my family. I say lifestyle because a big part of my journey has been finding PURPOSE and CONNECTION. These also contribute to health and longevity. My next course, Plant Based Immersion starts soon. Join the wait list in the bio or the website www.grassrootschef.com.au
20.01.2022 I am so excited to let you know that today is the day you can get your spot in my signature course - Plant Pioneers. This is the ultimate learning experience, resources and step by step framework for unlocking full confidence, inspiration and motivation for plant based cooking. I give you everything I know and am there with you every step of the way.... The course is so jam packed - check out all the details ASAP, because I am offering a special bonus to those fast action takers. If you enroll within 48 hours, you get my bonus course New Years Reset. Guys, I want to see you get fully inspired and connected to food again. Let’s do this together. Check out all the info here https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/plantpioneers See you in there!
19.01.2022 Hack Your Health - Online Course now available! Discover the how and why of plant-based eating as I personally guide you step by step along the way. Feel empowered to start creating beautiful, flavoursome and nourishing food simply and easily in your own kitchen with my tried and tested recipes and techniques that I have developed over many years. ... This is a 4-week crash course designed to upgrade your health and your relationship with food. Sign up by 10th October (this Friday) to receive early bird pricing AND free bonus course, my amazing ‘Ferments, Preserves & Sprouts’ course! Click the link to learn more and sign up now! https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/hackyourhealth
19.01.2022 Who is excited to get their Christmas menu sorted? Cook with me as I personally guide you every step of the way as we follow simple, time effective and tried and tested recipes and video tutorials to create your very own sensational Christmas Banquet that everyone will love! Self-paced, on-line pre-recorded content ... Live help from me as you need it via email and the Facebook group 100% Vegan Gluten Free Recipes What you get: Full access to course for 6 months Video Tutorials Printable recipes & shopping lists Flow sheet instructions for when and how to do you preparation Direct support from me Access to bonus catering recipes You will learn to: Cook Christmas dishes that are completely plant-based vegan Build your confidence with cooking with plants Time your preparation and cooking for maximum efficiency and simplicity Cook without oil Add flavour to your dishes using whole food principles Check out the full menu here: www.grassrootschef.simplero.com/christmasclass (link in bio) For just $85, this course is loaded with value! Only a matter of days left to purchase as we are closing the doors 30 November! My commitment to you this Christmas is that you can have a beautifully delicious feast that is better for our health and our planet!
19.01.2022 If you eat the standard Australian diet (which is most people) chances are you are going to encounter one or more of the diseases of affluence such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. 97% of people are fibre deficient. 95% aren’t eating enough fruit and veg 80% are omega 3 deficient ... And the stats go on. We are in denial about the food we are putting in our mouths. We are filling up on the wrong foods and we pay the consequences daily and with our long term health. Not to mention how our planet is suffering as a consequence. Each of us has the power and agency to create change in our own lives. The biggest step you can take is changing the food on your plate. I want you to know that it can be so delicious and simple to eat amazing, nutrient dense food. Enrolments open for Plant Pioneers 2021 on Tuesday. This is your chance to make solid change with your relationship to cooking and eating. I will share with you everything I know and will be there with you every step of the way. This is my signature course where I give you all my tips, tricks, methods and recipes for unlocking full inspiration and motivation for cooking nutrient dense, plant based meals. I want to see you cooking with ease and intuition in your kitchen. This sort of cooking is for everyone. #plantpioneers #goingplantbased #veganuary #plantbased #vegan #plantbaedrecipes #mealprep #veganmealprep #cleanse #foodasmedicine #plantbasedchef
18.01.2022 Wondering what to make for Christmas? Asher has the most delicious and nourishing menu for you to cook! You can do his Christmas Cooking Class right now from the comfort of your own home! This course will be for sale for the next 7 days and that’s it! ... You have 6 months access (in case you do Christmas in a month that’s not December or if you want or use the recipes for other catering events). Link in bio or visit https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/christmasclass
17.01.2022 Merry Christmas We hope you all had a beautiful day connecting with loved ones and creating special memories. Today we are deeply grateful for the food and relationships that nourish our bodies and our souls. ... It was a simple day for us as usual after a busy week of cooking. We made around 1000 serves of plant-based meals this Christmas - thank you to everyone who supported our small family and for choosing a more compassionate menu. Wishing all of our plant peeps a calm and connected festive time. Xxx
17.01.2022 I (Jess) was walking the trail today and I was excited to come across some beautiful ‘wildlife’. What do we even mean by the term wildlife? Because it’s not a farm animal or pet? Is that what makes them ‘wild’? Doesn’t every being deserve to be ‘wild’ and free?... Farm animals weren’t born as farm animals. No animal was born into this world to be treated the way we treat them. Whilst this was a beautiful experience, I couldn’t help but feel how ridiculous that having an experience with wild life like this has become such a unique, one off experience.
15.01.2022 And a variety of plants is the largest contributor to a healthy microbiome.
15.01.2022 So grateful for this father. Showing my daughters what is to be a man. The courage to show up with compassion and to follow your heart. He has the most incredible ability to love and to show his daughters every day that they are seen, loved, worthy and an equal to him. No domination - just compassion and love. ... Thank you for caring for our daughters and our world so wholeheartedly.
14.01.2022 So why aren’t we eating enough vegetables, even though we know we need to? It’s not as simple as ‘eat your veg’ anymore. It’s so much more complex. Even though it should be simple; eat wholefoods, take only what you need, love yourself and others. We have become so disconnected from ourselves and our true nature and we find ourselves amongst dark oppressive systems that make us feel powerless. Many times a day, we are bombarded with advertisements selling food products that l...iterally destroy our health. In the name of capitalism, our government does little to protect us from this. Our number one killer in Australia is diet related heart disease. Yet, we have fooled ourselves into thinking that this is a natural result of old age. It isn’t. We are destroying our planet, polluting our water and killing off eco-systems. Our medical system focuses on a pill with side-effects as the solution instead of making side-effect free lifestyle choices. We need to be awake and we need to be resilient. Otherwise we will easily go back into an unconscious state which means more destructive behaviour and less vegetable eating! To eat healthy you need to be living in a connected way. Living in a more connected way results in a complete re-examination of your whole life. Once we had realised that we had been asleep to the way in which we ate food, we realised that was probably not the only thing we were asleep to. It was an invitation to live our whole life in an awake state. This is why we believe in order to really make change in your diet and in the world, it is more than just trying to eat more vegetables. For us to sustain a healthy diet, we find we have to align our whole life and environment to one that is healthy and connected. Slowing down, connecting to Mother Earth, contemplation, hope, feeling empathy and compassion for the voiceless animals, understanding how what we eat is affecting our planet, connecting to fun and zest and prioritising family and community. Doing these things has made it so much easier to eat well. What steps can you take in your personal environment and within yourself to make it easier for you to eat better? #plantbasedeating #eatyourveg
14.01.2022 Sometimes you just need a delicious condiment to tie all your plants together. Don’t undo your good work by slathering something unhealthy on there. Try this quick, simple and nutritious dressing. Perfect for the spring weather. Recipe for this Carrot & Mustard Dressing is on the website. www.grassrootschef.com.au
14.01.2022 Video using just a few simple prep items to make a variety of nourish bowls. Nourish bowls are so simple to make, filling and satisfying. I love them because I can really obviously see what nutrients I am getting into me and tick the boxes that I need to. (Or for catching up on nutrients or food groups I may have missed earlier in the day)
13.01.2022 Rhubarb Slice (or brekky bar) recipe is now on the website. Rhubarb is in season in Toowoomba. This is nut free (and vegan whole food and gf as usual) which makes it suitable for nut free school lunches. Enjoy!
12.01.2022 FERMENTS, PRESERVES & SPROUTING Short Online Course This week with my plant pioneers we have been working on fermented foods, preserving foods and sprouting. ... I was so inspired by how much I enjoyed putting this together and by how great I felt, I wanted to offer this to everyone as a stand alone short course. You can book now and get instant access. It’s only $47 and for a limited time I have included a bonus recipe video on how I make my epic nutrient dense, gluten free and vegan lasagne. Here is the link for all the details and to book https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/page/176629 Enjoy!
11.01.2022 Did you know that the average Australian consumes 42% of their calories from ‘ultra processed’ foods with a further 15.8% coming from regular processed foods. In short this means that a majority of our calories are coming from foods that are are not fit for human consumption. I believe that none of us are happy about these numbers and that given the chance and the recourses none of us would choose to continue down this path. ... I believe that connecting to what REAL food is the key to changing these statistics, in my classes both online and in-person I break down how to reconnect to our food and find joy and passion for creating beautiful, nutritious and flavoursome food for you and your family. www.grassrootschef.com.au
09.01.2022 Everyone needs to know how to make a 100% plant-based meal. We simply MUST all learn to cook and eat more plant-based meals. In fact, we all need to know how to make a meal that is 100% whole food plant-based if we want optimal health. Let me tell you why. There is a general guiding principle that almost everyone can agree on. That is the ‘95% Rule’ and in short what it means is striving to fuel your body with the most health promoting foods you can at least 95% of the time....Continue reading
09.01.2022 Looking for some fast and simple ways to ‘bring sexy back’ to cooking vegetables? Try some of these flavour packed, delicious and nutritions veg preparations. Maximising our plant intake is the most effective tool we have in increasing our health, longevity and quality of life, let’s make those veges sexy! #nutritiousanddelicious #vegan #wfpb #oilfree #vegetables #bringingsexyback #eatmoreplants #pumpkin #hierloomtomatoes #broccoli #chickpeas
08.01.2022 As a healthy lifestyle enthusiast, ultra runner, plant-based chef and father of young children (and a food loving wife) I get a lot of questions about what foods I shop for and where I source my food each week. I have put together my comprehensive shopping list covering all the major fresh produce, dried goods and 'flavour' foods I shop for week to week. Plus extras I consume and use in my kitchen to optimise my families health, maintain a high level of personal performance a...nd reduce our waste at home. I hope you enjoy checking this out and that it gives you some inspiration and motivation with your own weekly shop! Click the link in my bio ‘My Shopping List’ and fill in the blanks to access this amazing resource! www.grassrootschef.simplero.com/shoppinglist #plantbasedshoppinglist #vegan #wfpb #eatwell #myshoppinglist #health #plants
08.01.2022 Crispy crumbed and baked zucchini fries w cranberry sauce from my ‘Online Christmas Banquet Class’ Here’s the Menu! Flax Seed Wafers w Vegan Brie Cheese... King Brown Mushroom Scallops w Pickled Apple & Radish Crumbed Zucchini Fries w Cranberry Sauce Harissa Roasted Beetroot & Fennel Salad w Avocado Mayo Baked Eggplant Cannelloni w sweet potato ricotta, tomato passata & walnut parmesan Mushroom Wellington w Red Wine Gravy Date Bliss Balls w Raspberry Snow Famous Chocolate Christmas Pudding w Coconut & Vanilla Custard All delivered with tutorial videos and complete recipes plus full support and guidance from me! PLUS you’ll receive a handful of bonus recipes ideal for Christmas catering or regular weekly family meals. PLUS you’ll get my very special vegan Christmas Trifle video & recipe! In addition to the full Christmas Banquet content. Tonight is the last chance to use the special early bird discount code HEALTHYXMAS and receive 20% off! before doors officially open. Head to https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/christmasclass to learn more and secure your spot! #veganchristmas #wfpb #onlinecookingclass #zucchinifries #nutritious #Christmas #vegan #eatmoreplants #healthychristmas #veganchristmascookingclass
07.01.2022 I’m loving my sprouts right now! Sprouting increases the nutrient value of our food, makes those nutrients more readily available to absorb and are very low in calories, making them extremely nutrient dense foods! By sprouting your seeds, nuts and beans you can increase the fiber, protein and amino acids present as well as unlocking many phytochemicals and nutrients. It’s always better to eat seeds, nuts and beans then not! Don’t let anyone tell you other wise but by taking... a few extra minutes each day you could really maximise your intake. I’ve put together a fantastic short course. Not only will you get the basics around getting started sprouting but also recipes and video guides for making tempeh, sauerkraut, canning and pickling. Get access or find out more about my ‘Ferments, Preserves and Sprouts’ online course now by clicking the link below: https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/page/176629-sales-page
07.01.2022 I am so proud of how much my kitchen has evolved over the last 5 years. Throw back to 2015 and you would open my cupboard to find processed flours, bottled condiments, packets of meats and cheeses and some fresh food. And I was already someone who took pride in eating 'healthy'. In my restaurant I was making food from scratch but you would still find cooking oils, white processed flours, breads and brown sugar. When you include something 'bad' in your diet it's difficult to s...top it from ever so steadily increasing it's way back into all of your food again. For us it was like smoking - we couldn't just have one a day. We had to commit fully to a new way of eating so that we could make long-lasting change that would see us eating the foods we were wanting to get more of. The biggest reason I find that it can be a long process (long-lasting change always happens slowly), is because the way in which I desired my family to eat was counter-cultural to everything around me. We live in a society that is too busy to eat real food, has no idea where their food came from who or how it was grown (or when, where and how it was slaughtered) and disconnected from themselves, their bodies and their emotions. My family had to spend time re-connecting, researching, re-aligning and releasing all of the societal conditioning to make way for a happy and healthier way of existing. We eat out about once a year when we go away. We pretty much never buy processed food. We don't even find this difficult, it's not even a self-control thing. It's just that we have been eating this way for so long, we are really connected to how good we feel when we eat like this, it just isn't enjoyable to eat crap. I have completely adapted how I cook and source my ingredients so that I always have an abundance of food to create with so that I am prepared if time or energy is lacking. Take a look at your kitchen - our kitchens, our pantries, our fridges, our fast food orders - are shaping our world. Our food choices are killing us and our planet but it doesn’t have to be this way. Checkout my shopping list that I stock my fridge and pantry with - https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/shoppinglist
06.01.2022 Do you ever indulge mindlessly in food thinking it feels pleasurable only to be left feeling sick, lethargic and flat? We live such stressful and disconnected lives, we turn to our food to bring us the pleasure we have been missing from our day. But this so called pleasure is actually punishment to our bodies. Then we follow this up with with further punishment by beating ourselves up for not having self control, for feeling fat, for being unhealthy or any other comment al...ong the self-loathing theme. What a vicious, miserable and unloving way to connect to our food and ourselves. What if I told you that you could eat food that actually nourishes your soul and body and tastes good? That leaves you feeling light, nourished, proud and connected. Healthy and connected eating does not need to be boring or tasteless! You can eat food that is good for you, our planet and that is delicious! It’s available to you right now. But my biggest tip to create this change in your life with your relationship to your food is to connect to yourself and your WHY. Check out my tips for successfully transitioning to a more healthy way of eating. Here is the link to My Top 5 Tips for Transitioning https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/transition
04.01.2022 Those of you who have been a student of mine will know that I am not into fancy equipment. I am all about accessibility and simplicity. Running a commercial kitchen with limited help and now a father of two lively daughters where time can be limited, I have got my processes down pat pretty quickly. This much loved grater is one of my favourite kitchen tools. From grating turmeric and ginger for my curries to grating apple for our family porridge or making a quick salad and g...rating some carrot and zucchini, it’s always being used. It’s so simple and so quick. I am working on the ‘equipment’ module for the 2021 Plant Pioneers Class and I think you will be surprised by how basic I keep everything. Cooking with plants has made cooking a breeze. I can’t wait to share more with everyone that joins my 2021 cohort of Plant Pioneers. Be sure to sign up to the mailing list so I can let you know when enrolments are open. https://grassrootschef.simplero.com/newsletter
