Imperfectly Paleo

 "恭喜發財", Kung Hei Fat Choi, Happy New Year! Welcome to the year of the pig. To celebrate yesterday, I made an auspicious bowl of goodness, comprising a lucky 8 components (one of the luckiest numbers in Chinese culture). The first day of the Chinese New Year celebrations is meant to be restful and relaxing, so there is minimal preparation/ cooking required.   Chinese New Year Goodness Bowl with Spirulina Dressing Everything has been chosen to bode well for the forthcoming year, with extra vegetables being included to represent health, growth and a year of plenty. Drizzle over the zingy green nutrient-dense spirulina dressing and it's good to go! Sending out good wishes x Chinese New Year Goodness Bowl with Spirulina Dressing Grain-free, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Refined Sugar-free (Serves 1-2) Ingredients: (1) 1 medium beetroot, peeled and spiralised (long lengths symbolise longevity and red symbolises luck) (2) 1 clementine/tangerine, peeled, segmented an...

The new year invariably brings with it a host of new convictions for the ensuing months ahead: whether to eat less, move more, give up bad habits or adopt health-enhancing fresh ones. One of our family's intentions is to aim for one meat-free meal a week. Warm Sweet Potato, Celery and Hemp Hearts Bowl My husband was the first to moot the idea (surprising in that he is the most wedded to the notion of a meal not being a meal in the absence of a meat component). I have long considered moving to a more plant-based mindset for reasons of giving the digestive system a break, environmental uneasiness and also potentially cost effectiveness (in hindsight the latter seems misguided). My daughter was deeply sceptical at the idea of roasted aubergine instead of roast chicken (but when I rolled out stuffed peppers with a side of quinoa she declared it delicious!). My son has often proclaimed his desire to be a vegetarian, down to his general dislike of the texture of meat, yet suddenly...