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Couple weeks ago I was having serious burger cravings. But not just any ol’ veggie burger craving — I needed something substantially satisfying. My friend and I decided to go to Lexi’s Healthy Eatery (Sandton) for lunch. This was the perfect restaurant of choice because it accommodates me as a plant-based foodie, and my friend as a…

The Fussy Vegan, located by the Caltex Waterfall Garage on Jan Smuts Avenue, caught my eye a few months ago while driving past. Eventually, my good friend and I decided to grab lunch at this cafe one sunny afternoon. Unlike most of my lunch dates with friends where I end up not taking images and…

I’ve always had a love hate relationship with birthdays. Around the age of 13/14, I decided I hated birthdays, specifically my own. Media tells you how birthdays ought to be this huge thing but in everyday life, that’s not always the case. I hated the inevitable disappointment which was always preceded the programmed expectation. I…

Just cause one transitions to a plant-based diet doesn’t mean one no longer gets cravings that aren’t necessarily plant-based. From eggs to chicken and steak cravings, I have definitely experienced them all. For the most part I can now identify what nutrients my body is lacking in causing the cravings, and what plant-based substitute I…

I completely thought and believed my eating out days in Joburg were over, or significantly slimmed down, ever since I started my plant-based/ vegan diet transition. And from the research I’d been doing, most 100% vegan restaurants are in Cape Town, then there’s less than a handful in Joburg. I even started thinking that perhaps…