I get it—why bother with veggies when meat’s easy and tasty, right? I’m not here to change your diet, I’m not health nut, I just want to share my journey into more diverse and surprisingly delicious eating, and if you end up caring a bit more about your taste buds, body, and maybe even the planet, so be it. Do whatever the fuck you want, same as I do.

I focus on maximizing flavor from vegetables and plant-based foods. I occasionally enjoy fish, seafood, and the rare friday night pepperoni pizza (which, if American schools count pizza as a vegetable, makes pepperoni practically a fucking plant). My recipes are predominantly veggie-based but you’ll find some fish and seafood along the way. As well as sweets.

I have a job and three kids, and, if I could, I would cook them too, kidding, they are not plant based. Point is, just like you, I have no fucking time at all, but I love cooking, so I streamlined these recipes so you can cook them too. Feel free to skip or swap ingredients. After all, cooking is about creativity and eating what you love.

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EPIC EGGPLANT TAGLIATELLE

‘Fuck yeah, pasta night!’ Finally a way to hide all those veggies you hate in a luscious, healthy and decadent sauce that’ll fool anyone and keep them going for more.

GREENER CURRY MUSSELS

Slurp your way to heaven riding on the back of a shell, holding a piece on naan in one hand and a straw in the other, while yelling ’Shell Yeah!’