Plant Food Federation (PFF) is a place where you’ll find vibrant plant based recipes and tips on building a supporting sustainable kitchen. The conversation here revolves around plant based food, and specifically tropical plant based food, embracing cuisines from the African Diaspora. Here is where you will find out how to create some eye popping, taste bud busting recipes that can be made from roots to shoots. And! That can be done pretty easily in your own kitchen. PFF is where plants pop on plates.
What you’ll find on Plant Food Federation
Simple approachable recipes that you can actually make at home in your own kitchen. You’ll also find seasonal recipes, most of the time. Pantry staples are sourced from around the globe, especially superfoods, dried nuts, fruits and spices and part of the process here is being open to learning about and exploring exciting new ingredients and ways of cooking. If you are in the process or even curious about plant based living, what to eat and how to make it (especially if you live in the tropics, come from or love tropical food), then you have come to the right place.
What you won’t find on Plant Food Federation
Judgment. No judging going on here. Just sharing and encouragement. Rome wasn’t built in a day. If you are even marginally curious about eating more vegetables, legumes, roots, fruit and greens, then it’s already a win. You also won’t find any blame here either. Don’t get upset about cheating (if that’s what it’s called). The first goal for any human in life should be sustenance. Don’t starve, eat. Everyone finds themselves in a pinch here and there.
And what’s with this plant based food thing anyway? It all sounds confusing.
What is plant based food?
Plant-based food is exactly that. Food that is based on plants. It excludes refined, processed artificial ingredients, as well as, any animal products or byproducts including; meat, chicken, seafood, dairy and eggs. Plant-based food is more than fruit and salads, a common misperception. There are now a growing number of substitutions for conventional ingredients. These substitutions, and the methods by which they are prepared, will lead you to forget that ‘conventional’ was something you ever considered. What’s most exciting is that these substitutions are highly nutritious, ensuring that every dish you eat still packs a punch.
So why adopt a plant-based lifestyle or why be plant food curious?
Well, it’s been discovered that embracing more plant-based foods as part of your daily diet is transformative. Most people, like myself, make the switch due to personal health reasons. Others for ethical or environmental reasons. But, most people make the switch because it makes them feel and look better. Everyone’s reason is personal. And how far towards 100% plant-based a person goes is also personal.
How does one try out this plant based approach to living?
For most people, the best way to adopt a plant-based lifestyle is one step at a time. Start by increasing your intake of fresh, raw and plant-based food using a crowding out method, i.e., crowd out from your plate the things you want to cut out. A few people are able to do this cold an overnight switch, which can often take a lot of willpower. Either way, do what is best for you. Each person is different.