I absolutely love my air-fryer, and this crispy spiced cauliflower is a favourite in our home.

One of my favourite recipes from my 2nd cookbook, The Global Vegan, this Singaporean Laksa is creamy, delicious and a great winter staple.

Who doesn’t love a good sticky date, right? I promise you - this is one of the most delicious treats you will ever bake. It’s one of my favourite recipes from my 1st cookbook, Elsa’s Wholesome Life!

In this blog post, I’ll be sharing 5 plant-based meal ideas for babies with you so that you can cook and enjoy them at home!

I love a freshly baked warm gooey cookie on a cold winter’s night, and this recipe is my go-to for delicious and easy chocolate chip cookies.

One of the most popular recipes from my 2nd cookbook, The Global Vegan, these Smoked Jackfruit Tacos are fresh, delicious and a real a crowd-pleaser.

A hearty, creamy pumpkin soup that is sure to please the whole family. This easy, wholesome recipe is one of the many delicious dinners that will feature in my upcoming cookbook.

A delicious, fragrant, and easy homemade yellow curry from scratch. This curry paste was inspired by the laksa from my cookbook, The Global Vegan. It was so tasty that I wanted to turn it into a wholesome veg curry.

This delicious tray of saucy jackfruit loaded nachos is a favourite in our home. We always make this on the baking tray and sit down to eat it together or with friends - straight from the tray! The recipe is based off of the jackfruit nachos from my second cookbook - The Global Vegan, only we have served it on the tray, we use a cheats vegan sour cream, and a fresh salsa on top! I call it the new and improved version ;)

You may have heard all the hype surrounding baby-led weaning (BLW) and be wondering what it actually is, and why so many parents are gravitating towards this method of feeding now! Essentially, BLW is a fancy term for finger foods, and allowing your baby to have the independence to self-feed - as the name suggests, your baby is leading the weaning process!

This teriyaki mince bowl is so tasty, easy to make and high in protein. I love the addition of the fresh sambol on top, which adds a fresh and zesty crunch to the dish. Inspired by all the delicious fresh coconut sambol’s we had in Sri Lanka. It’s quickly become a favourite in our house.

So yesterday I shared with you all my favourite gingerbread cookie recipe from our Merry Wholesome Christmas eBook, today I am sharing my favourite savoury dish from the eBook. Why do I love this one? well I love the simplicity of this recipe! Made from 100% real whole foods - King Oyster mushrooms. It’s so easy and tastes really delicious.

Can you believe it’s that time of the year again? Christmas season is in full swing. These Christmas Gingerbread Cookies are a favourite recipe in our household to bake every December, and I cannot wait to make it a tradition every Christmas with Bowie.

So get out your cookie cutters, put on a Christmas movie and bake these delicious crunchy Christmas cookies.

I have a NEW recipe for you guys that I think you’re going to LOVE! This ‘meaty’ vegan lasagna has got to be my favourite lasagna recipe to date!

We made this recipe for a recent IG Live cooking on my Instagram and since then the recipe has been getting made on high repeat! I’ve loved hearing from everyone who has cooked this for their non-vego friends and family and they were all so shocked at how tasty [and meaty] it is! (100% from plants of course!)

I’ve been working on this delicious smokey chipotle bean enchilada recipe for a few months now and wasn’t planning on sharing just yet as I wanted to reshoot the photos (wasn’t 100% happy with them), however with the current crisis I know you guys are longing for more delicious and easy to make meals so I wanted to share it here ASAP. Smokey chipotle sauce, beans, smothered in creamy sour cream and fresh lime juice! Perfect dish while you stay home!

I have been wandering the pasta aisle of my supermarket pondering new pasta recipes as my pregnancy sure has me craving pasta! I found these giant shells called “conchiglioni” and I wanted to create something a little bit different. I have also been craving cannelloni and spinach and feta triangles so I wanted to marry the 3 with this ‘Spinach Ricotta Stuffed Shells’ baked pasta dish! This recipe is sure to be a new favourite in your go-to recipes. Packed with protein, carbohydrates, B vitamins, healthy fats, Vitamin C, PLUS iron! This dish is not only delicious but nutritious as well!

This wholesome fruit and nut loaf is best served warm with a big smear of nut butter or vegan butter. Personally I love it with macadamia butter as its so creamy and delicious. It would also make for a super yummy breakfast served with some coconut yoghurt and fresh berries or figs.

This delicious spring inspired recipe is the perfect light meal as the weather warms up and salads appear in your daily routine. With warm elements such as the baked pumpkin and crispy chickpeas and cool fresh lemon macadamia butter and feta to marry winter and summer.

I developed this recipe for Aus Macadamias, to celebrate the blossoming of the macadamias in Spring. We even got to shoot these recipes in a blossoming orchard in Alexs hometown, Alstonville. The smell of the flowering trees is just beautiful and if you have the chance to visit an orchard I highly recommend it.

So I have some exciting news to share with you all! my SECOND cookbook, titled The Global Vegan comes out today (Tuesday 27th of August 2019) here in Australia and I am SO excited to share this work with you all because there is so much goodness inside!

Hey guys! After much anticipation I am very excited to share this delicious recipe with you! These mouth-watering salted caramel maca cups are one of my favourite raw treats to make and devour. Of course, they are super decadent so about 1/2 to 1 of these bad boys is enough to satisfy my after dinner sweet tooth.

A fun kid-friendly recipe featuring Unicorn Superfoods Powders!

This hearty lentil pie will sure comfort you through those winter nights! This dish is so filling and absolutely delicious! Pair it with some steamed greens and a glass of vino! Bellissimo

Elsa, xx

These protein balls are soo delicious! My favourite snack to prep so I have a healthy treat ready to go if I want a little chocolate-y goodness after dinner or during the day. They’re high in plant proteins from our protein blends.

I am totally loving this salad recipe right now. It is really filling, full of flavour, and so easy to make. The addition of the spiced chickpeas on top gives it a big plant protein hit. Eat it on its own or serve this along-side some veggie patties, tempeh strips or if your not vegan/veggie - some eggs or seafood/meat.

With Summer here in Australia and all this beautiful juicy stone fruit around, I thought I would bake up a summer inspired cake and share it with you all. And vegan meringue - yes that’s right. No more wasting your chickpea water!! aka ‘aquafaba’. This ingredient is the secret to a meringue without egg whites! Enjoy this delicious fruity summer dessert recipe.

2019 here we are!! First up on my blog this year I want to share with you my Vegan Fried Egg recipe that I shared on my YouTube channel late last year. The response to this video was INSANE!! It’s now amassed over 260,000 views. Something I did not expect. It was featured in articles, news channels and instagram accounts. I realised I forgot to write down the recipe for my viewers so that they could easily access the recipe over and over again without having to rewatch the whole tutorial hence I am sharing here the written recipe. Not only is this recipe just a fun science experiment in the kitchen but also fun for vegans who do miss the classic ‘eggs on toast’ or the many children who suffer from egg allergies.

I wanted to create this dish that’s inspired by my last Christmas, wintery ingredients, pumpkin spice lattes, Christmas cake, Christmas light shows and ice skating. Since Christmas is a pretty overindulgent time of the year, I have kept this recipe super healthy, and also tried to prevent as much waste as possible by utilising ingredients that would otherwise be discarded. A great dish to cook and share with your family! I hope this dish brings you joy this Christmas. 

This 5 Minute Vegan Keto (‘VETO’) Overnight Bircher is another recipe that has been on repeat for a couple of months in our household. It is my absolute FAVOURITE healthy breakfast at the moment. Super quick, super healthy, super filling, and sooo yummy. I feel so satisfied after eating this, no bloating, no sugar rush and crash AND you can meal prep this for the whole family/household each night. I mean who’s to say you can’t meal prep it for the whole week!? 

These mouthwatering chocolate morsels have been getting made on repeat in our home lately! They’re super quick and easy to make, and I’ve been doing lots of experiments with sugar free recipes and these are my favourite one yet! I shared this recipe on my IG this week but figured its much easier to have the recipe right here on my blog! 

Are you are someone who is thinking about going plant-based but struggling with ideas of what to cook? Do you worry about missing out on some of your favourite comfort dishes? Or just love learning about new plant-based products? Well this blog post is for you! I’m going to delve into the world of Quorn.

In this blog post, I’ll be sharing 5 plant-based meal ideas for babies with you so that you can cook and enjoy them at home!

Plant-based eating - what’s all the rage? In today’s blog post, I have teamed up with fellow dietitian Millie to talk about the benefits of eating a plant-based diet.

Throughout this blog, we are going to explore omega 3 essential fatty acids and take a closer look into why they are particularly important for individuals following a plant-based diet. Let’s get into it!

You may have heard all the hype surrounding baby-led weaning (BLW) and be wondering what it actually is, and why so many parents are gravitating towards this method of feeding now! Essentially, BLW is a fancy term for finger foods, and allowing your baby to have the independence to self-feed - as the name suggests, your baby is leading the weaning process!

A guide to iron on a plant based diet. Iron and iron deficiency is an important topic since it is the number 1 nutritional deficiency world-wide. Effecting mostly women. In this blog I cover information on iron, its role in the body, how much we need, effects of deficiency, plant based sources, how to maximise your iron absorption, and supplementing.

Hey guys, as promised, here is Part 2 of my Vegan Keto Experiment blog series. I wanted to make this blog post much less formal and scientific and more so delve into my personal experiences and opinions.

I promised I would share a blog on my experience as well as my research on the diet. So here it is! I have decided to break this post into two posts as its getting quite lengthy and quite a lot of information to take on. In part 1 of the blog post I will discuss what the Keto Diet is, what you can eat on a keto diet, what you can eat on a vegan keto diet, as well as looking into some of the research on this diet. In the part 2 I will share a journal of my 3 week experience, along with a description of some of the foods I ate, some photos I took of my meals and a conclusion of my thoughts on the diet (more of an opinion peice).

Intermittent fasting is trending right now, and I get a lot of questions about it, hence I wanted to share this blog piece about it to help explain it. It is particularly popular in the keto and fitness space for a handful of reasons that i will go into further in the post.

I asked you guys what kinds of content you want to see more of and plant based nutrition was a really popular topic and one that I feel really passionate about sharing with you, because I know that knowledge is powerful. It will help you guys to understand why you are choosing this lifestyle! So this blog post is going to delve deep into information about Vitamin B12, because this little guy is important… in a BIG way!

Making a rainbow Buddha bowl is really easy, and so nutritious! I'm going to give you the steps so you can create them in any combination! We all need to eat more plants, but to do this we need to know how and why! 

Want to know why you should be eating more plant foods? I have comprised a blog giving you three important reasons why you should be eating more plants. 

While fats get a really bad wrap in the media, it is important to understand that there are various different types of fats, both good and bad. Our intake of the good kinds of fats is really important for our overall health and wellbeing. The good fats can even help you to absorb other nutrients and vitamins in your foods.

Never heard of hypnobirthing? Well, this is the perfect place to start. In today’s blog post, I have teamed up with hypnobirthing practitioner, Lillian, who guided us on our pregnancy journey.

Hello Beauties,

Here is the third and FINAL part of our wedding day blog. Of course my favourite part of it all, the wedding! In this blog I will go through all the details of our wedding event such as ceremony details, cocktail hour, dinner and dancing and a tonne of unseen images shot by our brilliant photographer, Lily Red

If you haven’t read part 1 & 2 make sure to check those out as well!

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment below and I will get back to you.

with love… The Watsons xx

So I have some exciting news to share with you all! my SECOND cookbook, titled The Global Vegan comes out today (Tuesday 27th of August 2019) here in Australia and I am SO excited to share this work with you all because there is so much goodness inside!

Hey beauties,

part 2 of my wedding blog series is now out. Inside this blog I go into detail (with links!!) about all of my bridal details such as dresses, robes, beauty, shoes, jewellery, stationary, and florals as well as our getting ready location, bridesmaid details and groom + groomsmen. PLUS it is filled with lots of unseen images from our wonderful photographer.

I hope you find this blog really helpful.

Love the Watsons x

It has now been 4 very short months since our wedding day! Last year was the best year of our lives, the planning and preparation, to our wedding day and honeymoon. They say it’s the best day of your life and it sure is that.

I wanted to break all the details of our wedding day into two chunks. Part One I will discuss all of the details of my beauty preparation: skincare routine, beauty, hair, health, diet, and fitness. In Part Two I will share all of the details of our day, links to all of our wonderful vendors, a tonne of unseen images and tips for future brides! Part Three will be a honeymoon blog sharing with you guys a detailed travel blog on our honeymoon in Mexico. 

For the past few months Alex and myself have been working on a new little project. I am so excited to finally share it with you all! I have dreamt about creating my own brand for soo long now, and finally decided to dive right into doing it! I wanted to share this post to give you all a bit more insight into our new brand. 

I wanted to share a blog post about my editing style! This is probably the question I get asked the most on Instagram [what filter do you use!?] so, I figured its easiest to share all my secrets and tips via my blog! I know when I was starting out, this was the kind of stuff I really wanted to know about and struggled to find useful information on the internet. I have also just released a pack of Lightroom PRESETS, which will help you to edit your photos like me! 

I am soo incredibly overwhelmed and lost for words writing this blog post. I have just seen my cookbook, published and printed in my hands for the very first time! Yep, if you didn't know it, I have just published my first ever book! This is literally been my dream since I first started my blog years ago, a published author. Wow. What a surreal feeling... 

Well, this week was one of many firsts for me. Ever wanted to travel to beautiful locations, take photos, and check out the local food scene, for work? 

Well the past week, I've been adventuring around North Queensland (Cairns>Townsville>Magnetic Island) with my twin sister, Lauren (@gypsea_lust), and her partner, Khy (@khyorchard) for Tourism Queensland and Tourism Townsville, to get a feel for living a gypsy life! 

Yep, I was sent along to capture some of the eats that North Queensland has to offer, as well as the beauty and nature in the region. 

Hey guys! I wanted to share with you some of my favourite places to eat in Bali, Indonesia! As you may have been able to tell from my Instagram feed this year, I have been living in Bali! I have found SO many amazing places to eat here. Probably the best in the world so far! An abundance of plant based and healthy options. Check out my top picks after living here sporadically over 8 months. 

The Philippines, a place of wild magic, beautiful people, untouched islands and the best water in the world. Let me take you to my tropical adventure through three islands of the Philippines. 

Stuck for Sunday brunch spots? Planning a visit to the sunny Gold Coast? Well I've lived on the Gold Coast for 4 years now, so thought I would share with you my fav 5 eats (especially for vegans/vegetarians) with a photo diary at each place. 

A photo diary of my short but sweet time adventuring around the Greek Island of Zakynthos. A must visit when heading to Greece. 

This is a special dish from my recent travels to the Cinque Terre villages in Italy. Using Trofie pasta that I brought home with me, and a homemade pesto based off traditional Italian recipes. This is a traditional linguarian dish that is incredibly delicious 

Santorini in the European Summer, is something everyone simply must experience! My guide to Santorini from my recent trip. My fav Greek dishes, restaurants, things to do, fashion, and plenty of travel photo inspiration 

Well, this week was one of many firsts for me. Ever wanted to travel to beautiful locations, take photos, and check out the local food scene, for work? 

Well the past week, I've been adventuring around North Queensland (Cairns>Townsville>Magnetic Island) with my twin sister, Lauren (@gypsea_lust), and her partner, Khy (@khyorchard) for Tourism Queensland and Tourism Townsville, to get a feel for living a gypsy life! 

Yep, I was sent along to capture some of the eats that North Queensland has to offer, as well as the beauty and nature in the region.