Ames Starr

This is one of my favourite things to meal prep at the start of the week for a quick and nutritious breakfast or snack (or even dessert!) While chia can seem expensive, a little goes a long way and it can work out to as little as 25 cents per serve! There are not many other foods that can compete with that for the nutritional punch it packs as it’s a great source of fibre, protein and omega-3s.

Select organic fruits if they are available as all three of these fruits retain high levels of pesticides when grown conventionally. If there is no time or inclination to make the pastry, a premade store-bought pastry will work fine.

This bowl can be whipped up in a few minutes if a pot of rice is already pre-prepared and a jar of the satay sauce is ready to go. It can be enjoyed warmed or cold, just like Indonesia’s traditional gado-gado. A perfect end-of-summer dish with minimal effort for maximum flavour.

Sayur lodeh translates in Indonesian to vegetables in coconut milk and is a traditional Javanese dish. Use the vegetables listed as a guide but you can use whatever you like. We use coconut aminos in place of the traditional shrimp paste to keep it plant-based

For a plant-based take on fish, we use banana blossom! Feed these to your plant-sceptical friends — they won’t know the difference and you can blow their minds after they’ve eaten and loved them.