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  • Megan Young - Vegetarian, Home Cook, Photographer

    Megan is an Australian professional photographer who lives in Sydney.

    "I have been cooking since I can remember and a vegetarian almost as long. I was working in my aunt and cousin's restaurant by the age of 12 and spent many a summer holiday from school elbow deep in veg prep in kitchens around Hobart.

    Growing up in beautiful Tasmania, Australia, surrounded by nature, I couldn’t help but have a well-developed appreciation for fresh, wholesome and local produce. Over the years this love of fresh produce has awakened my interest in nutrition. I am currently studying nutrition and never cease to be amazed by the power of food."

    Loves: My crazy husband James, laughing till my face hurts, the feeling of warm sunshine on my back, cheesy pop country music, great Thai take away, trawling the aisles in health food stores.

    Wishes: There were more hours in the day, I had my own veggie garden, there were more good, healthy, vegetarian and vegan choices in restaurants.

Share the love with Jardin Recipe Cards by Margaret Vandenberg

I get many comments about the vegetable illustration on the Veggies & Me blog. The artwork is by my very specialView full post »

Raw Chocolate for Breakfast

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Salad with Vegan Pesto

Spring is here so I have embarked on Dr. Fuhrman’s Eat to Live, 6 week program, to reboot my health after theView full post »

Say Goodbye to Winter Veggies (for another year)

Tomorrow is officially the last day of Winter but Spring has been in the air, here in Sydney, for the last couple ofView full post »

Tasty Ten Winter: Home Made Baked Beans

Baked beans in a can can be so sugary and salty so I always make them myself. They take no time at all and you can cookView full post »

Tasty Ten Winter: Figure Loving Pizza

It was my birthday last week and over the weekend my friends and I celebrated in style with a pizza party at my favoriteView full post »

Pumpkin Soup with a Kick

Pumpkin soup is always delicious but I like to give mine a little kick. Last week I won a soup maker and have reallyView full post »

My Plant Powered City2Surf

Today I ran the City2Surf in the V Star Plant Powered team. What an inspiring sight to see 80,000+ people out and aboutView full post »

A Special Passion For Superfoods

Recently I met Lynette de la Vega from Passion Projects at the Health and Fitness Expo in Sydney. Lynette and AlejandroView full post »

Healthy Japanese Soy Cooking School

Meet Yoshiko Takeuchi, the big smile behind Healthy Soy Cooking School. This weekend I had the pleasure of being one ofView full post »

Red Root Soup

I am in a soup making frenzy at the moment as a result of beautiful organic root veggies arriving in my box delivery. IView full post »

Veg & The City – Eating Out in Sydney

Hello Veggies & Me Readers! Megan has kindly offered me the opportunity to write a guest post for you today! GivenView full post »

Michael Pollan – Sydney Opera House

Last night I had the privilege to be a member of the sold out house at the Sydney Opera House to see Michael Pollan inView full post »

Giggles and Mexican Salsa From a Vegetarian Gourmet

For this California Girl vegetarian cooking is a way of creating flavours that dance on your taste buds. Through herView full post »

How to Make Oat Milk

I choose not to drink cow’s milk because it doesn’t really agree with my system and I am not in a positionView full post »

Keep Your Glass Full During Dry July

You have probably heard a bit about Dry July around town. Basically, Dry July, is a non-profit organisation dedicated toView full post »

Tasty Ten Winter: Succulent Roast Vegetable Salad with Cheese

This dish is another great versatile addition to the Tasty Ten recipe collection. I prepared this salad as dish to beView full post »

Growing up Vegan- Meet the Dawes-Chuter family

Imagine kids that never got sick… had never had tonsillitis or an ear infection, were fit, healthy, loved theirView full post »

The I Quit Sugar Competition

Thanks to Sarah Wilson I have three copies of her ebook the I Quit Sugar Cookbook to give away. To be in the runningView full post »

The Bondi To Coogee Walk

This morning I made the trip over to the eastern suburbs of Sydney to blow away the cobwebs along The Bondi To CoogeeView full post »

Tasty Ten Winter: Body Nourishing Bean/Lentil and Vegetable Soup

Yes, it is still raining outside… A perfect opportunity for another bowl of body nourishing soup. Let me introduceView full post »

Sarah Wilson – I Quit Sugar Cookbook

You may have managed to catch the “Sweet Poison” segment on 60 Minutes this week featuring journalist, TVView full post »

Tasty Ten Winter: Colourful Stir-Fry

Colourful Stir-Fry is the second of my simple everyday vegetarian recipes from the Tasty Ten series. This week my friendView full post »

Tasty Ten Winter: Flavour Explosion Vegetable and Tempeh Curry

The Healthy Weekday Menu Guide The guide is made up of ten tasty recipes that can be made from a list of 26 basicView full post »