Ital Kitchen

"Ital food is derived from the term "vital food" (self-determination of the black race resulted in the Rastafarians' usage of the word 'I" to replace the first letter of many words). Ital food means it is natural, pure and clean food. For a Rastafarian it means no salt, no chemicals, no flesh, no blood, no whites (called whiteblood), no alcohol, no cigarettes and no drugs (herbs are not considered drugs). ... Rastafarians see their food as a way to be one with nature and also as medicine for the body, as it builds your "strucha" (Patois for the word structure)." Read more: http://www.jamaicans.com/culture/rasta/ital_food.shtml#ixzz2Nc8HeelC My cooking is not ital in the strictest sense (I cook with sea salt) but you won't find any meat, fish, eggs or dairy in my recipes and I try to go light on the gluten. I believe that cooking and eating are expressions of our oneness with nature. And YES, food is medicine. For more on me check out my primary blog jiujitsuladies.tumblr.com.

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Gizzadas and donuts (well, giant donut holes, actually 😁). All vegan, all delicious! 🤤

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Working on some new goodies! ☺️

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Crash course in mac and cheese vegan style today. First attempt was pretty tasty. 👍🏿👍🏿

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Nothing classier than a bucket o' baked goodies! 😆

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I clearly have too much time and too many vegan chocolate chip cookies on my hands…but my staff is going to appreciate these. ☺️

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Stuffed zucchini boats (Italian style)

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Scratch made vegan pizza, crust and all. 😋

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Our first dollars collected at LIC Flea!! Thanks to everyone who braved the balmy weather, sampled our product, gave feedback and supported our Grand Opening!

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It's official! I'm taking my side hustle to LIC Flea & Food Market. 🤗 If you're in the NYC area, come and get some! Show the e-coupon above for discounts. For more info, follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (@iandiartisans).

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The sweet treats are pretty close to perfected.

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Made my own curry powder, then I made these babies. Curried vegetable on the left. Tomato and basil cashew cheese on the right. I have a few ideas for v 2.0 of the patties. After that, I'll be dusting off an old recipe for festival. 👍🏿👍🏿

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Throwin' down some vegan pizza at Screamer's Pizzeria in Brooklyn, NY. 😋 (That's me...licking my lips.) There's no pizza like NY pizza!

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"Brownie-cakes"! Today's experiments: chocolate chip hazelnut and chocolate chip macadamia.

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I'm thinking hazelnuts might work well with these. Thoughts?

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Fine tuning the chocolate chip cookie hustle.

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Lunch at M.O.B. in Brooklyn: kale salad and a pizza "MOB" with cashew cheese, spinach, tomatoes and shiitake mushrooms.

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These cookies received the official non-vegan co-workers' seal of approval today. If you haven't toyed around with aquafaba yet, you're missing out!