Cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, are widely promoted as important part of a healthy diet and have been associated with reduced risk of heart disease and stroke, and are being studied for their potential role in cancer prevention.

Women belong in the kitchen, right? So on this International Women's Day I'm sharing a simple, healthy and plant-based recipe with you from India.

Here’s an easy, quick and healthy recipe for you! You can make this broth in less than 30 minutes, refrigerate it and have it on hand during your busy week. Combine it with vegetable leftovers, with rice, quinoa or chickpeas and enjoy a tasty, plant based, oil free soup packed with healthy ingredients.

Compared to a white potato, a taro root has three times the amount of fiber, and is also a rich source of potassium, iron, vitamin C, and vitamin A. Many reasons to try this tasty Rajasthani curry!

Rajasthani parathas (a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent) are made with a blend of chickpea and wheat flour, and this version is spiced with curcuma, fenugreek and ajvan seeds.

On Zanzibar, an insular autonomous region of Tanzania, I met Zainabu, originally from Mozambique and now frying doughnuts in a road stall.

She fried many a day and taught me how to make them.

This is how the love women from a Moldovan village cooked Borscht, a beautifully coloured beetroot soup. Normally topped with cream and /or a boiled egg, a plant based version is easily adjusted.

It’s not threateningly cold on my French mountain as yet, but I have prepared myself. Not least because I have more talent for preparing Christmas dinners for birds than for people.⠀

This dense, mildly sweet, hearty rye bread is traditionally prepared over the course of 12 or more hours by placing the dough into covered pots and sinking these into geothermal springs. It’s sliced thin and served with smoked, cured, or pickled foods