Pacific Vegan, by Suva-based nutritionist Vittoria Pasca, is a plant-based cookbook focusing on seven Pacific plants:
🌱 taro
🍠 sweet potato
🍈 breadfruit
🌿 watercress
🥔 cassava
🥥 coconut
🍍 pineapple
Pacific Vegan describes their nutritional benefits and explains how to prepare them in ways that are healthier and better preserve their nutrients.
The cookbook contains over 40 healthy and creative fusion recipes made from local ingredients from the Pacific.
They are largely low-fat, low-sugar and completely free from cholesterol.
Vittoria has been teaching healthy cooking classes with Fijian plants since 2017 and decided to write her own cookbook in order to share her knowledge with a broader audience.
Pacific Vegan is proudly 100% plant-based so that Pacific fruits and vegetables can get the spotlight they deserve.
Whre can you get the book?
In Fiji, you can get the book from the following outlets.
INTERNATIONAL shipping available, get in touch!