Couple 32, starts Plant Based Meal Delivery After Covid-19 Disrupts Campervan Travel Plan
A young Singaporean who had her globe-trotting travel plan cut short after the pandemic begin and returned home to start an organic farm to table vegan home kitchen. In 2019, Jacinda and her husband, Martin has quit their job to set off in a camper van journey to travel from Singapore to Europe. However, the trip came to abrupt halt due to the pandemic and the couple returned home to start their home based business called “The Breakfast Club” which offers plant based meal delivery services.
As the couple has visited many vegan establishment like cafés and restaurants that used wholesome natural ingredients, and the food they tasted on their travels has no MSG, no refined sugar and also no mock meat. The home-based business is primarily run by Jacinda after she has improved her health by changing the way she eats as she was so used to hawker centre diet which somehow in her former life, as a freelance host and actress where she experiences several issues such as acne, eczema, urinary tract infection, hives, balding spots in her hair and more.
But her condition visibly improved after she stops eating out and went on a five-day raw vegan diet which included swapping out the refined sugar, carbohydrates and processed food at home for natural and whole foods. Her families and friend then notice the change in her and got curious about her new diet and then she also started making breakfast for some of her interested colleagues at work which eventually led to the start of The Breakfast Club. Her father, who has an allotment garden plot under the National Parks Board scheme, also often supplies her with vegetables, such as cucumber and spinach. And her breakfast club offers dish such as vegan sushi, dumplings and more.
Jacinda also mention that it is not expensive at all to eat on healthy budget and you can follow these tips such as:
- Prepare your own meals at home. Eating out should be kept to a minimal of once a week or even once a month to help save money.
- Eating less, or like people from Okinawa say, 80 per cent full.
- Use whole foods, like vegetables, fruits, beans and unrefined carbohydrates. Cutting out processed foods helps to save money.
- If you are buying organic, choose local or regional produce, as imported veggies cost more due to shipping costs.
