Why BusyHealthyArab?

So, I spent the last 8+ years of my life working towards becoming a pharmacist and I finally managed to graduate pharmacy school (yay!). The reality of spending most of your time between books and in university for many hours a day means that your persistence to eat healthy and choose your wellbeing will always be challenged. In the first 1-2 years of university, my health declined and became the worst it had ever been. That's where plant-based eating came into the picture. Plant-based eating made me feel lighter, spiritually, mentally and physically. This way of eating made me learn how to cook and encouraged me to experiment with cooking different vegetables and legumes. The plant-based community doesn't have a lot of individuals sharing vegan recipes that resemble the middle-eastern flavour that many of us love and grew up enjoying.

So thats my story, busy because I eat out of lunchboxes 9-months a year, Healthy because I also try to eat in a way thats sustains both my physical health and mental health and lastly I am Arab, thats why I choose to create vegan food that represents me.