Well, we have GD Johnson joining us this morning. Thank you so much. It's still the breakfast on plus TV, Africa Time for us to look through the pages of national dailies. We call it off the press GD, thank you for joining us Same here Travelers resident Stranded as flawed grounds Locosure That's boldly written and not cut off from the South Economic activities told all marketers blame fuel scarcity on situation FRC advices commuters to take alternative routes Suleja, Bida, Mokwa Road for Southwest Nassarua Utupo access for Southeast travelers You know, it's more like an alternative suggestion is Is a serious one? We understand that the issue of floating is a national crisis But this is very critical because of the connection and the link, you know between a certain region of the country That's the not nothing part of the country and the saddened part of the country So you have the nothing part on the saddened part it calls for, you know, a serious concern because it might just be a divider All right, if people cannot move freely and connect from one path to another then that's a big problem Well, that's it on the leadership But just before we move away we'll fight for full return of five billion dollars a batch of loot That's what the president of the federal public of Nigeria president Muhammad the boharis quoted to say and Again, you find man condemns attack Kogi threatens to recover cement company After 12 days in London Tsunubu returns to Nigeria. That's also another one you find and 2023 campaign finance Ionic invokes 50,000 our donation limits, so I mean the limits that should be given to any party 50,000 era But that's it this morning on the leadership. We move away quickly and we have the nation newspaper in front Buhari to military replicate north east Fate a nation-wide and president visits rescued train passengers Train service and a Buja Kaduna route returned soon I'm happy to be back says the flag bearer of the all-progressive Congress Bola Tsunubu line Muhammad PDP clash over corruption claim 2023 budget reps okay's 8.43 trillion era a new borrowing plan and just before move away from the nation you have Ethiopia suspends visa on arrival policy Reavers assembly deletes an ex-governor finder who we're talking about India accuses Jaga of bias in federal government and ask who face off Quite interesting issues right there on the nation. We have the punch PDP crisis our grieved governor's report at equal to BOT list peace conditions ex vice president On post primary promise to we K London deal, that's what the sources quoted to say we came most against articles ally and deletes an ex-governor Article will shock Nigerians win with seven million votes margin. Are you the chairman of the parties? Making the boost of course It's just natural that that should happen federal government reviews the rail security and Buhari meets freed hostages Court rules on asses appeal out of court settlements failed budgets reps justify eight point four trillionaire boring six point three trillionaire debt servicing That's a in 2023 82-year-old French writer wins a Nobel Prize in literature and CBN those bosses over 2 trillionaire to 426 industries and Kogi claims The plant ownership as dangote man kicks Again you find excitement as Bollard to noble returns from the United Kingdom and prepares for campaign Ogun tanker Chased by miscrank explodes free kill 12 vehicles burnt Abuja patrol scarcity possesses federal government blames the Kogi flawed So there's a lot that's going on Well, really saddening and we turn attention to the Nigerian Tribune quickly before We call it a wrap here and have G.D. Johnson share his thoughts on the Nigerian Tribune twist and turns in week is Revers assembly De-recognizes an ex-governor others him to refund 696.5 million within seven days government to a sent document today and Government withdraws criminal charge against Amici and Cole others Why I want to be a laughing at 84 Find out who's stalking the bison at Bishop if you say 14 days after leaving for the United Kingdom Bollard to noble returns to Niger 11 banks shut least that to disbose 350 million dollars Again 2023 budget estimate reps approves 19 point seven six trillionaire total expenditure 8.437 trillion new borrowings and reduce 11.3 trillion fiscal deficit to 10.6 trillionaire approves 1.7 trillionaire fuel subsidy against Senate's 3.6 trillionaire. I mean, there's a lot right here Nigeria has received over 2000 military fighting equipment in seven years That's what Buhari is quoted to say a batch of siphoned five billion dollars to west He says and your youth's protests in Ibadan over EFCC arrest is something that Made the rounds yesterday federal government as a consultation for out-of-court settlement Fails and courts rule on ASUS application today Especially when they are confronting the new faction or new union that has been created To die to our vehicles bond as tanker crashes, you know gun state the headlines are you know a bit to the side and to the other side Not totally You know happy headlines or stories if you like to say but a bit of everything But we have GD Johnson join us straight up to him GD. Thank you so much for being part of the show so let's start off with the issue of the flooding in Kogi state I mean it's a lot that's going on from the pictures of The videos the reports and the feel as they were getting what are your thoughts really? Do you think that this is a man-made situation or it's a natural disaster? Oh You know, because they're going to come to a stage where they were Nigerian, they were Benyans. So you expect to be as you see fit towards addressing this. But what do we do? We want to see the government dancing on social media and being other than taking government. So as far as I'm concerned, God has really been kind towards Nigeria, particularly in Africa. Just imagine if you experience what's called an experience of this type of stuff, this type of thing. In America, experience is the case here. You don't even want to see them. I'm not to say a lot of people will survive because you don't have to. You don't go out to respond to imaginary things. I would just go out to respond to this type of stuff that are going to be better for the past year than the next year, especially Nigeria. Let's get to the elections away from that because it would be a crux of our conversation as we proceed on the leadership newspaper, the 2023 campaign, talking about donations, financial contribution of funding for party. The INEC has invoked 50,000-hour donation as a limit. What are your thoughts on it? 50,000-hour as a limit for donation. Do you think that that's enough? Well, I mean, it's good, it's good, it's good. So can you hear us, please? Unfortunately, we have, again, been disconnected. Some disconnection with GD. We're hoping that we're able to have a connection with him and we continue with our thoughts. GD, just can you hear us? I can hear you. All right, so go ahead with your thoughts. INEC, I see that it invokes, I think there's a provision in the electorate with respect to the minimum and maximum donation that can be made by an individual for a campaign. But I think INEC needs to collaborate with the banks. INEC needs to collaborate. This is where ESU should be much more effective other than focusing more on parading the Nigerian youth that are engaged forward and abroad. I'm not saying they should take their eyes off the board with that, they should do that. But what our attention should be to, people to be taking our national resources. And this is where there should be an interagency collaboration with CBN, with the commercial banks, ESCC, and INEC. We should work together in ensuring that there's compliance with these provisions of the law that limit the certain amount of money that an individual could contribute to add donations to a political party. And also INEC should also ensure that they're looking to the books. I think that part of what should form the business of the election I can be is that the auditing of political parties' accounts. You recall last week, two weeks ago, we were talking about money that some members of the National Working Committee of PTQ wanted to return because it was approved for them by the national chairman. So nobody looks into the accounts of the political party and not properly audited. If you don't properly audit the accounts, how would you be able to ensure that they comply with the provisions of the law with respect to campaign finance regulation? So there should be an interagency. It's important that we don't allow money to influence our election. And we must take steps so that money parks don't like that. But how do you ensure that? We're doing the primary, so that we have a shared electric and center. So I think it should start from the primary step. It should also start from the nomination itself, where she's somewhat being 25 million, 100 million to become a governor or a president. These are areas in which I need to put, if you don't have money, you can't take nomination to run for any party. So it should not be limited to the main election alone. It should start even from the process of picking the candidate so that we can sanitize the process and we can allow people that have integrated but that do not have to resource it, do not have money back supporting them to win an election. And that's the goal and that's the purpose. All right, then, but how do you think that INEC will be able to monitor this and ensure compliance? I mean, so if you say that there's a limitation to how much that can be donated, I don't know if that's for an individual or, you know, for a group, right? But what's the... I'm sure that was before an individual. How can INEC do that is for INEC to do its oversight function. INEC has oversight function in looking into the books of the political party. And INEC cannot do this alone. INEC must work with other agencies of government. You have other agencies of government that INEC needs to collaborate. That's why you have to interact with different agencies. For example, INEC can work with NBC, INEC, which concludes the broadcast media, can work with Rupal, which concludes the print media, and then work with ESCC, ICPC, Central Bank to ensure that the books, the sources of funding for this political party are investigated. There's no way, if you have these interagency dependence and interagency collaboration, that the political party will go scoffing, spending money beyond what is approved or what is allowed by the electoral laws in Nigeria. And that is the best way to do it. INEC on itself cannot do it. INEC will need to work, but the challenge we have in Nigeria is that we don't have interagency collaboration and cooperation. You see, it is during the day of the election that you see ESCC agents parading left, right, and center looking for good buying. Now, you arrest people that are actually giving the money and collecting the money on the field. Who are those that are responsible for bringing out the money in the first place? We are at the sources of this fund. We are at those behind it. You will not see each job, parading one or two or three or four people after that election. Not a single one, but you will release it. All right, so let's look at the PDP issue and you know the crisis in the party now and the punch says that aggrieved governors have reported at equal to the BOT and they have a list of peace conditions now for a party that is a major opposition party in the country. Do you think that they should have been able to get over, you know, gotten over the stage of all of the confusion that's going on in the party? The challenge of PDP, which is also the duty of PDP, we'll check from the section, is about no single individual or groups of individual have absolute control over the party. If you check the history, it's an advantage and at the same time, it's an advantage. It's a party that has all come out and all done. So that's always, you have always seen this type of, you recall even when president of the administration in 2003, when he was running for election, allegedly it was, was allegedly reported that some of the governors were not going to, were not going with him, some of the governors were going with his deputy that is being pressed, they're not to talk of, the party not having to press them now. I'm sure some of these issues will be resolved and if the issues are not resolved, the party will have itself to be blamed and it comes to, because there's no place that can fly with one of it doing. However, as you're having that on one hand, you see the national chairman of the party saying, boldly, that they are going to win with seven million plus votes for the election. I don't know where he's getting the figures from, whether he has already written the result of the election and on the sheet of paper that he wants to declare for himself or whether it's been in a different way from our athletes, both the first vote has not been passed and then they're coming up with the idea that with the figure that you imagine which you used to win. The national chairman should be talking about how to resolve the crisis within his party which are taking a new twist and turn. In reverse, you see that the former governor of reverse state, who happens to be an ally of Antiqua Bakal in the least as former governor of reverse state by the state of assembly and as reported, it's going to sign the instrument confirming that to be. And then you also have a station that is also reported that the additives against Amici coal and the rest of them have been withdrawn by the reverse state government.  And enjoy the trauma. We have not been, last week we were talking about the proposal letter from the national chairman of the APC and some members of national housing committees to their presidential candidate which was very mentally denied. But some of the issues that were raised exist in the public domain. So just be ready to enjoy the political trauma. In the political trauma, just catch our course. Well, and just before we call it a wrap-up of the process this morning, let's take a quick look at the budget. I mean, it's expected that there will be a presentation of that budget today being Friday, the 7th of October, 2022. Well, however, the reps have approved 19.76 trillion error as total expenditure and 8.437 trillion error new borrowings. You know, you also have more like reduction from 11.3 trillion error fiscal deficit to 10.3 trillion error. Some people say that that's a good thing. And approval of 1.7 trillion error fuel subsidy against the Senate's 3.6 trillion error. G.D. Johnson, quickly share your thoughts on this one. As far as I'm concerned, it's not just about the budget presentation. It's about the monitoring and tracking. What was the performance of the budget for 2022? I know we are talking about the budget performance in 2023. We're going to have a situation of tracking and monitoring funds that are appropriated for financial year. We also, we always see these figures and government will come and ban these figures to what extent, to what percentage? How many percentage is it? 60% did we do exactly this 2022 budget to 60% or 70% or 80% compliance with what was stated in the deal that was passed by the National Assembly and sent it to by the president. As far as I'm concerned, does he reflect on the cost of living and the standard of living of an average nature? If not about those reduction, it's not about those figures. The budget should be able to reflect on the cost of living and the standard of living on average nature. That's why we begin to talk about budget. And I think moving forward, when the government comes into power, the media should focus more on budget tracking, budget monitoring to ensure that they are compliant with the population. The cost, it is part and our sentence is an act of the parliament. So if you don't comply with the act of the parliament, it's unimpeachable of it. It's unimpeachable of it. So we must ensure that the instrumentality of the states has used to ensure compliance with whatever provisions you have made in the appropriation bill that is approved as an assented to by the president after the passing by the National Assembly. That's what I'm interested in. What we have been seeing is just figures, figures, figures, figures that does not have any effect on the lifestyle over the next 19 years. Well, Jide Josse, thank you so much. We appreciate your thoughts this morning on the front pages of our National Dailies. We look forward to sharing more with you on Friday. That's nice to be... Well, thank you once again for joining us this morning on the show. We take a break, but just before that, break, let's quickly tell you what happened today in history, been the seventh day in October. Stay with us.


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in at this point in history when we are watching and reading our politicians talk about Increased gun control more bands 10-day waiting periods adding taxes on this and that there are other events taking place That get no coverage just four days ago in Akron, Ohio a place that is very near and dear to me I have family in Akron my dad was born and raised in Akron, Ohio I went to Kent State, which is about 20 minutes from Akron I know the place very well, and I love Akron But there was a home invasion that took place and the owner of that home was 73 year old Daniel McGowan now prior to the break-in on August 27th About a week prior to that He had another break in where his house was robbed when he was gone He came home the house was ransacked guns were stolen laptops were stolen all this stuff was taken from his house They used a shovel that he owned to pry open the door and steal all this Valuable stuff from his house. So here we flash forward to August 27th He is is trying to increase the integrity of the door Although it was not in great shape and at 5 a.m. In the morning He hears pounding on the door the doorbell ringing and he is sleeping with a sig 9 millimeter right next to him So as he states he walks downstairs and waits in there There's a 51 year old man Right in the midst of his living room at his house And he's got this 9 millimeter pointed at him and he said hey if you don't move I won't shoot at this point. I Find this comical because these people don't shoot don't shoot. Meanwhile, they entered your house full knowing Full well knowing the consequences playing for his life Don't you don't shoot and he has the guy get on the ground the guys 100% cooperating scared to get shot had no problem entering this guy's house but he was scared to get shot and He follows all of McGowan's instructions. Well that McGowan realizes that he left his cell phone Upstairs, so he tells the guy you're going up there with me and you're going first They're going up the stairs of the guy's going call the police, but don't shoot me That goes to show you that The criminal they are more fearful of an armed citizen that law enforcement by far studies have shown this time and time again They surveyed prisoners and they have said That their greatest fear was an armed citizen because they'll just shoot them And they don't have to live by any ethical protocol that the law enforcement officers have to so they call the police They arrest this guy 51 year old guy. He was a loner and McGowan lived why did he live? Why didn't his house get Ranched act again. Why weren't all the he said that the first time there were TVs that were left behind It's clear this guy came back to get more stuff or he was tipped off that there was more stuff there Whatever the case it was the gun that made a difference 51 year old guy versus a 73 year old guy. Come on. What are the chances? But the great equalizer that sig 9 millimeter made all the difference in the world McGowan lives He keeps his stuff and that guy's going in his rightful place and that is in jail But he lives But in other other cases somebody would shoot him in he wouldn't live that guy's lucky McGowan was a gentleman If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


Welcome to Lillian's Vegan World. I'm your host for today, Dave Molinaro. Lucky husband of our interview today, the candidate for the show and the normal host, Lillian Vegan. Lillian, welcome to the show. Thanks Dave. Thanks for taking out the time to do this Aloha. Quite welcome, it's a pleasure. Lill, we're here to talk to you today and see a bunch of photos about your upcoming book, which is out the 30th of October, Hawaii, a vegan's paradise, and I know that has been a labor of love. It's a beautiful book and I want to give you the opportunity to show and talk about it. So Lill, I'll turn it over to you. I know we've got a lot of photos to go through, but again, congrats and let's talk. Thank you. Yeah, it really is so exciting for me. I mean, it's my first ever cookbook and that it happens to be featuring and showcasing food in Hawaii is just, you know, so, so much fun and so exciting for me. It's titled Hawaii, a vegan paradise, and that is exactly what I think of Hawaii when I think about Hawaii because we're so blessed to have, you know, fresh fruit and vegetables in season all year long. I mean, this is truly the place if you're going to be vegan, you know, do it here in Hawaii. And I do have my first advanced copy, the very, very first copy that I've actually had got in my hands that I unboxed just over a week ago. So that was a very awesome moment and it's a stunning book. It's a hardcover with over 120 plant-based recipes and you probably tried every single one of them in the book. Oh, I did and everything was fantastic and I want to add to it. It is a beautiful book and I'm very proud of what you've created. Lill, you talked a little bit about how special Hawaii is. What was your inspiration to create a vegan Hawaiian cookbook? That's a good question. And in all honesty, the opportunity came to me from a publishing company here. It was inevitable, I think, in my career that someday I would write a book, but I did not think that I'd be writing a book showcasing Hawaiian food. So it was a challenge. I'm not an expert in Hawaiian food, but the lucky thing is that I happen to be half Fijian. So my mother cooks for us all the time when I was growing up in Australia and I am very familiar with Polynesian food. Basically, the Fijian food is very similar to Hawaiian food. But Hawaii, a vegan paradise, my new cookbook is not only about traditional Hawaiian food. It's about food that's found in Hawaii that is popular. Things like the Asai bowl, the Buddha bowl, the loco moco, stuff like that.  So I hope that this cookbook does remind everyone of their time's travels or the people that live here will just be blown away by how I've managed to veganize all of these Hawaiian favorites. So I'm really looking forward to the reaction that people have when they finally see it. And I did actually prep some photos for the viewers, Dave, so we can show some of the dishes that are in the book. So let's take a look at this. Yeah, please do. Thank you. This is the Hawaii Simon soup. This is a soup that I actually was not familiar with until I moved to Hawaii. And I see that it's everywhere. It's in restaurants all over Hawaii, a very simple broth. I have actually made the broth from kombu dashi, otherwise known as kelp granules. So it's a type of seaweed. And I do use kombu dashi throughout the book. I think this is something, one of my tips and one of my tricks when it comes to cooking vegan food is starting with the really awesome stock or broth, which will bring a lot of depth and savory flavors and umami to the dishes. So a very, very relevant dish in the book and one that is used throughout the book in various dishes. Umami is quite correct. It is delicious. And I love that soup. And I just saw another polo pop up. What was that? This is called the humble apple pie. Now, this is one of those dishes. It's not Hawaiian, but you know, apple pie is something that is found really pretty much in every cafe, you know, on many menus, dessert menus, and definitely an American favorite. So I had to, I had to add an apple pie recipe and also one of my favorites. So that's, that's a recipe that's easy to make as well. Yeah, I'd like to apologize to you on air about eating more than one sample of that pie. It was delicious and I really enjoyed it. So that's, that's the thing about vegan food, Dave. If you go in there with an open mind and you're, you know, you're open to trying something new, even forget the word vegan, because I think this word can tend to scare people away. And where I'm going with this book is I am trying to, to make, you know, plant-based food and, and dishes approachable, easy to, easy to get to, easy to make attainable, fun, delicious, tasty, all those things. And I think in my book, Hawaii Vegan Paradise, as you go through the rest recipes, you'll see that they all actually are very doable. You've seen me spend months, close to a year writing this book and testing out the recipes and, and you know all too well that some of the recipes can, and a lot of them are actually able to be made in under 30 minutes. They are some amazing dishes and yes, the simplicity but yet the complex taste that comes out of your, your creations is, is really remarkable. And let's, let's pop into another pick. I know our audience really wants to see some more of your delectable delights. Now here's one. This is the chili, chili and garlic edamame. Dave, I lived in Japan for 30 years and I had never, ever seen edamame in a restaurant with any, any type of dressing on it at all. So this dish to me screams Hawaii. I've never seen it outside of Hawaii. And again, it's not like what you would consider a Hawaiian dish, but definitely garlic edamame is, it is a Hawaiian thing. And it's a really good thing. So this has actually become one of my favorite poo-poo's or something I love to enjoy, you know, with cocktails and drinks and stuff. Cocktails and poo-poo's and edamame is a perennial favorite here in Hawaii for sure. And again, those are absolutely hit the spot after a long day of work. Definitely. Good cocktail. Yeah.  And although the recipe in my book is vegan, often the edamame with dressing on it that you find in restaurants is not vegan. So you do have to check. This is one of the things that I talk about in the book. And that is that always be sure that you know what you're putting in your mouth, whether it is, whether you're in a restaurant or you're shopping for food, learn to read labels, ask questions. Edamame found with dressing in restaurants often will contain some sort of fish stock or it could be animal stock, consomme or something like that. So or fish oil, yeah, is often found in it as well. So you have to be careful. And I do guide you through that. I talk always about how the book is not only a recipe book, it's in fact an excellent guide for anyone who's looking to eat more plant-based, who wants to learn more about veganism. It takes you through all the steps on how to equip your pantry, your kitchen, you know, the tools, essential tools to be able to cook all these dishes. And actually I'm not using any fancy gadgets at all. I use the stove and the oven. That's it. I don't use any, you know, anything fancy. So all of these recipes are doable. And again, there's so much guidance throughout this book that I hope it becomes very useful for anyone, whether you're a kitchen newbie, a novice chef, a five-star chef.  I'm going to probably ask you the toughest question of the show is, do you have a favorite recipe in that book? I actually want to hear your answer to that. I'm a bit, I have too many favorites in there, but I will say that definitely the loco moco, I think is a wonderful dish. It's on, it is on the cover of my book. And there it is there. It starts with the, you know, gorgeous creamy velvety mushroom gravy at the bottom, some white rice. I have a bean patty there instead of the regular meat patty. And then on top, can you believe that's a vegan egg? No, I can't imagine that being a vegan egg, but I know it is a vegan egg. And by having a great opportunity to taste that creation, it is delicious. And it is definitely tastes like a real egg.   That's my favorite in the book as well too. But there are so many, as you mentioned, 120 great recipes in your creation. It's just, it's hard to pick one. So what do you want people to learn from this book? I know you talked about it's not just a recipe book, but it also talks about the ins and outs of being a vegan and how to prepare and your kitchen and so on and so forth. But are there any other lessons you want people to learn? The one thing I want people to learn is that vegan food can taste good. That's it. There's, you know, there are so many people who are still skeptical and I hear this all the time that vegan food, it's boring, it's bland. I can tell you now, I can guarantee none of the recipes in this book are bland or boring. And, you know, unless you change the way you think and you go into trying new food, whether it's vegan or not, you absolutely have to have an open mind. I mean, if you go into trying something new in regards to food, if you're immediately in your mind you're telling yourself it's going to taste bad, well, it's highly likely that it will. So go into this plant-based thing with an open mind and just let your taste buds do the rest of the work. The dishes in this book are going to blow your way. And I think if there's anything you can learn it's how to get food to taste good, how to get vegan food to taste good. There are lots of tips, lots of tricks. Again, when I talk about umami, one thing that you'll learn throughout this book is that salt is not the only flavor enhancer there is. There are things like vegetable stock, obviously the kombu dashi powder I talked about earlier and, you know, just other other seasoning foodie kake that I'll go into in the second half of the show because we do have to go to a break. But yeah, just keep an open mind that vegan food does taste good and I think you'll agree that your taste buds are going to enjoy it too. So Dave, shall we take a break for some messages and then come back after for part two? Absolutely, well, obviously not Lillian, but I'm her husband Dave and it's a pleasure to be able to interview Lillian today about her upcoming cookbook, Hawaii of Vegan Paradise. Hello, welcome back. I know we've got a bunch of photos to get through and let's show your audience your next creation. Now these are actually a favorite of yours, am I correct? Yes, they are, absolutely. Vegan pancakes with a fresh mango sauce. That mango sauce is so delicious. Again, this is something that has actually in you can make eight of those pancakes and there's one tablespoon of oil and only one tablespoon of sugar. Pardon me, two tablespoons of sugar. So although I am not against using oil, sugar or salt at all because I think, again, food has to taste good and as long as you're, you know, keeping it within moderation, getting your fresh fruits and vegetables, leaning towards a whole foods plant-based diet, I think you should be right. So we can also have sweets on a plant-based diet. Yes, we can and those are delicious pancakes and one thing that you and I've talked about is that your desserts are delicious and you really scale back on the sugar portion of your desserts and that's really important because some of the vegan desserts that we've had are really sweet. I actually take the sugar content down to about half of what would be an irregular American dessert recipe and that is also due to the fact that I think spending 30 years in Japan has taught me one thing and that is that sweet food doesn't have to be sickly sweet to be able to enjoy it. So definitely you'll find the sugar content to be quite low. But going back again to what I said earlier, I do discuss oil, salt, the various oils you can use, various salts you can use. There's one salt I do want to talk about and it may be in the next photo if we can pull up the next one. Oh, this is a teriyaki, this is actually a beef less teriyaki which is made from tofu and tofu is one of the things that I have quite, I have an actual chapter on tofu called Tofu One and One which shows you how to prepare tofu the right way which is by either freezing it or draining it because tofu is a waterlogged block of soy being curled and contrary to what most people think it does not soak up flavours unless you drain it really, really well or freeze it so that you can change its texture and then it becomes really fun to play around with and use in recipes. Definitely the tofu section, I think you'll learn something there. Yeah, the tofu, your creativity with tofu has just blown me away. So many different varieties, so many different styles and very, very versatile and they're all really great to say the least.  Yeah, I want to say exactly what I say in the book to anyone who is like that and that is that I'm not here to turn anyone vegan or turn anyone onto a plant-based diet, you are all on your own journey, you know, whether you're interested in going that route and becoming more plant-based that's totally up to you. This is only a guideline. I think any vegan book really is only a guideline how you choose to live your life is up to you and I really hope that when you read my book you'll see that I approach it in a very friendly manner. I don't criticise anyone or anyone's lifestyle, I don't force mine upon anyone, I just offer up some guidance and just some really great recipes so that's the only advice I have Dave is live your life the way you want but you know so many studies are showing that a whole food plant-based diet is probably the healthiest diet on the planet at the moment but you know whatever you choose to do some people, I know you always say you'll never go vegan but you're pretty much 80% there because our home is vegan, you only eat vegan food in the home so what would you say to someone who's yeah thinking about going more plant-based? You know what don't hesitate to do it. I think you're absolutely right. I when when I first started to eat and all I eat is vegan in the home and Lily's you mentioned to him not completely vegan but most of my diet probably 75 to 80 percent is vegan. There's a little bit of angst about hey where am I getting my protein from all at nonsense it's completely out the door and it is delicious you show me a lot of creativity and diversity and that is out there in the vegan diet and this book certainly showcases that with respect to Hawaiian food, local favorites so again it knocks it out of the park. I wouldn't hesitate in fact I'd say why don't you start by me eating one vegan dinner or meal a week I increase that to two or three and next thing you know you're going to be eating a majority of vegan so that's what I tell your audience if they're concerned about going vegan. Yeah I mean the obvious there are obvious things you can do if you're interested in starting a plant-based diet and I do go through that in the book you know just by experimenting I think take yourself to a supermarket any supermarket in Hawaii you will find you know plant-based foam meats the impossible burgers and sausages the beyond burgers there's a whole section of vegan cheeses available in most supermarkets just look at the dairy aisle now I mean the non-dairy milk aisle now I I can't believe how you know how much non-dairy milk is flying off the shelves and that just goes to show I mean there are a lot of black toast intolerant people and I think I think supermarkets are clever incorporating more more plant-based food into their stores it's an it's a win-win situation and as long as the as long as there are a lot of you know plant-based substitutes out there why not go and try some you might just surprise yourself and enjoy them and I do again go back to flavor enhancers things like that venture out learn how to use different spices to enhance your dishes like salt is not the only one there's also the Hawaiian sea salt aliea salt which I have learned to love and I'm a huge fan I have a one of my recipes is a focaccia just a you know typical Italian bread I know it's not not Hawaiian but focaccia is all over restaurants in Hawaii and I make mine with the Hawaiian salt so it does have a very nice little Hawaiian twist to it things like that you know that that really make cooking fun and I think the more interested cooking becomes the more it's going to entice you to spend time in your kitchen and when you do that you're going to you're really going to reap the benefits because you'll know exactly what's going into your food and therefore your body unlike you know buying processed foods and and ready-made foods in just in stores you when you start getting into cooking I think you're going to notice some changes both physically and really with the way you feel I think you're going to feel better at the end of the day you often shited me and jumped within me about you're going to be craving salads and I'm like now it never happened it does I'm here to tell you that I'm hooked on vegan and I do feel so much better on a predominantly plant-based diet so um Lil let's set we have some more photos to get through yes so going yeah this is a an awesome example of how you can enhance you know your food with different spices furikake now furikake although has its roots from Japan is so big in Hawaii I see furikake crusted fish here all over restaurants um it's just an awesome awesome uh you know spice or sprinkle that you can really enjoy with anything I often put or add furikake to pasta dishes rice dishes fried rice noodles anything and of course salads so what I did in the book Dave was I I do have a recipe for furikake seasoning and I have actually married that with vegan parmesan cheese there's a recipe for vegan palm parmesan cheese and then I've married the two together to make a parmesan furikake seasoning which is amazing it is amazing I was just going to say that too so um and uh I think we might have a photo but as well if not I'm going to do one another favorite of mine is the vegan sushi which just flows me away not only is it taste great but it's so visually appealing and uh it's delicious and again those those seasonings and spices that you put on have just been fantastic so yes they are a lot of fun really true they really are and I think that's the beauty of Hawaiian food Hawaiian food looks great uh you know Hawaii really knows how to utilize its fresh you know produce both fruit and vegetables fruit fresh fruit is you know all over their smoothies and our side bowls vegetables here we get all year around so we're very blessed and very lucky and it's all about just putting all these all these things together and getting them onto one plate and making them taste good so I want to show you another photo Dave please please do this is uh lemon chicken Pam's lemon lemon chicken a neighbor of ours um was gracious enough to let me you is one of his recipes from his late wife Pamela and this has become one of my favorites it's just a simple local you know lemon chicken recipe that's made from tofu and is amazing again the way you prep the tofu is it is very important and I do take you through that there is one other photo I think Dave that I want to show yeah let's please oh yes another great one this is the last one yeah so when we talk about flavor enhancers what making vegan eggs please to anyone watching do find color namak color namak black salt it's actually pink in color it because of its high sulfur content it actually makes food taste eggy and smell eggy and it does make a difference lil let's talk again hawaii a vegan paradise let's talk about where we can purchase the book we know it's going to be out uh 30 october uh hawaii vegan paradise there it is yes you can you can order thank you Dave you can order the book directly from the publishing house mutual publishing dot com here in hawaii there is going to be an amazon link uh on october 30th which I will post on all my uh vegan pages please look find me at lily and vegan on facebook instagram youtube and my web page also lily and vegan you'll get all the information there and links on where to buy the book so I do also want to mention mutual publishing who are gracious enough to work with me and create this awesome book together I have nothing but love and admiration for the team at mutual publishing and what an awesome awesome book we've managed to put together so huge mahalo to them and thank you Dave for doing the show with me and and all your support throughout the year thank you especially for marrying me back helping you create the books but been awesome and yeah it's your beautiful lady and the book is wonderful it just shows so much passion and elegance that's the best way to describe hawaii vegan paradise thank you so to all the viewers I thank you so much for tuning in I look forward to seeing you again on millions vegan world thank you Dave aloha and stay safe everyone bye


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