I am a foodie located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. I play video games, boardgames, watch horror and sci fi, all that good stuff…and yes I used to play LOTRO (Lord of the Rings Online). I of course used to play a hobbit…I also play one in real life hehe. Hobbits love their food and so do I.

In the past, I started this journey making healthier foods to lose weight, with a geeky flair, heavily LoTR of course. The journey started in 2010 and I met my challenge. Life has however changed my course yet again. During my time in the Canadian Forces I was injured, part of that injury has now affected the what I can and cannot eat. I am no longer able to digest meat, dairy, some raw vegetables, and eggs as part of my condition. I am now a plant based hobbit.

I love to share my food discoveries with people and I can be a bit tongue in cheek. I still very much speak the language of geek and that can sometimes be reflected in my food. I still also strive to eat healthy, the real big change is that these recipes are now vegan friendly. They very much remain tasty. I do so love tasty food. I have begun reworking some favourites from this blog’s past into my new dietary restriction friendly eating…I was also pleasantly surprised to find that some didn’t even need reworking.

All pictures of hobbits of the lotro nature come from turbine and really belong to them. Pictures are of my character that I used to play on the Brandywine server. Speaking of LOTRO in this blog I also have a side project called hardcore hobbit. HH recipes are modeled after in game recipes and done healthy! Click on the hardcore hobbit category to check them out. With ‘Tales of the Shire’ I wonder if we will see a revival of the hardcore hobbit recipes.

Enjoy!