This is an adaptation of a recipe from a healthy food cafe in Australia that I had to prepare and shoot for a cookery book I helped produce last year (see pic below) but I can’t tell you how many times I have made it since then! I have changed the recipe quantities to improve…
Category: Recipes
Fragrant Thai Style Mussels
Mussels – you either love them, or you hate them – not many people feel ambivalent about them. Like oysters they have an acquired texture and taste but if you have only ever experienced the shop bought frozen kind I urge you to think again and head down to your local fishmonger. This is one…
Kale Pesto
If you were to believe everything you read about Kale then I am sure you would not only be stuffing mounds of it down your throat everyday but probably also bathing in it and possibly trying to hook it up intravenously 🙂 The health food industry seems to move from the alter of worship…
Banana & Peanut Butter Breakfast Smoothie
We all know that starting the day with energy sets the tempo for your mood and brain power, but sometimes chewing through a hearty bowl of muesli or tackling a plate of scrambled eggs just feels like too much work. Especially those early morning school starts with my boys. I bought some very cute smoothie/shake…
Creamy Avocado, Basil & Lemon Pasta
Avocado’s are just incredible! We associate them with good fats (which is correct) but they are also a good source of pantothenic acid (VERY important B5), dietary fibre, vitamin K (blood clotting), copper, folate, vitamin B6, potassium, vitamin E, and vitamin C… SJOE! They are basically nutrient powerhouses and its has been said (don’t you…
Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies
Hands up who likes a chocolate chip cookie??? Everyone?? LOL – I really don’t know anyone who would object here. With a million versions around the planet this is a another firm family favourite. I have given them a little bit of a makeover and taken the refined sugars out, and replaced the flour with…
Chocolate Cashew Mylk
My two growing (at an alarming rate) boys are one of the biggest motivating forces for me to get into the kitchen and produce nourishing and filling snacks and treats. It completely astounds me at how much they can consume some days and if I had a rand for every time I hear “Mum I…
Fluffy Protein Breakfast Pancakes
I am calling these pancakes but I guess REALLY they are hotcakes, and oat hotcakes at that. This recipe is so incredibly versatile and these little oaty fluffy bites work well with both savoury and sweet toppings depending on your preference. They happen to be gluten free (if you use GF oats) and really only…
Piquant Chimichurri
I remember the first time I heard the name of this delicious tangy Argentinian relish I thought I was being teased as it sounded totally made up. Pronounced “chee-mee-CHOO-ree” the name’s origin is unclear although I prefer the suggestion that it is derived from Basque’s tximitxurri which is taken to mean ‘a mix of several things in no…