Dairy and Sugar Free Chocolate Icecream
This icecream, is so simple to make and is also icecream-machine free. While it uses coconut milk as its base, you don’t actually taste the coconut really in the finished product. When your mixture...
View ArticleKale and Almond Gratin
Here’s another way to eat kale, or you could say, another way of getting fussy eaters to eat kale. It’s like a 2 layer, pasta-free lasagna. The base is made up of sweet caramelized onions and kale,...
View ArticleSweet Potato Fritters (No Flour)
They might not photograph well.. being grated & fried potato.. but they taste much better than they look. They’re also flourless, however if they weren’t I’d be calling them ‘Sweet Potato Latke’s’,...
View ArticleTuna and Chorizo Sausage Rolls
A couple of weeks ago I borrowed more cookbooks from the library than I could carry. Like many foodies, I like to read them like novels (almost). Thank goodness for the recipe anecdote… Nigella Lawson...
View ArticleHommus
I’ve tried other recipes for basic hommus but seem to like this one the best. It’s adapted from Dr Sandra Cabot’s “The Body Shaping Diet”. I prefer this hommus recipe to the one she has in “The...
View ArticleFrying Pan Apple Crumble
If you like a good crumble, then you have to try this one. It’s quick, oven-free, ticks the boxes and pleases the masses. I recently moved house and have a Granny Smith apple tree within metre’s from...
View ArticleAvocado Sushi Rice
Sushi rice (when prepared according to packet directions) is a delicious thing. Even more delicious when paired with avocado. I’ve turned this sushi rice into ‘maki’, resembling sushi. There’s no...
View ArticleCabbage & Bean Soup with Parmesan & Chilli
I LOVE this soup and moreso because there’s no need to slave away at your stove for hours making stock or boiling bones. You can whip this up in about half an hour and be blessed with a generous hit of...
View ArticleCrunchy Peanut Butter Hummus
I read about Nigella Lawson’s PB Hummus a while ago and wasn’t sure if the recipe would work. Peanut paste instead of sesame paste (tahini)? And yoghurt?! But I can confirm it all works. When...
View ArticleHoney Yoghurt Banana Bread – No eggs No Oil
Today’s simple, but amazing recipe is modified from one of those ‘hardly no ingredients’ cookbooks. I don’t know how this works minus eggs and butter or oil but it somehow does. If you’re wondering...
View ArticleApple Pikelets
I have a Granny Smith apple tree in my front yard and have made frying pan apple crumble quite a few times this year. It was time for something different! These little pikelets are surprisingly light...
View ArticleNutella Donut Holes
Apparently, Nutella donuts are currently all the rage. A good donut is usually made with yeast in my opinion and deep-fried. But not many of us have deep-fryer’s or the time to make yeasty dough....
View ArticlePotato and Kale Pasties
When I first made these pasties I made my own copha-based, cheesy pastry from scratch (inspired by the TV show Poh & Co) – however, I think store-bought shortcrust or puff pastry cuts your work in...
View ArticleSalt & Vinegar Crunchy Coating (for fish and pies)
Last week I had dinner guests bring me a bag of flathead tails (to cook, which they’d caught themselves), along with a bag of salt and vinegar chips! Apparently the chips made a flavoursome, crunchy...
View ArticlePaprika Con Carne
This is delicious, economical mince meal I recently cooked (a winter-warmer for anyone in Australia or New Zealand feeling the cold) – and it’s a cross between authentic Czechoslovakian goulash and...
View ArticleTomato Rice
Tomato rice is a great meal base (popular in Vietnam), you can serve it in a bowl and top it with a variety of things. Fried eggs, avocado slices, grilled mushrooms, chicken wings, tinned tuna,...
View ArticleSri Lankan Wedges
This recipe came to life the other day when I had potatoes and mince and wondered what I was going to do (other than cottage pie). I don’t normally make curries from scratch, but I always have the...
View ArticleFrench Onion Soup
This thick and hearty soup is so very good and so worth making from scratch. It’s nothing like packet French onion soup and you musn’t leave out the baguette for the cheesy crouton topping. Extremely...
View ArticleLemon Custard Pudding
Got lemons? This is a good recipe to throw together if someone brings you lemons or puts them out the front of their house with a sign that says “Free” or “Help Yourself”. You might even have your own...
View ArticlePeanut Butter Ginger Chicken Wings
Usually, when I want good flavour in a dish, marinating is a key technique. But I created this sauce for chicken wings – and had a full-flavoured meal in about half an hour.. no marinating required....
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