MY DARLING LEMON THYME

roast tomato and thyme macaroni ‘cheese’ recipe {gluten-free, vegan}

I received an email from a reader the other day after my last post, it read: “As much as it sound delicious, Dairy free it is not, since it has eggs.” I wont lie. I was dumbstruck and sat there starring at the computer screen scratching my head. Really? Dairy-free it is not, since it has eggs. I […]

dairy-free mango + coconut ice cream recipe

We are just coming to the end of mango season here in Perth with only two or three fruit left on our trees. At the start of the season we gorged ourselves on the unripe ‘green’ ones that fell in the wind, sliced thinly and dipped into chilli salt or Ada’s favourite; sugar and fish sauce (she’s […]

buckwheat, apple and ginger muffin recipe {gluten-free, dairy-free}

We went down south to Yallingup for a wedding last weekend and it felt like going home. Firstly the temperature dropped so dramatically over those few days, that we instantly felt like we were in NZ, leaving us shivering in our totally unprepared attire. It rained. Something that now feels so foreign after months of nothing but blue skies and sunshine here […]

vegetarian sushi recipe and tips…

So usually I only post recipes if I think I can add a new modern spin on a classic, or have come up with a combination I think it really amazing. But occasionally it’s quite nice to just highlight a dish that is perfect, just how it is. Sure, I went through a phase of […]

beetroot and aubergine pilau recipe

We eat rice in some form or other pretty much every day, whether it’s rice porridge for breakfast, rice milk smoothie, rice flour in baking, rice as a side or rice as the shining star. This dish is definitely the later. Rice forms the basis of this deceptively tasty dish, along with meltingly tender spiced aubergine (eggplant), […]

gluten-free peach & mulberry cake recipe

It’s been one of those weeks. You know the kind where every moment feels like you’re trying to catch up? On chores, on work, on sleep. Sleep. Mostly sleep. Every parent out there knows the feeling of insomnia caused by tending to sick children. It’s a killer. After a promising start to the school week everything went […]

healthy banana, date + orange cookie recipe and kids lunch-box ideas

I’m still finding it hard to comprehend, but in a mere four days my big baby girl will be starting school *gulp*. For some reason when the kindy year finished last year, I thought that between then and now things would have changed, you know, she would seem older and I would seem well, ready. […]