little gluten-free mango cakes recipe
I have to say, I sometimes forget we are even living in Australia. As a mum you just get on with life, doing whatever has to be done to keep the kids fed, happy and healthy. So much so that there’s not really a whole lot of time left in the day to actually just […]
vegetarian dolmades recipe
As I sit here typing, my mother-in-law is busy working away in the kitchen making her famous Vietnamese pickles. There are jars of carrot and daikon lined up along the bench as well as a whole sink-full of an Asian green I’ve never known the name of. It’s a little hard to get in the mood to […]
tadka dahl recipe
Recently I picked up Gordon Ramsay’s~Great Escape, at a book sale in town. Now, I’m not usually one to be sucked into the whole ‘celebrity chef thing’, and with this book nothing has changed. I buy a book for its content over the name of the author any day. When I picked this book up and started […]
homemade pickled ginger recipe
We love sushi in this house. Actually some would say we live off the stuff! When the kids were little living back home in Raglan and being gluten-free the only place we could really ever take them ‘out’ for lunch was to the local sushi shop. They kinda had no choice in the matter; they […]
strawberry, black pepper & thyme cordial recipe
Every time we shop at the Asian grocery store the kids always nag at me for a drink. There’s something about the bright packaging and weird shaped cartons that seems to make them want it more than the standard orange juice seen elsewhere. Occasionally, I mean very occasionally I give in and buy them one […]
tofu, herb & rice noodle salad recipe
One of the things I most look forward to come spring-time is the abundance of fresh herbs in the garden. Gone are the cold winter days that keep herbs lying dormant; with all this spring freshness comes new growth and I couldn’t be any happier! Of my favourite herbs; mint and coriander (cilantro) are two […]
gluten & dairy-free black bean chocolate brownie recipe
I made these black bean brownies a few weeks ago and have been hanging out to share the recipe ever since. I kept going to post it, but every time, another (more seasonal) recipe seemed to sneak in front. Actually, I’m not quite sure why it’s taken me so long to make these, full stop. […]
