Blanched Almonds are a useful ingredient in many recipes like Almond Feta, muffins, making your own almond meal, bliss balls, salads and much more. But did you know they’re extremely easy, albeit a little fiddly and time-consuming, to make yourself at home? I was on the hunt for some blanched almonds for a recipe recently but had so many raw … Read More
After Dinner (Choc-Coconut) Mint
Who doesn’t love a gorgeous after dinner mint? A piece of dark, mint chocolate has got to be one of the best ways to end an evening and wind down, don’t you think? I recently tried this delicious Coconut Dream Chocolate Mint by Kitz Living Foods and was blown away! Such a delicious product, and with such simple, real food ingredients! … Read More
Crispy Spiced Tofu with Spiced Cauliflower and Broccoli
Add this Crispy Spiced Tofu with Spiced Cauliflower and Broccoli to your repertoire and you’ll never get sick of meat-free Mondays again! Seriously, this recipe has got me making a batch every week at the moment. I love how easy and versatile it is to cook and eat – sometimes I’ll have it as a platter with a dip (like … Read More
DIY Sea Salt Hair Spray
DIY Sea Salt Hair Spray I recently chopped off my long locks so I could donate them to Beautiful Lengths who make free wigs for cancer patients who have lost their hair due to Chemotherapy. Along with getting used to a new length of hair I’ve also had to get used to having to ‘style’ it more often (I can’t … Read More
Chunky Double Chocolate Gluten-Free Cookies
Remember those super delicious, chunky double-choc cookies from your childhood? A real treat weren’t they? Well I was craving some the other week so I decided to tweak an old recipe for sugar-loaded traditional whole-wheat flour cookies to make this version of Chunky Double Chocolate Gluten-Free Cookies. Don’t get me wrong, these are still a treat item but they’re slightly … Read More
Dairy-free Milk Chocolate and Chocolate Ganache
This recipe doubles as a dairy-free milk chocolate recipe as well as a chocolate ganache recipe. So you can use it for whatever occasion you like – to ice a cake or cupcakes, to make chocolate truffles, the filling for a chocolate tart or just set it in a baking tray and eat as chocolate! The world is your oyster! … Read More
Tomato and Herb Baked Cauliflower
This Tomato and Herb Baked Cauliflower tastes divine by itself and with roast or grilled meat by my favourite is as leftovers in lunch salads! Our lovely cruciferous vegetables appear abundantly at the local farmers markets in the autumn and winter months here in Australia. The nutritional benefits these veggies like Cauliflower, Broccoli, Cabbage, Brussel Sprouts provide include antioxidants and … Read More
Dried Apricot ‘Jam’
What do you do when life gives you loads (as in several kilograms) of dried apricots? Well, amongst other things, I made dried Apricot Jam! I use parentheses for ‘jam’ because it’s really just dried apricots that have been boiled in some water with some lemon juice then blended… but hey! Most of the jams you find in supermarkets and … Read More
Vegan Sausage Rolls
Vegan Sausage Rolls often leave a lot to be desired as far as I’m concerned, both from a nutritional perspective as well as a taste/flavour perspective. Regularly crumbling and falling apart and frequently lacking flavour. Commercial vegan sausage rolls are often filled with fillers and binders, making them less attractive to a real food nutritionist like myself. The key thing … Read More
Gluten-Free Pastry
One of the hardest things to find when going gluten-free is a good gluten free pastry recipe. I’ve tried so many over the years and find these two to be the best on the market. You can use these pastries for rolling sausage rolls, topping pies, making tarte-tatins, tasty galettes and quiches. Change the type of oil depending on whether … Read More