Recipes – food

It's been sad and frustrating watching the events of the past week to say the least. The actions of a few people has caused untold damage and trauma to the farming world, and the media have enjoyed the drama they have helped create. 

Food tampering is categorically NOT okay

but in the situation of the strawberries that were tampered with this past week, we are talking about some sewing needles. Not a chemical contamination that reaches the whole crop. I am not dismissing the potential harm of finding a needle in a piece of food, don't get me wrong, but...

Ah Spring is definitely here! The sun is warming, the bulbs are going crazy. As much as I love the nourishing foods of winter, I have to say the last few weeks I have been looking forward to indulging in big bowls of salad. And after last week's post on Spring health with Amanda this is the perfect dish to support your liver and detox those emotions! 

Why? All of the ingredients in this salad have health benefits for your liver

The liver is the body's largest organ, it makes many...

I love nothing more than being in the kitchen, it's my happy place. With the right contributing factors I could spend an entire day there; experimenting, filling the cupboards and fridge with baked goods, raw treats, dinner prepared for a few nights. Of course the ambience needs to be just so, no pressure or distractions. Everyone just go away and leave me be. Oh but you can come back when I'm done and clean up the mess I create. Thanks, that would be great. 

It's one of my favourite radical self care moments

I lose all sense of...

Winter has been long and cold this year! Even now as I write this, the wind is blowing and the rain is light yet consistently falling, not enough to really make any difference but insistent all the same. And yet I've come to the middle of August and barely made a pot of soup at all this season. Don't ask me why, I have no idea! With the mornings brightening and the evenings becoming longer I thought I better get moving before it's too late! To me there is nothing cosier on a cold, windy night than curling up on...

I was on the search for an egg free high protein breakfast. I have always loved eggs, but they don't love me so I have almost completely cut them out of my diet. This dish is perfectly filling, full of nutrients and will keep you satisfied for hours. Plus it's simple, adaptable and full of flavour - 3 must haves in my recipes!  I know Guacamole may seem like a strange name for a breakfast but I have my reasons.

 Smashed Avocado is to the catering world what a mobile phone is to a millennial

Don't get me wrong, I...