Recipes – food

It's the middle of winter in the Southern Hemisphere and root vegetables are gloriously abundant! What better way to celebrate the vibrantly beautiful beet than with this burger. And black beans are wonderful for your health in winter - if you read The Importance of Hibernation in Winter, Amanda from Auricfields Kinesiology spoke about Winter being associated with the kidneys in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Black beans, and most black foods for that matter, support and nourish, strengthen and protect the kidneys so this is a perfect winter...

As a kid on a cold and wet day I used run all the way home from school hoping to see mum putting freshly laid picklets on the table, mugs of hot chocolate waiting for us. It was such a treat, reserved for those miserable days when she wanted to warm us up and wash away the day in a flurry of tiny little pancakes and a steaming mug of hot chocolate. A perfect hygge moment, creating such joy and comfort. 

Now as an adult, I still associate hot chocolate with cold miserable...

This bread is nutty, full of texture and although it's dense it has a lightness to it. And it's my saviour! I have two of the celiac genes. Which means that I am not celiac but I have a celiac type reaction when I eat gluten. It bloats me immediately, it stops me absorbing iron and gives me sinus issues. 

I understand, gluten is good. It makes everything delicious, the bread springier, the pastry flakier. I am not anti gluten, if your body can digest it that's wonderful and I wish mine could! 

If you have ever seen the list...

Granola is one American term I love! It sounds so much more enticing than muesli doesn't it? And so much easier to write on the shopping list too. Go on, admit it, you've struggled spelling muesli more than once. Your pen hesitates, even just momentarily....

Breakfast most days for me is chia pudding. I mix it up with the toppings and fruits, depending on the season, my current mood, the stock in my pantry. There always has to be something crunchy though, as to me chia pudding without anything crunchy or chewy is, well, too much like baby food for my...

Is there anything more deliciously decadent than a soft, billowy chocolate mousse? 

There are possibly as many chocolate mousse recipes as there are spaghetti Bolognese recipes! And that's even before raw chocolate mousse hit the scenes. 

Growing up, when bananas were starting to get their black spots, mum always made a banana cake, or for a real treat a banana smoothie! Oh how we looked forward to those, with a dash of vanilla.

These days, when bananas start to turn I slice them and freeze them, ready to use in smoothies or to make ice cream. Or Chocolate...