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crunchy cacao & almond muesli
Breakfast can be one of those tricky meals to get right, as time is usually short. It can be an easy solution to go to a box of cereal. The trouble I find is that even the better choices out there...
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fried rice with broccolini & snow peas
Spring in the Adelaide Hills so far has brought with it bursts of warm, sunshiny days followed by rain and hail even. A bit tricky for all those organised people who like to pack away their winter...
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fennel, orange & mint salad
Kids are famous for their refusal to eat their greens, to the endless frustration of their parents. However there’s a good reason for this innate fussiness and it even has a name – food neophobia. The...
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greek egg & lemon soup (with a green twist)
The weather has given us a perfect rendition of spring in all its glory in Adelaide just lately. A delicious patch of almost hot days were brought to an end last night with the most spectacular...
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chai spiced rice pudding
With so much information about food at our fingertips it’s easy to become overwhelmed about what we should be doing to be healthy. Low carb, low fat, paleo, vegan, gluten free – the choices are...
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broad bean crostini
This post is a little late in coming in more ways than one. For starters, broad beans are at the end of their season in the Adelaide Hills; on the plains they finished some time ago. And secondly, the...
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forbidden rice salad with cherries, walnuts & chèvre
It’s cherry season in the Adelaide Hills! Last weekend we were lucky enough to be invited to pick our fill of beautiful organic cherries from a rambling little property just a few hills over from us....
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apricot & almond muesli
It’s been stone fruit season in South Australia, and the weather has been of the best growing kind. We live on a five acre block in the Adelaide Hills that used to be, so the story goes, an...
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fig & chocolate spelt hot cross buns
Easter is a time of year with varying significance for different people. As we’re not a religious family, since my kids were little I’ve tried to make it a time for creativity and celebration, not just...
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cauliflower & chickpea salad
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by dietary dogma? I know I do. Paleo, low-carb, vegan – if it has a name, you can be sure to find a whole lot of information on the internet about why it’s the one and only...
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summer berries with whipped mocha sauce (gluten, dairy & refined sugar free)
Summer is just beginning to make itself felt in the Adelaide Hills, and it’s one of my favourite times of year. The days are becoming warmer and longer, but it’s not too hot yet. There’s a feeling of...
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asian pumpkin dip
As the year rolls along towards its close, the number one sentiment that friends, family and colleagues are expressing in our passing conversations is how busy they feel. And when we feel really busy,...
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roasted beetroot & puy lentil salad
If you’ve been reading here or following me on Facebook lately you’ll know that salads-as-meals are my favourite fare at the moment. Substantial, fill-me-up-and-leave-me-satisfied type salads. I love...
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roasted cauliflower salad with capers, mint & baby spinach
How do you feel when a new year begins? Here we are, a week into 2016, and I’ve realised how much I love the sense of new beginning that ticking over into a new year brings. Although I didn’t make any...
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chocolatey grain-free, nut-free banana bread (and a name change)
You might have noticed a name change around here. Let me explain. A few summers ago, with some luxurious free time on my hands and New Years inspiration in my heart, I started this little blog. It...
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Pumpkin & Basil Coconut Curry
Things have been a little quiet around this space lately. Because life in the real world has been anything but. Squishing work and study and family and friends into life, and still finding time for...
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Banana Maple Sourdough Pikelets
If you have ever dabbled in making sourdough bread, you’ll know that there can be quite a bit of waste keeping your starter alive. The live yeasts in the starter need to be fed regularly to be kept at...
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Char-grilled Greens with Kalettes, Lemon & Feta
One of the really lovely things about working in a kitchen garden program is the sharing that happens so naturally. Lemons, pumpkins, zucchinis, apples…produce gluts in a rainbow of flavours and...
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Embracing change
The one thing you can always be sure of in life is that it will change. Sometimes it can be hard to embrace change, particularly when we love where we’ve been. But I firmly believe that the way to feel...
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