my favourite red lentil dhal with pickled coriander (cilantro) stalks
It’s no secret that I love spices. I’ve written about them numerous times before and use them in my cooking every day. Even just a teaspoon or two can elevate a dish from ok, to amazing. Dhal is one of those dishes. With just a handful of simple ingredients and a few different spices you […]
Brazil nut, cacao + orange granola
I have a major cookbook addiction, but you all know that already aye? At one point a few years back, I couldn’t leave the house without returning a cookbook or two heavier. While the addiction is somewhat under control at the moment (ahem, cough, cough), I have totally lost count of how many I own. […]
preserved lemons recipe
Our lemon tree has gone completely mental this year and every morning over the past month or so, we’ve been greeted with a bagful of plump, heavy juice bombs which have dropped from the tree overnight. I’ve been giving away bagfuls left, right and centre, our freezer has been stocked with homemade lemonade popsicles at […]
homemade milk kefir
I grew up in a vegetarian household, so it’s pretty safe to say the things we ate were not exactly ‘the norm’. We ate cheesecake made from tofu, homemade hummus and brown rice. The shelves in our laundry were always full with mums preserves and apparently, although I don’t remember it well myself, there was […]
Orange strawberries + vanilla cream
If you’re looking for a super, super simple un-cooked dessert recipe, you can’t go past the beautiful combination of juicy ripe strawberries macerated in orange and served with freshly whipped vanilla cream. As a kid I loved nothing more than a bowlful of berries and freshly whipped cream. The sight of my mother’s electric hand […]
preserved garlic in extra virgin olive oil
There’s this little gap in the year where for a few months before fresh garlic comes on the market in late spring/early summer, it’s damn near impossible to buy locally grown garlic and the only other choice is that hideous chemical cocktail also-known-as cheap imported Chinese garlic. For a good few years, once the last […]
homemade sriracha sauce recipe (raw + fermented)
There’s no denying I like things hot when it comes to food. I’ve long been a fan of chillies, but sadly back in my younger years it was only ever in the form of sweet chilli sauce or as Si’s always liked to call it ‘that chilli crap’. (Charming, I know. Obviously he’s never been a fan!). […]
