Chickpea, tomato + kale stew with herbed yoghurt
I spent the afternoon yesterday, picking all the green tomatoes in our garden which are refusing to ripen in this cooler weather. Today the plants will be ripped out, making way for our winter crops. I’m hoping to get a little time this week (can’t guarantee though, as it’s the school holidays!) to make one […]
Cardamom, pistachio + rose chocolate crackles (vegan + gluten-free)
Winter has decided to arrive overnight here in New Zealand and after the long hot summer we’ve been blessed with, it’s come as a bit of a shock to the system. The beanies and scarves are out, slippers too. I’ve been drinking copious cups of tea to keep warm and while it’s nice to have […]
Sprouted mung bean curry (vegan)
When the weather cools enough to warrant a jumper and socks in the morning, but not yet a beanie, this is the kind of curry I crave. Light and fragrant enough to be nourishing and warming at this time of year, but not exactly the stick-to-your-ribs type food I crave in the depths of winter. […]
Roasted eggplant with pomegranate molasses dressing
Eggplants are one of the very few vegetables I never really liked growing up (mushrooms and green capsicums were the other two) and it wasn’t until adulthood that I learnt to really love them. Done right they really are something quite special, and one of my all time favourite ways to prepare them is simply […]
Grilled zucchini + spinach salad with roasted capsicum (red pepper) dressing
The air in the morning and evenings has been decidedly cool this past week. I always find it funny how it just seems to creep up on you here in NZ. One day you’re sweltering in the sticky heat of summer, finding it hard to imagine it will ever cool down, then bam, it’s autumn. […]
Gluten-free pineapple, lime + coconut delicious puddings
The weeks seem to be flying by at a faster rate than ever this year. I have so many things I want to share on this space, but every week I seem to get to Friday and again, I’ve run out of time. Anyone else feeling like that? I recently spent time with 6 of […]
roasted carrot hummus
We seem to go on food-benders in our family. One week it will be sushi the kids request daily, the next week they won’t want to know about sushi but instead crave cheese and crackers, but for quite some time hummus has been the favoured after-school snack. When I’m caught out and haven’t had time […]
