Roasted red onion, black lentil + dried blueberry salad
Have you ever had one of those nights where you feel like you didn’t sleep a wink, even though you must have? I’ve just woken from one where my dreams were so vivid, conversations so clear, it felt like I was awake the whole night. If it wasn’t for the fact that I have no […]
Spring bowl with roasted kūmara, romanesco, beetroot yoghurt + herbed lentil salad and a garden update
When I was making myself this vibrant bowl of spring goodness a few days ago for lunch it occurred to me that it’s become a bit of a thing for me to share a spring bowl at this time of the year! And when I looked back over the past few years I realised that […]
Beetroot + watercress salad with horseradish crème fraiche
If you were to peek into my fridge on any given day you could be forgiven for assuming a very greedy person lived in this house. Jar apon little jar of all manner of sauce, dressing, relish and pickle line the shelves. It’s not that I’m greedy per se, it’s just that I really like […]
Buckwheat + roasted pumpkin salad with sumac yoghurt + pickled red onion
If there was one condiment I couldn’t live without, pickled red onions would be fighting it out for top spot (possibly alongside homemade chilli sauce). Over the past few years it’s something I always have in my fridge, I feel anxious when I’m all out. See the thing is, this unassuming and incredibly simple little […]
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. […]
Roasted carrot, quinoa + corn salad with jalapeno lime dressing (vegan + gluten-free)
When you get a call at 3.30pm inviting you to a potluck BBQ that evening, and you’re a gluten-free vegetarian, this salad might just save you. It saved me. Knowing I needed to create something substantial enough to pass as dinner (in case it was the only thing my kids and I could eat) I […]
