tofu tom yam recipe

Spring is the perfect time for Tom yam. Well if you’re me, anytime is the perfect time for Tom yam….but especially now. It’s warm and spicy, perfect for those slightly cooler nights before the real heat of summer kicks in, but being a lovely thin broth you won’t feel heavy afterwards. For me South East […]
North Indian spiced cauliflower with ginger recipe… and sun, glorious sun!

It seems someone was listening to my ranting about the weather of late, we’ve just been blessed with not one but three days of sun! So we’ve spent our days out doors lapping up the Vitamin D, climbing plum trees, playing at the beach and going for walks… I thought I’d share a few shots […]
spring fennel, pear and pecan salad recipe

It feels a tad strange writing about Spring salads because as I write rain is once again falling outside. We’ve had the fire going all day long the past few days and it still feels like winter to me! I was talking to my Dad the other night and we were both whingeing about the […]
gluten-free rosemary and lemon cookie recipe

Making cookies was one of my main jobs when I first started out cooking in a local cafe as an eager 17-year-old. We didn’t have a cake mixer at that time so it was all done by hand. I got pretty good at creaming butter and sugar with a wooden spoon, something my Nana and […]
chocolate tofu mousse recipe

Last year a friend of mine (Rosie Percival) and her friend Ruth Friedlander put out a cute little cookbook, self published and self promoted the girls have done such an amazing job of it that I just felt I had to share! Martha goes green is a precious little cookbook, and today’s chocolate tofu mousse […]
quinoa with roast Kumara & chimichurri recipe

Quinoa, my friend. We go a long way back, you were my Savior when I couldn’t eat anything else! For months on end I cooked you up, along with plain roasted root vegetables and ate you, over and over again. Thank you for your sustenance. But now it’s time to add a wee bit more flavour and […]
carrot, radish and moong dal salad with spiced dressing recipe

After what feels like months of rain, the sun has finally made its long overdue appearance. Thank god. The kids and I have been suffering from serious cabin fever and the school holidays (well kindy/daycare holidays) wouldn’t have been any fun for us if we had to spend them indoors! With the sun came family, […]