cumin roasted pumpkin with barley
Hello! It's been a while! Thank you for all the kind messages after my last post. Some of you thought I was disappearing forever. And it seems I almost did! I merely meant to let myself off the hook. Grant myself the elbow room to post without obligation. So I could focus on Ellery, and try to reclaim some of myself. Anyway what I meant to say is that I'll still be here, but only when I can manage it. Which, as it happens, is not often at the moment. But I'm hoping to wrangle a bit more time for blogging in the near future. Fingers crossed! So what's been happening? Lots of time spent babying in the blistering heat of a Queensland summer. Which has ever so thankfully eased into a blissful autumn. And now here we are, on winter's cusp, and it is delightfully cool. The whales are … [Read More...]
roasted lemon chutney
Slightly burnt and ultra tart, this chutney is lemony good and very versatile – spread it on bread, eat it with grilled chicken or tofu, or top off a curry. Easy to knock up with pantry staples!
soba salad with mango + eggplant (and a go-to sesame dressing)
An Ottolenghi recipe which combines sweet mango, earthy eggplant and baked tofu in a summery vegetarian salad of tropical southeast Asian flavours. My twist: a sweet-salty-sour sesame dressing.
baked eggplant + learning on the fly
Eggplant with a crisp egg coating, bathed in a simple tomato sauce and baked with lashings of mozzarella and ricotta. Serve on its own or with pasta for something more substantial. This is comfort food, friends!
an early surprise
An exciting announcement about a surprise delivery that has nothing to do with food!
lemon + nutmeg porridge
Lemon zest and fresh grated nutmeg add tang and spice to this creamy porridge, a quick and super-nutritious weekday breakfast.
oat pancakes w berry compote
Light and fluffy and flecked with chia seeds, these oat flour pancakes are my new favourite weekend breakfast. Full of goodness, without being overly weighty. Decked out with a three-minute berry compote (sugarless), yoghurt, toasted sunflower seeds and honey.
