Simple recipes, whole foods, inspired health
This is such a yummy old fashioned style Chocolate Slice - it reminds me a lot of the one my nan always made me, only a little healthier. It's a lovely chocolatey treat to stock your freezer for the upcoming new school term. Food memories are the best. As a kid I used to bake with my nan every weekend, we even occasionally 'invented recipes'. The ones that worked out, she carefully wrote on a ...
I remember the first time I tried Okonomiyaki in a Japanese restaurant, I thought it was totally delicious. So of course, I set about making a Healthy Okonomiyaki and it very quickly became a firm family favourite. I love that it's so versatile based on the addition of extra ingredients so that each time we eat it, it's a little different. I often add all of the toppings to the table and my ...
We're right on the cusp of shifting from winter to new season summer produce. Every year, I find it's about now that the once crisp, bursting with flavour apples I've been buying are just not doing it for me. Some just don't have the flavour, others are floury and a bit gross. But I never throw them, I just re-invent them like I've done here with this Apple Crumble Cake. Truth is, once cooked ...
This is my take on a Dutch style, Healthy Pea and Ham soup. I can't always source good quality ham hocks so I've improvised to replicate the flavour combo of smoked meat and legumes that I grew up with, but using a pork chop and bacon instead of the hock. The result is this tasty, hearty stew like soup that's more a complete meal, than a starter. Whilst it has a long cooking time, it really is ...
I'm always being asked to come up with breakfast recipes to help convince kids to move away from the processed cereal isle, to a more nourishing start to the day. This Breakfast Fruit Pizza maybe your answer. It jams a lot of protein, good fats and fibre into each slice and is easy to make ahead for a breakfast on-the-go. Protein deficiency In my experience, insufficient dietary protein is ...
I've always had batches of my Nourishing Toasted Muesli in the pantry, for days when we don't have time to cook eggs or prepare another breakfast. But lately my kids have been fussing over it and that's always a sign that it's time for me to change things up a bit...and this sensational Orange Almond Coconut Granola was born! With oranges in season, I thought I'd inject some seasonal flavours ...
