Category: Recipes
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Simple Pasta with Lemon, Asparagus + Peas
Have I mentioned lately that I’m a little obsessed with pasta? We found it pretty easy to get our hands on store-bought fresh or dry pasta and even handmade speciality dry pasta (lucky us). To say it has been a pasta-fest over here is an understatement. BUT, and this is the part where it will…
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Pesto Chicken Summer Salad
Something that we have started getting back into lately is pasta salads. Pasta salads are so easy to take with you to bring a plate style gatherings. And even if you’re not going anywhere, most of them make well in advance and keep (a caution about avocado and tomatoes though). This week, when I was…
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Weeknight pasta dinner
I hadn’t planned to put this recipe on the blog. There’s not much to it, and the photos from my kitchen counter at 8 pm on a weeknight are hardly the stuff of Pinterest dreams. But, this is a delicious, simple meal that with a few fresh, simple ingredients can make your life so much easier.…
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Antipasto Goat’s Cheese Tart
This antipasto goat’s cheese tart was originally going to be something entirely different. A roasted vegetable salad or something, maybe. All I knew was that I had some beautiful tomatoes and I wanted to roast them. I hadn’t planned to make a tart, but here we are. Then I found that I had a frozen…
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Super Simple Chocolate Mousse
Last weekend was a bit of a chocolate mousse fest around here. I’d planned to make this recipe and then got caught up in the aquafaba (chickpea goo liquid) recipe, the results of which was a fridge FULL of chocolate mousse one week out from Easter. I can’t help but think that might have been…
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Chickpea Goo Chocolate Mousse
Yup, you read that one right. This chocolate mousse is made from the liquid drained from a can of chickpeas. It’s called aquafaba, you can totally google it. I did. A friend had asked me if I’d heard of chickpea liquid being whipped for vegan desserts like meringues or chocolate mousse, a bit surprised by the…
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Berry Coconut Chia Cups; breakfast or dessert?
Who doesn’t love dessert/breakfast foods? I’m pretty sure that’s how doughnuts, pastries and such things started. So these Berry Coconut Chia Cups are a perfect, really filling, alternative to all that refined sugar. I’ve had to find a way to be better at mornings. Too often I would be well into mid-morning and realise that…
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Rough cut kale coleslaw
From packed lunches to bring a plate BBQs, this rough cut kale coleslaw is as good looking as it is delicious. By using the multiple cabbages and mixed kale leaves, you get a colourful, crunchy dish. Add your favourite whole egg mayonnaise with a dash of mustard, and you’re good to go. I use this…
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Hearty Beetroot & Sausage Hash
Adapted from a recipe in the I Quit Sugar Cookbook. When it comes to winter, I become a bit of a no to salads. It’s cold and I want to eat pretty much want to eat Mac & Cheese non-stop. Hearty soups and cheesy bread. Fry ups? Yup. You get the idea. All stuff that…
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Thermomix Pumpkin and Spinach Risotto
Oh yeah, you read that right. Thermomix Pumpkin and Spinach Risotto. Be still my carb-loving heart. Pumpkin and spinach are my favourite combination of all time, and together in this Thermomix recipe for risotto, it’s a no-brainer. Cheesy and delicious, this is a must have family meal this winter. I made this size batch, and…
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