recipes

slow roasted pumpkin & beets w salsa verde parsley dressing

slow roasted pumpkin & beets w salsa verde parsley dressing

There are a lot of blog posts out there about how to get the best out of food photography. ‘Ten top tips for great food photography’ or ‘how to improve your food photography’ are commonly Googled. Within a blogosphere already saturated with information regarding this topic, I thought I’d talk today about some of the ...

rosemary & mustard savoury cookies

rosemary & mustard savoury cookies

Savoury cookies make people think twice when you mention them. Everyone is super comfortable with regular choc chip cookies, crunchy nut based cookies and even raw vegan cookies, which are not so much of an eyebrow raiser these days. For some reason though, savoury cookies tend to create a sense of trepidation. It reminds me ...

salted caramel porridge w hemp seeds, papaya + peanut butter

salted caramel porridge w hemp seeds, papaya + peanut butter

This porridge made its debut on Instagram literally months and months ago. I included the recipe with the post and it was a hit straight away, shared and made all over the world! Obviously bringing the recipe to the website was a must, so I’ve buckled down and made it happen this week just in ...

creamy mustard silverbeet & potato bake

creamy mustard silverbeet & potato bake

I’ve promised myself to bring you more winter warming dishes these next few months, delving into curries, braises and soups more. I know I personally tend to go more for meals that are quicker to make for a day prep and shoot, so its going to take being a bit more organised than usual. I ...

cashew hemp cheese w dill & chives

cashew hemp cheese w dill & chives

I’ve created this ‘cheese’ with a few things in mind. One, (and first and foremost) for pure flavour and enjoyment. Two, as a dairy free alternative for those that cannot eat dairy and miss the wonderful world that is cheese. Three, as a low FODMAP option for those that also cannot tolerate the garlic and ...

tempeh, crispy onion & roast capsicum wraps + homemade whole egg mayo

tempeh, crispy onion & roast capsicum wraps + homemade whole egg mayo

So it’s late on a Thursday night and I am sitting at Brisbane central station waiting for a train that is delayed, drinking my 100% hot chocolate from Noosa Chocolate Factory. By the time I get home it will be 7:30pm and in my ravenous state I wish we had left overs of these tempeh, ...

raw snickers carob bar w medicinal mushrooms

raw snickers carob bar w medicinal mushrooms

Since it’s Easter I’ve given myself a pass to get extra indulgent with ingredients in todays recipe post. I know a lot of you will not just have medicinal mushroom extract hanging around in your pantry, or for that fact even carob powder or cacao butter, but there are times when I just have to ...

one pan pesto stuffed roast chicken w roast fennel + potatoes

one pan pesto stuffed roast chicken w roast fennel + potatoes

We are super big on the one pan bake up in our house, so its a wonder I have not bought you more recipes like this One Pan Pesto Stuffed Roast Chicken w Roast Fennel + Potatoes. There is nothing quite so easy as putting everything in one dish and leaving it in the ...

apple pancakes w caramel macadamia sauce

apple pancakes w caramel macadamia sauce

Sometimes when I have a bit of a mental block about what I want to bring to you each week recipe wise, I ask my husband for some ideas. Usually this is open slather to get a bombardment of ludicrous ideas that results in no help at all, but quite a few laughs. Like wise, ...

carrot hummus

carrot hummus

With all the sensitive digestive systems that we treat in the JCN Clinic, the avoidance of everyday hummus is repeatedly common. Many clients come into the clinic that have already culled legumes from their diet, along with an array of other foods deemed reactive. Removing foods causing you gastrointestinal distress seems logical but its not ...