recipes

mango and macadamia nut slice

mango and macadamia nut slice

We have an excess of mangos at the moment, which is truly a Queenslanders #firstworldproblem. A dear friend bought us a bag full of mangos from her parent’s farm. As they were in the majority green, I’ve been able to stall their ripening somewhat by keeping them in the fridge, removing a few at ...

christmas

christmas “gut friendly” cherry & pistachio bread wreath

If you watch my Instagram stories you will know that this recipe almost broke me. Almost. I started the day smug with a picture perfect version in my head of the finished product. I was so sure I had this one covered. Fast forward six hours later (yes, I was still going six hours later) ...

spicy smoky corn on the cob

spicy smoky corn on the cob

I made this corn dish last week and it wasn’t a resounding success with everyone in our household. By everyone I mean Hubbard was not impressed. Let me give you context. We sat down to eat our dinner with the glistening spicy and smoky chard cob of corn included, smeared in a similar spice mix ...

gnocchi w sage & mushrooms

gnocchi w sage & mushrooms

You guys went nuts for this gnocchi as soon as I posted a teaser on Instagram! Who would have thought hey? I mean I know you go crazy for yummy desserts but gnocchi, for some reason, it caught me off guard. Lesson learnt, gnocchi is a well loved favourite by all! We don’t eat enough ...

healthy lemon slice

healthy lemon slice

healthy lemon slice recipe I’m not sure if you guys are going to love me or hate me for sharing this healthy lemon slice recipe. Technically it was not what I expected, way more wobbly and more like a tart filling than the more ‘set’ slice topping I was hoping for when I set out ...

farinata w pumpkin & rosemary

farinata w pumpkin & rosemary

Dameon and I just recently went to a restaurant in Redcliffe called La Lanterna serving really traditional Italian food. On the menu was Farinata, which I had not had in so long! We ordered two options; one topped with sausage and slow cooked onion and one with pumpkin and rosemary. Suffice to say they ...

mustard & honey roasted carrots w carrot tops

mustard & honey roasted carrots w carrot tops

As often is the case with these minimal ingredient dishes there is nowhere to hide with shite ingredients. Therefore, can I just say right off the bat that I really implore you to make your own mustard as outlined in the recipe below, as it will take this Honey & Roasted Carrots w Carrot ...

banana pecan muffins

banana pecan muffins

Yeah, so these muffins have lasted about 3 days. Baked fresh Wednesday, the last two have been left at home to surely not see the day out with Hubbard around to demolish them. I’ve said it before, but I know a recipe is a winner in the sweet baking department if Hubbard is into ...

slow roasted leeks w lemon & dill

slow roasted leeks w lemon & dill

Just last week I bought some lovely seasonal leeks from the spray free markets here where we live in Sandgate. We chopped them up and threw them in the roasting pan with our weekly batch cook up of vegetables for the days ahead. I also included some dill that needed to be used and ...

chocolate mint smoothie bowl

chocolate mint smoothie bowl

This weeks recipe post was a toss up between carrot chips and this smoothie bowl. Quite extreme ends of the spectrum I know. As usual I left it up to the influence of produce at our local market. On the day I was struck by the abundant bunches of new season mint alongside beautiful ...