recipes

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 ...

sticky ginger tamari tofu & eggplant

sticky ginger tamari tofu & eggplant

It’s been a really long time since I have created a recipe for you using tofu. I shared my tempeh wraps quite a few weeks ago, but tofu-wise I don’t think I’ve given you anything since my scrambled tofu recipe. To be honest, I think this has mainly been influenced by some personal food ...

one-handed healthy bone bliss balls

one-handed healthy bone bliss balls

This post is going to be shorter than usual because I’m using my built-in dictaphone due to one very sore broken wrist. I have shared my broken wrist story on my social media, however if this is news to you dear reader, I am currently getting around with my left arm in a permanent cast. ...

the best mushroom & leek buckwheat risotto

the best mushroom & leek buckwheat risotto

I’m sharing my secret to a creamy, oozy risotto with you today made with buckwheat as the base. Traditionally, to get the type of starchy gooey finish we associate with risotto you need the starch from arborio rice. Until recently I cooked up my alternative grains similar as I would cook a normal risotto, as ...

choc top strawberry & pistachio slice

choc top strawberry & pistachio slice

I am writing this blog post today in quite a manic state. I could lie and say it was all roses, but we have a no BS policy at the JCN Clinic. Why so manic? Well it’s a bit of an accumulation. Jess Cheney has flown the coup for maternity leave leaving a giant hole ...

leek, cauliflower & parsnip soup

leek, cauliflower & parsnip soup

This leek, cauliflower & parsnip soup recipe is a divider of camps. On one side sits the person that is ready to work on building the diversity of their microbiota and fuelling bacteria with prebiotic fuel, whilst on the other side sits those in the beginning stages of  gut treatment who often are avoiding the ...