True Life Stories & True Life Issues
It’s stone fruit season! So what better way to celebrate the delicious time of year than with a delicious fresh salad! Recipe: Kale, Nectarine and Halloumi Salad Serves: 1 or 2 (as a side dish) Ingredients: a few leaves of curly kale 1 white fleshed nectarine, cut into slices and pitted 100g block of halloumi, cut into 2cm […]
Recipe: Seafood & Sweet Potato Noodles Makes 2 -3 serves Ingredients: 1 medium gold sweet potato, peeled 2 teaspoons of butter 2 cloves garlic Roots and stems from coriander bunch (washed and chopped) 200g mussels, shelled (info on sustainability of mussels) 100g squid rings (info here on sustainability of squid & see Katie’s post here) 1 bunch fresh coriander/cilantro leaves, […]
Research Shows Using Antibacterial Soap Is Cause for Concern. With winter and flu season drawing near, we become more aware of how we may help ourselves and our family prevent illness and avoid germs. We’ve been “taught” by the media and healthcare professionals alike, washing our hands with antibacterial soap is our best defense for warding off germs. […]
Recipe: Coconut Custard Tart Makes: 1 coconut custard tart Nb: This recipe fits in a tart shell that is 24 cm in diameter and 3.5 cm high. Ingredients: 1 baked coconut almond tart shell (or tart shell of your choosing) ~470 ml coconut milk 1.5 tbsp honey (or your favourite natural sweetener) 2 tsp. vanilla extract 2 […]
Above: Coconut and almond tart shell baked, chilled and brushed with coconut oil. Making this tart crust/shell is pretty easy: just mix the ingredients (as per instructions below), grease the tray, press ingredients in tin and then bake! Recipe: Coconut Almond Tart Shell {Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free} Makes: 1 tart shell (for tart shell that is 24 […]
Recipe: Dark Chocolate and Banana Lava Cakes (gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free) Makes: 2 mini chocolate lava cakes. Ingredients: 2 dessertspoons cacao powder 2 dessertspoons carob powder 1 tbsp. boiling water 1.5 heaped dessertspoon coconut oil stevia powder, to sweeten 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 ripe banana, mashed well 2 squares of dark chocolate How to: Preheat […]
You guys asked for it, so here is my recipe for Coconut Milk Custard! Custard is one of my favourite desserts and it’s really so easy to make. The great thing about this version of custard, is that it is suitable for those who are sensitive to dairy milk/choose not to consume milk and coconut-lovers […]
Here is a another bean-y recipe which I hope you’ll enjoy! This recipe has options in the recipe to adapt it for those who follow a vegan and vegetarian diet (see the ’v’ next to the ingredients). It is also gluten-free. This is my delicious version of baked beans. Recipe: Creamy Broth-Cooked ‘Baked’ Beans […]