This is a simple recipe, full of protein, vitamins and minerals. It is a great kids or Mr. B snack, with an interesting contrast of sweet and savoury from the mix of the dates and the tahini/sesame seeds. The recipe is from @oliviathechef one of the most innovative chefs @iceculinary where I recently completed my …
This is taken from Divya Alter’s summer recipes. It’s a sweet-sour, creamy and refreshing and more nourishing than ice cream. The cashews make for a rich dessert so you don’t need much to feel satiated. That did not stop Mr. B from having two. The balance of sweet and sour is perfect. I reduced the …
‘Whenever the brain and heart fight, it’s always the liver that suffers’ The liver deserves some glory. At more than 3lbs, the liver is the size of a football and the human body’s second largest organ, behind the skin. It holds up to 13% of the bodies blood supply and is a star player in …
“Can’t get out of bed….please send help….or waffles. Actually just send waffles” This is a recipe inspired by the waffle we would make for brunch service at Divya’s Kitchen. It was made of lentil flour (freshly milled in the in-house mill, by yours truly) and rice flour (also freshly milled), freshly made buttermilk to name …
‘The belly rules the mind’ This is a great week-day dish, made in less than 15 minutes. It’s also a good way to get veggies onto your family plate or use up leftover veggies in the fridge. The tempeh supplies 50g of protein in just those 8oz, with extra protein coming from the edamame too. …
‘What nicer thing can you do for someone than make them breakfast?’ This is a high protein, low fat, high fibre, nutrient dense breakfast. You can vary the filling and spices, just like an egg omelette and serve it with sides. The turmeric not only provides antioxidants but also the colour of an omelette and …
‘There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hours dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea’ This is a great snack that will keep you full from teatime till supper time, as it’s high in fibre, protein and releases energy slowly. It is also nutrient dense, with copper, potassium and magnesium from …
‘La cucina piccolo fal la casa grande (A small kitchen makes the house big)’ This recipe is a wonderfully simple, vegetable forward pasta sauce. It was featured in Stanley Tucci’s new CNN series, searching for Italy, where he calls it, Penne alla Salsa Maria, after the neighbour who taught his mum the recipe. The recipe …
‘Life is salty, but love is sweet. I hope you enjoy this treat’ Apologies that I have been MIA, I have been a little under the weather since returning from London. Here is one of the recipes I developed for my sister-in-law’s 4pm snacking, whilst I was there. This is a bar full of ingredients …
‘…smell and taste are in fact but a single composite sense, whose laboratory is the mouth and its chimney the nose…’ This is a beautiful, tasty, fragrant recipe. It’s quick to put together and all in all takes 5 minutes prep and 10 to cook. You are really adding a lot of depth of flavor here through …
