‘Something scattered or sprinkled’ – Streusel definition You normally associate a streusel topping with baking, it is the crumb that is scattered on a pie or bread. From my experience it is one of the most delicious and coveted part of the baked good. I don’t have a sweet tooth, so I was pleasantly surprised …
‘If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine’ I wanted to add more carrots into Baby B’s diet and so decided to try I few recipes. Carrot Souffle first, big thumbs down, crispy carrot parmesan next, he was indifferent, plain grated …
‘No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. if you tell me, you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it blossom then bear fruit, then ripen’ – Epictetus Mr B’s father brought over fig trees from Italy when he first immigrated …
‘Fill your plate with the colours of the rainbow. What pleases the eye, pleases the body’ I wanted to try a new dish for my little, slowly integrating differentiated foods and was craving a good gluten free noodle dish. I cooked the veggies individually for little as he doesn’t like it when they are all …
Yield: 8-10 ‘The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you are hungry again’. Easter isn’t Easter in Puglia without Scallion Pie. The traditional pie is unleavened, with a dough made of white wine and olive oil, like Taralli. I made the traditional version during quarantine, and you can see …
‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes’ Marcel Proust This quote is dedicated to all those who watched the Netflix series ‘you are what you eat: a twin experiment’. The series documents the results of identical genetic twins as they change their diet and lifestyle over …
‘Do one thing every day that scares you’ – Eleanor Roosevelt Little has started his fussy phase with veggies. Don’t get me wrong, he eats a lot of veggies, yesterday I put broccoli, salad, corn, and pizza on the table, and he ate it in that order. But there are days where he just doesn’t …
‘There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between the mother and her son’. This recipe is a valentine gift to my little one. He loves Goldfish, I think it is the crunch, the salt and shape. It is the one thing that he doesn’t tire of. …
This dish takes 5 minutes to make and is a great midday snack or breakfast. It is sweet and salty. The spices aid in the digestion of the snack with some additional heated turmeric to help with inflammation. I took this recipe from Divya Alter’s book, how to eat for what you feel. I added …
‘I said to the almond tree, speak to me of God, and the almond tree blossomed’ I love this recipe as it is naturally gluten free with lots of healthy ingredients and an antioxidant bonus from the raw cacao. It is gooey and chocolatey, without having dairy or chocolate. Great for a sophisticated adult dessert …
