‘Rub, smoke, repeat’ I love grilling, especially vegetables. You can change the texture and taste considerably and most vegetables stand up well on the grill. Eggplants are one vegetable that to me taste better once grilled. It is easier to apply the high temperatures you need to get them to soften and cook all the …
‘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 …
‘If the ambiance is right, you’ll get high on a mocktail’ The term ‘Agua Fresca’ may be directly translated into fresh water, but that phrase does not fully convey the delicious nature of this drink. The origin of the drink dates to the Aztecs when it was made with seasonal fruits and flowers. I found …
‘Keep your face towards the sunshine – and the shadows will fall behind you’ This is a simple, delicious recipe. You can make it as a popsicle, sorbet or a smoothie. It’s sweet and the zucchini is so mild that you won’t taste it. It’s a great way of getting veggies into your little in …
‘The deepest roots, never doubt spring will come’. Spring has so many connotations. It is a time when the earth and our bodies wake up from the long winter dream. It is a time when everything comes back to life. This season in Ayurveda is associated with Kapha and heaviness. It is common for our …
‘When she smiled, the lines in her face became epic narratives that traced the stories of generations that no book could replace’. It’s my grandmothers 100th birthday today. She passed 7 years ago, but it feels like yesterday. She taught me how to love unconditionally, to open your arms kitchen and home and to laugh …
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 …
‘No matter where you go, there you are’ Confucius. We all have challenges. We all go through difficult times. We all deal with constantly changing and sometimes confusing emotions and we all struggle to treat ourselves kindly now and then. This makes us human. What has this got to do with chocolate cake. Everything and …
‘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 …
‘When you are a mother, you are never alone in your thoughts, you must think once for yourself and once for the others’. This is a recipe my mum saw on British TV. She loves to bake, but I never eat her sweets as I don’t have a sweet tooth and I am gluten free. …
