This is super easy blender recipe, that is decadent, rich and gooey. It is a raw recipe so no need to bake but every excuse to eat out of the bowl! You can switch the nuts to others if you prefer, walnuts for hazelnuts is my favourite substitution for the Nutella vibe. I also sometimes …
‘Indian food touches your soul before it touches your taste buds’ This is one of my grandmother’s signature dishes, Indian Kofta Curry, the Indian version of meatballs and sauce as Mr B likes to say. I love the fragrance that comes from the layers of spicing, in both the kofta’s and the curry. My grandma …
‘I close my eyes and I want to understand where I am, cooking is about emotion, it’s about culture, it’s about love, it’s about memory’ – Massimo Bottura This is a comforting and hearty soup with a soulful Indian twist. I came up with the recipe by combing two family recipes, my uncle Joe’s carrot …
‘Without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive and moribund’ – Anthony Bourdain I really wanted to find a high protein substitute for eggs and so started experimenting at the beginning of the year. This was my first attempt and it was so successful that Mr. …
‘Good food is wise medicine’ Having indulged over the holidays, soup is back on the menu for January to get some much-needed nutrient density in and give my digestive system a break. The challenge to myself is to make some interesting soups with an Indian kick. Inspired by my grandma’s food with all the embedded …
‘Do you have a kinder, more adaptable friend in food, than soup? Who soothes you when you are ill? Who refuses to leave you when you are impoverished and stretches its resources to give hearty sustenance and cheer. Yet is also capable of doing honour at your richest table. Who warms you in winter and …
‘Fill your plate with all the colors of the rainbow. What pleases the eye, pleases the body’ I love making food that us aesthetically pleasing as well as tasty. As the saying goes, you eat with your eyes as well as your stomach. Ayurveda goes one step further a says you need to take all …
‘When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use, when diet is correct, medicine is of no need’. Ayurvedic proverb Here is another recipe for those who are interested in learning about some new vegetables with powerful healing properties. I promised my classmates in Ayurvedic School that I would post a few of these to …
‘The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease’. Thomas Edison, 1903 Bottle Gourd, also known as Lauki, Doodhi, Long Melon or Calabash is a vegetable high in water and rich in vitamin …
‘Travel leaves you speechless and then turns you into a storyteller’ Mr B loves Brussel Sprouts, so when we saw these beauties at the farmers market, he couldn’t resist. I am always thinking of new recipes of these interesting morsels and was inspired by a product we bought on our travels in Italy this year. …
